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The BOOST program encourages students to become more interested in science by utilizing innovative teaching methods.

Guatemala trip:

Durham school Superintendent Carl Harris and 26 other educators traveled to Guatemala in June '07 for a week to visit rural and urban schools and stay with families. The educators are participants in the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. They are from schools that have large Latino populations around their schools, including E.K. Powe, Lakewood, George Watts and Forest View elementary schools. The teachers have completed a year of weekly Spanish classes. Duke University and the Duke-Durham United Way sponsored this trip for Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership teachers as part of President Brodhead's initiatives that support the priorities of the Durham Public Schools.

BOOST Summer Session 2007 Begins

BOOST (Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology) launched its summer session.

BOOST is a multi-dimensional program for elementary and middle school teachers and students, designed to excite under-represented minority students about science and inspire them to pursue careers in medicine and other biomedical professions.

BOOST is a unique partnership between Duke University Medical Center, Durham Public Schools, and the North Carolina School of Science and Math aims to:

1. Improve the science performance of URM students,
2. Upgrade the content of the pre-college science curriculum, and, ultimately,
3. Increase the numbers of URM students prepared for professional education in the advanced sciences.

For more information about BOOST visit the website: http://community.duke.edu/boost/index.html or contact David Stein 919-668-6271