SPACES STILL AVAILABLE AT GLOUCESTER BIOTECHNOLOGY ACADEMY – APPLY NOW!

~ Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

Gloucester Biotechnology Academy is still accepting students for its upcoming class of 2019.  Classes begin in September.  There are no math or science prerequisites needed –  all high school graduates between the ages of 18 and 26 are encouraged to apply!

Visit our website or contact Education Director John Doyle at 978.491.5968 or john.doyle@gmgi.org to learn more about our unique, hands-on training program.

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GHS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM – APPLY NOW!!

~ GloucesterU

ATTENTION Gloucester High School Students (and Parents):

Summer is only 2 months away!

Applications for 2018 summer jobs are now being accepted!

Apply for a GHS summer internship for July and August. Get a jump on your friends and nail down a summer job. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED OPEN SLOTS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR APPLICATION ASAP!

As part of this internship you will:

  • Be matched with a local company where you will gain important workplace skills – we have multiple listings in retail, food service, farming, research, art, and other various business and nonprofit sectors 
  • Start to build a solid resume for college and future endeavors

Internship highlights:

  • Open to students in 9th through 12th grades
  • Interviews are being conducted now
  • A 2.5 hour workplace skills workshop each Wednesday at GHS during the weeks of July 9th- August 17th, and an internship placement at least 10 hours per week

Applications are available online through LEAP for Education’s website: https://www.leap4ed.org/programs/internship-program/registration/

Or apply by contacting JoAnn Leavitt at 774-270-0119 or jeavitt50@gmail.com. There is also a QR code on the internship flyer below.

 If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact JoAnn Leavitt:
JoAnn Leavitt
Gloucester Program Coordinator
LEAP for Education
774-270-0119
jleavitt50@gmail.com

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Appetite for ACTION this Tuesday!

~ megmerlinaction

Enjoy dinner and support your community, too!

For over 50 years, ACTION INC. has been dedicated to helping residents of Cape Ann access better opportunities through affordable housing advocacy, job training & education programs, emergency shelter services, fuel assistance, energy efficiency updates, and so much more. Appetite for Action RED

 

Canned Food Drive to Support St Vincent de Paul Saturday May 5th

~ kofc215

Come donate canned and non-perishable foods at Market Basket and Shaw’s on Eastern Avenue from 9 am to 3 pm.  The Gloucester Knights of Columbus and Rockport Boy Scouts will be collecting for the St Vincent de Paul Food Pantry located at Holy Family Parish.  You can also donate after Mass at St Anns and Our Lady of Good Voyage on the 5th and 6th.  Help feed local families in need!

Terrific GAAC Meeting Friday Night 4/13: Gravitational Waves

~ Michael Deneen
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Sam Palmer (Electronics Engineer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Lecturer on Astronomy, Harvard University) will be GAAC’s April speaker, with a presentation on the LIGO gravitational wave observatory.

What are gravitational waves? Check out  https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/, which describes them as “…ripples in space-time (the fabled “fabric” of the Universe) caused by massive objects moving with violent accelerations (in outer space that means objects like neutron stars or black holes orbiting around each other at ever increasing rates, or stars that blow themselves up).” That’s a picture of a LIGO observatory, above.

We’re really looking forward to this one.

More on our speaker:

Sam Palmer is an Electrical Engineer and Radio Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.  A member of the CfA’s Radio & Geoastronomy Group, Sam built the 1.2 m “Mini” radio telescope which has been hugely instrumental in increasing our understanding of the structure and chemistry of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The radio telescope has been mainly dedicated to obtaining what is by far the most extensive, uniform, and widely-used survey of dense, star-forming molecular clouds in our Galaxy. A total of 24 PhD dissertations have so far been written based on observations or instrumental work with these telescopes, and many more undergraduate students have participated in the observations either in course laboratories or as observing assistants.

Join us Friday night, April 13 at 8:00 pm at the Lanesville Community Center for an evening of fun, accessible science, great conversation and lots of goodies.

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets on the second Friday of the month at 8:00 at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street in Lanesville. You can find out more about the club on our Website, Facebook page, or twitter, @GAACster.

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