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ACS Connect

January 2016
High School Edition

United Kingdom Math

Trust Team Challenge
Grades 9 and 10 students are
invited to take part in the
UKMT Intermediate
Challenge. This one-hour
individual challenge will take
place on February 4th in the
ILC. Ask your math teacher
for sample problems to
determine if you are ready!

In this issue you will find information about resources and events you can connect with in
January and beyond. Please keep an eye on the Highly Able Weebly tab Open Enrichment
Activities for updates: http://highlyable.weebly.com/ open-enrichment-opportunities.html
Writing Opportunities:
Favonius Prize: This contest from
the Independent Schools
Association asks students to submit
an original hand written essay
(500-800 prose, poetry or drama) in
past or present tense. The essay
must be respond to one of the
following titles: 1.)The Fool, 2.) A
Minor Inconvenience, 3.) Strange
England, 4.)Conundrum 5.) The
Devils Workshop, 6.) Cornflakes
& Classics 7.) Happy Endings,
8.)Toy Soldiers

ISA Senior Essay Contest: Entries

Girls Gearing Up

are now open for the new 2016 ISA

International Summer Camp

Sixth Form Essay Prize. An

original essay (1000-1500 words) is
required on any topic and in any
genre. Students are allowed to
submit essays that have been
submitted for class assignments in
the areas of English and Literary
Analysis, Science, IT, Technology,
Arts and Humanities subjects.
Please see Ms. Herschleb for
guidance on either of these
challenges.

Girls Gearing Up brings together a

group of dynamic girls aged 13-17
from around the world for a
weekend of leadership training,
inspiration, and fun. The
programme offers leadership and
growth opportunities to give
participants the skills to be problem
solvers, innovators, leaders and role
models. Register online by January
31st for the early bird rate. See Ms
Herschleb for more information.

NACE Photographic Competition 2016 subject: ENERGY!

Take a photo that depicts energy in any form and enter it into this exciting
competition. Entrants can submit up to four photos as prints. Digitally enhanced
entries are permitted as long as the entrant explains what they have done to achieve
their finished result. The competition closes on Friday 29th January 2016. All photos
will be judged on composition, technical ability, originality and interpretation of the
subject. Find more information and submission guidelines at www.nace.co.uk

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Podcasts to Follow in 2016

Do you have a minute? Why not try
the Scientific American podcast 60Second Science where you can listen to
a one minute refresher on new
inventions, scientific breakthroughs
and current events from a scientific
perspective. Learn more at
tinyurl.com/qezmw8h
Austrian philosopher and linguist
Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said
The limits of my language are the
limits of my world. Explore the ways
language influences our thoughts and
behavior with the podcast A Way with
Words at tinyurl.com/jmq6yk7

Opportunities and Events Around London

The Celts: Art and Identity

Alchemist Chronicles), Holly

The British Museum

Smale (the Geek Girl series), Holly

Through 31 January

Bourne (The Normal series) and

Understand the ways that objects still

around today reflect the history of the
world through the BBC and British
Museum collaboration A History of
the World in 100 Objects at
tinyurl.com/yfblr89

This is the first major exhibition to

literary editor Anna James as they

examine the full history of Celtic

discuss feminism in YA literature,

art and identity. The story unfolds

look at the way the conversation

over 2,500 years, from the first

has evolved recently, the problems

recorded mention of Celts to an

and opportunities facing YA

Need more ideas for Podcasts? Check

out this list of the best podcasts of
2015 from The Atlantic:
tinyurl.com/p8b7ew4

exploration of contemporary Celtic

authors and readers, and ways to

influences. Discover how this

set the agenda moving forward.

Book Recommendations from

Librarian Mrs Van Dort:

identity has been revived and

reinvented over the centuries,
across Britain, Europe and beyond.

WOHCC Speed Mentoring Event

The Royal College of Surgeons of
England, Saturday 30 January

The Future of Professions: How

Technology Will Transform the
Work of Human Experts by Richard
Suskind and Daniel Suskind
The authors explain how 'increasingly
capable systems - from telepresence to
artificial intelligence - will bring change
in the way that the practical expertise'
is made available in society.

Malian Music Workshop

Looking for some advice about

The British Library, 23 January

how to prepare for the career of

Join the wonderful musicians of

your dreams? Come chat with

Malis Trio Da Kali at a lively music

professionals from industries like

and song workshop led by

architecture, business and finance,

ethnomusicologist Lucy Durn.

consultancy, dance and performing

The Internet is not the Answer by

Andrew Keen
Keen shows negative effects of the web
on culture, economy, and society.

Waterstones Picadilly, 28 January

Feminism and YA Fiction

Join YA authors CJ Daugherty (the

Night School series and The

arts, economics, engineering, and

investment banking. Read more
and register for free for this event
at tinyurl.com/z24pc44