GETTING YOUR SCHOOL INVOLVED

Important Information Regarding
The 2012 Northern California Western Nevada
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

High school students, teachers, and parents are invited to participate in the Regional Symposium, which will be held March 8-10, 2012, hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Lodging and all activities will be at the Embassy Suites Hotel Monterey Bay, 1441 Canyon del Rey, Seaside, CA.

It is not necessary for a school or family group to have a student presenter to attend and participate in the symposium and all activities!

Lodging, meals, and symposium activities will be provided for all participants
for a one time group registration fee of $100. All meals and activities
including the student paper presentations will be held at the hotel.

If you think you might be interested in participating and/or would like to learn more about the Symposium, please download and submit the Indication of Interest Form according to the instructions on the form.


Note:

You are not committing yourself or your students by submitting the Interest Form. You are merely indicating that you would be interested in receiving more information about the program and how to register once you decide to participate.

When the Interest Form is received, you will be contacted and sent further information about the program and a place will be tentatively reserved for you and your students pending your final reservation.


Please note the schedule of submission dates for the various forms

Important Dates for Participants not Presenting a Paper

November 18, 2011
Due date for submission of Preliminary Indication of Interest Form
February 15, 2012
Due date for submission of the Registration Form. Registration Lists may be submitted at any time, with this date being the final day that registrations will be accepted. It is advantageous to get registrations in early because tours
will be assigned upon receipt of the registration and they are first come first served.
February 22, 2012
Adult group leader to receive symposium information
March 8, 2012
Symposium registration 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1440 Canyon del Rey, Seaside CA.

Important Dates for Student Paper Presenters

December 9, 2011
Scientific Review Committee Project Proposal forms due from students who have done work with humans, other vertebrates, any pathogenic materials, controlled substances, or bio-assays in which organisms have been destroyed
January 6, 2012
Student presenter forms due: Abstract, Student Data and Statement of Outside Assistance, and Formal Research Paper.
Week of February 6–10, 2012
Students present their papers to screening committees
February 13, 2012
Students and teachers notified of the decisions of the judging committees.

Download Indication of Interest Form
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If you have any questions or problems accessing the materials on the web site, please contact the JSHS office:

Roger Martin, Director
Northern California Western Nevada Region
National Jr. Science and Humanities Symposium

Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California at Berkeley
1 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone (510) 642-4155 Fax (510) 642-4156
Email: rmartin@berkeley.edu