TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast (Updated)

05/26/2012

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Russ Steele

The TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast was held on the 25th of May at Tofinelli’s in Grass Valley.  Students, Parents, Teachers and SESF Board Members gather to celebrate the completion of TechTest2012.  A special guest this year was Joe Fenner who was the top TechTestJr performer, from the Seven Hills Middle School.

Here are some picture of the event starting with the TechTest Junior Survivors, who took the test for practice.

Here are is a picture the Senior Survivors who competed for the top scholarship grants in 2012.

The three top TechTest2012 performers are shown here, who was the top winner will be announced at Award Night in June.

Finally here is Joe Fenner in the blue shirt and his parents Greg and Sue Fenner, Nancy Knaus wife of Board Member Ron Knaus listening to the author tell Nevada County economic war stories.

Update 05-27-12, 20:00)  Board Member George Rebane has posted more photos and additional commentary at Rebane’s Ruminations. (Photos by Jo Ann Rebane)

TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast

04/27/2012

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Mike McDaniel’s reports:

The  2012 TechTest Survivor Breakfast is schedule for 8:30 am Friday May 25th at Tofanelli’s in Grass Valley. 

All Survivors are invited to attend.

TechTest2012 Questions and Answeres Posted

04/26/2012

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Russ Steele

TechTest2012 Questions with the Answers have been posted under the TechTest navigation button above.

TechTestJr2012 Huge Sucess

04/26/2012

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Mike McDaniels

SESF organized and sponsored a successful inaugural TechTestJr2012 exam for Nevada County 8th graders.  Six Nevada County schools participated in the 1st annual TechTest Jr. fashioned after SESF’s very successful Nevada County high school merit based scholarship exam called TechTest.   93 Nevada County students, primarily 8th graders, took the TechTest Jr. exam.

The 1 hour exam covered a wide range of math and science related questions.

The top score was earned by a student of Robert Sharp’s at 7 Hills School who scored a whopping 97% on the exam.  4 of the top 5 scores were earned by 7 Hills students.  Magnolia Intermediate School also had a very strong showing with one of the 4 runner-ups coming from Magnolia.  The 4 runner-ups each scored 93% on the exam.

The top scoring student from each of the 6 school’s will be recognized for their achievement.  Grass Valley Charter School’s (top score of 90%), Mt. St. Mary’s Academy (top score of 87%), Clear Creek (top score of 83%) and Union Hill (top score of 76%) students also participated in the very difficult merit based exam.

The exam was proctored the week of April 16th in Nevada County.  SESF expects to add additional Nevada County schools to next years list of participants.  If your school is interested please email mcdanielwealthman at sbcglobal.net.

The goal of the TechTest series is to encourage continued education (and future vocation) in the technical fields of math and science.

Results of the TechTest Jr 2012 are posted HERE.

Additional information on the TechTest2012 and TechTestJr can be found at Rebane’s Ruminations.

Nevada County Recognition!

02/28/2012

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Steve Monaghan, County Chief Information Officer had this to say about the TechForum2012:

. . . The event was really fantastic and I received all positive feedback from the county executives that attended.  It was like candy to my technical team and  they and Supervisor Scofield greatly enjoyed the 1:1 session afterwards with Rick, that was truly  wonderful.  I look forward to your next event.

TechForum Students

02/25/2012

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Thanks you everyone! It was really a blast. It was so well attended.
Although Rick was an amazing speaker, he wasn’t my favorite part of the day.
It was when three students came up after his presentation and asked for his
autograph and a picture with him.

This event changed these kids’ lives!!
They will reach higher and do better because of the efforts you have put
into our students.

You should all be very proud of yourselves. Thank you for
having the vision and foresight to elevate our children. Great job all
around!

TechForm2012 Launch a Huge Success (Updated)

02/24/2012

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Russ Steele

George Rebane writing at Ruminations has a summary of events and some photos of the standing room only crowd.  I will post more pictures on this blog when they are available.

I want to thank Laura van den Berg for her leadership and incredible energy and her husband Luuk for his support. Other volunteers included Mitch Valentine and Jo Ann Rebane who helped with welcoming and crowd control and of course George Foster for guarding the money.

It was a great community team effort. Thank you everyone!

Update (02-25-12)  Some comments from e-mails and comments on other blogs:

From an email:

“Although Rick was an amazing speaker, he wasn’t my favorite part of the day.
It was when three students came up after his presentation and asked for his
autograph and a picture with him. This event changed these kids’ lives!!
They will reach higher and do better because of the efforts you have put
into our students.”

From a blog post:

Just got back from the event. Best technical presentation I’ve ever attended in Nevada County.

Here is picture of Laura van en Berg the Program Manager with the SESF Table in the back ground:

TechForum2012: Rick Hutley Interview on KNCO

02/23/2012

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Russ Steele

I just listened to the Rita Stevens Interview with Rick Hutley who is our first TechForum Speaker for 2012. The link to the POD Cast is here: http://www.knco.com/podcasts.html   It is listed under Other Podcasts — KNCO Interviews.

CISCO Visionary Rick Hutley on How Technology Shapes Future
Cisco’s VP of Global Innovations Practice and one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries Rick Hutley discusses technology that is solving human and business needs today and tomorrow.

Register for TechForum2012.1

01/25/2012

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Russ Steele

Our first speaker will be Rick Hutley, Cisco’s Vice-President of the Global Innovations Practice and one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries.  He will explores technologies that are solving human needs today and technology trends that will change the world, such as 3-D printing and “smart dust” that will connect everything to the internet.

During his presentation, Rick Hutley will explore answers to questions regarding technology advances, such as what will happen and what are the implications of technology in our personal and professional lives? What are the innovation opportunities and why do they matter to Nevada County?

The first TechForum2012 will be held Friday February 24th, 2012 11:30am – 2:00pm Holiday Inn Express, Grass Valley. The cost is $25.00. Click on the TechForm Navigation Button above for more information and register for the first SESF TechFourm2012.

No More Seats Available — SOLD OUT!

If you would like to be notified of the next TechForum Please leave your contact information in the comments.

Sierra Economics and Science Foundation (SESF) sponsors TechTest, the annual merit scholarship exam for Nevada County’s technology bound high school juniors and seniors, now in its 6th year.  All TechForum contributions are directly invested in the growth of our children’s academic potential via TechTest.  Your participation and donations to TechTest are greatly appreciated. 

TechForum2012.1 Feburary 24, 2012

01/19/2012

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Sierra Economics and Science Foundation will hold it first TechForum on the 24th of February 2012 at the Holiday Express / Gold Miners Inn. The details are in this flier: Rick Hutley TechForum Flier

Our speaker will be Rick Hutley, Cisco’s Vice-President of the Global Innovations Practice and one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries. He will explore the technologies that are solving human needs today and technology trends that will change the world, such as 3-D printing and “smart dust” that will connect everything to the internet.

Seats are limited! Please contact Laura van den Berg at 530-263-8242 vandenberglaura@yahoo.com
or Russ Steele at 530-273-8085 sesfoundation.steele@gmail.com to become a sponsor and improve
our children’s futures.

Please share this flier with your peers, business associates, friends and family: Rick Hutley TechForum Flier

More information can be found behind the TechForum2012 navigation button at the top of this page.

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