This year, Chantilly Governor's STEM Academy has seven student teams competing in CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The competition puts teams of high school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company. In the rounds of competition, teams are given a set of virtual images that represent operating systems and are tasked with finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities within the images and hardening the system while maintaining critical services. It is opportunity to practice real-life cyber professional skills. The students will virtually compete this week in the first of three rounds with thousands of other teams across the world. To learn more about the CyberPatriot competition visit: https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/Competition-Overview/competition-overview .
Students in the Veterinary Science course recently participated in a class-wide wildlife photography competition. The competition was a great way for students to get out into nature and show their connection to wildlife. Each student needed to show native/local wildlife in its habitat and capture the photo with respect to space and safety of all animals. The students all enjoyed the opportunity to get outside and make a connection with their wildlife unit covered in class.
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Students from HOSA (Future Health Professionals) sponsored a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit Loudoun Hunger Relief. According to the organization, “Donating food and/or grocery cards is one of the most critical things the community can do for the hungry in Loudoun County.” Students virtually distributed flyers and spread the word around the community to drop food off at various locations over the past couple weeks. Thanks to the donations collected by the students---Thanksgiving Bags will be distributed November 16- November 20. For more information about Loudoun Hunger Relief visit: https://www.loudounhunger.org/
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Northrop Grumman—a business partner of Chantilly HS and Chantilly Academy for over 30 years and Fairfax County Public Schools 2016 Business Partner of the Year recently awarded Chantilly Academy a $10,000 grant to fund several programs in STEM initiatives. The initiatives and programs supported include FIRST Robotics and CyberPatriot annual sponsorship as well as funding to support equipment purchases to ensure successful virtual learning for all STEM courses. The funds are greatly appreciated as Chantilly Academy continues to offer a wide range of STEM course offerings and increase student interest in pursuing STEM.
Chantilly Academy Counselors and Career Experience Specialist are available and committed to continue to offer virtual and distance resources for all students. The student services team is available by appointment and during specified office hours. Please visit the links to visit the virtual offices (note, students must be signed into their fcpsschools.net account for access).
Career Experience Specialist, Mrs. Wannett:
https://chantillyacademy.fcps.edu/student-services/career-experience
Academy Counselors, Mr. McCoart & Mrs. Porcella:
https://chantillyacademy.fcps.edu/student-life/student-services
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