Three students from Northern Marianas College's Educational Talent Search program recently returned from an off-island trip after sharpening their math and science skills at colleges in California and Hawaii.
The ETS program was invited to send active participants to the Math and Science summer program, which is designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participants. The goal of the program is to help students, mainly sophomores and juniors, recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science and encourage them to pursue postsecondary degrees in these fields.
Kenlyn Butters, an incoming senior at Kagman High School, and Elton Escaros, an incoming junior at Marianas High School, flew to California to attend the summer program at Monterey Peninsula Community College. Naomi Cabrera, an incoming junior at Kagman High School, attended the summer program at Leeward Community College in Hawaii.
“The classes we took were beyond my expectations,” said Butters. “There were like regular classes, only condensed into a short period of time.”
The summer programs lasted for six weeks and exposed the students to classes that offered intensive math and science training. The students were also afforded the opportunity to interact with faculty who conduct research in math and science and were allowed to conduct research procedure under the supervision of faculty members.
“There were students from California, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Saipan, Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, Guam, Nevada and Hawaii,” said Butters. “During the time we were living together and basically doing things together, the whole group has bonded so strong that it became really hard to say goodbye.” (PR)
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