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serve as counselors to the new students. Various outdoor activities take place in the three days, including a ropes course (high and low elements) and other team building exercises. The purpose of this two-and-a-half-day camp is for new students to meet upperclassmen, to interact with each other, and to promote the four virtues that are pivotal to AST: Teamwork, Responsibility, Integrity, and Perseverance (TRIP). Through writing a report on the experience, incoming freshmen may earn their first 2 "Exploration credits" towards graduation from AST.
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As a means of being "inducted" into the Academy, all incoming students are expected to attend a three-day camp. It is held about three weeks prior to the start of each school year and campers consist mainly of incoming freshmen, as well as newly accepted upperclassmen. AST upperclassmen volunteer to
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Candidates are accepted by the Academy of Science and Technology following application, testing, and essay reviewing. Some candidates are interviewed by two faculty members before being accepted. For each class, 65 students are initially accepted, and ten are wait-listed. The size of each class at a
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Each AST student is required to complete a Research and Problems project for local credit each year. In the first year, all are required to do science fair. Many students proceed to the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston after district competition at the Sci:// Tech Exposition. The Academy of
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14 "Exploration credits" must be earned by each student for local credit to graduate from the AST. These credits are earned through several means: Job shadowing in a technical, scientific, or medical field; documented and researched exploration trips to places such as
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in stages from 2005 to 2007. The first Headmaster in 1991 was Dr. Ron Laugen, who came from the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley. He was succeeded in 2007 by Dr. Susan Caffery, who served until 2023. The third Headmaster is Dr. Debra Creel.
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All students are also required to complete an internship in the technical, medical, or scientific community of at least 80 hours. It is usually done in the area of interest of the student. Students have completed internships at
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as well as Literary Club and many other clubs College Park High School has to offer. In addition, they participate in the host school's activities, including band, choir, drama, chess club, and athletics.
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given time is between 65 and 77 students. There are approximately 280 students in the Academy, selected from College Park High School, the Woodlands High School and Oak Ridge High School attendance zones.
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Math, science, and electives in these areas are taught mainly only to students from the Academy. All other courses are taken with the high school along with students who are not in the magnet program.
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in science and technology; it is also a member of the National Consortium of Specialized STEM Schools (NCSSS). It was founded at
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Science and Technology has a strong record of having students in all grades proceed to the
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in 1987 with the first graduates in 1991. The AST relocated to
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Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
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AST Logo
The Woodlands
Texas
Coordinates
30°12′20.56″N 95°28′18.33″W / 30.2057111°N 95.4717583°W / 30.2057111; -95.4717583
Public
Selective Magnet School
Conroe ISD
Texas Education Agency
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cpast.conroeisd.net
Conroe Independent School District's
The Woodlands, Texas
magnet school
Oak Ridge High School
The Woodlands College Park High School
ExxonMobil
Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
BEST Robotics
FIRST Robotics Competition
Envirothon
Alaska
Galapagos Islands
The Grand Canyon
Colorado
Peru
Belize
NASA
Memorial Hermann

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