Sawyer Bowman, a rising senior at Woodlawn School, was selected for a research internship this summer at the National Institute of Health. Also below, a reminder about another chance to put your two cents in on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools’ ongoing “comprehensive review.”
BOWMAN IN RALEIGH
Woodlawn School senior Sawyer Bowman has a paid, eight-week internship this summer at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, near Raleigh. The internship is giving him a chance to work on cutting-edge methods used to analyze toxic chemicals.
Sawyer Bowman
The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.
The Summers of Discovery program at the institute is part of the National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research. Participants are selected by scientific mentors from the institute’s Division of Intramural Research. The highly competitive program teaches student interns about the intensity, excitement, and sense of discipline that careers in science offer, according to Woodlawn school officials.
Final school comprehensive review forum planned for July 29
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education will hold its final open forum to gather input from the community regarding the school district’s guiding principles on July 29 in Matthews.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools parents, community members and employees are invited to give input at the public forum as part of the second phase of the Board of Education’s comprehensive review of the district.
The forum will be held at Crestdale Middle, 940 Sam Newell Road in Matthews, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The review could affect Davidson IB Middle School because it includes discussion about the future of busing and magnet programs, according to school officials.
The comprehensive review process began in June. Titled “The Case for Continuous Improvement: A Comprehensive Review of CMS,” the review is intended to refine the guiding principles that are used to set policy for district operations.
On June 29, the board ranked the following 13 priorities to help CMS staff when they make decisions about operations, including student achievement, equity and magnet programs.
The review, expected to be completed by November, is intended to help the board align decision-making in multiple areas with the goals of the district’s strategic plan as well as take a consistent, strategic approach to individual issues.
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