Viva Technology Students Go To Annapolis
 
Through an ongoing relationship with the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,
Maryland, HENAAC arranged for 6 students from HENAAC’s partner schools to be 
participants in the Naval Academy's new Summer STEM Program for middle and 
high school students.  For 6 days, from June 22 - 27, 2008, students lived, worked, 
and played on the grounds of the Naval Academy participating in a fun but demanding 
string of exercises all encompassing STEM concepts.  
 
All six of these students are past participants in HENAAC's acclaimed Viva Technology 
Program.  
 
The United States Naval Academy's Summer STEM Program is designed to 
encourage 7th - 10th Grade Students to pursue a course of study in engineering 
and technology throughout both high school and college and provide students, 
civilian and military, with the tools and motivation to cultivate a lifelong career in 
Engineering Activities staged at the camp include Hydrology and Fluids 
projects that will allow students to analyze advances in sea travel, the Science of 
Law Enforcement (including movement sensors, alarms, and Biometrics), and 
Cryptography (both traditional and digital.)
 
The following 6 students were nominated by HENAAC and accepted to the 
Naval Academy's Summer STEM Program:
 
Joana Morales - Mountain View High School, El Monte, California
Sujeiry Guzman - Arroyo High School, El Monte, California
Arthur Maldonado - Rosemead High School, Rosemead, California
Guillermo Rosemblat - Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
Mina Ghorbani - Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
Nikita Bodoukin - Dr. Michael M. Krop High School, Miami, Florida
 
All six of these students are past participants in HENAAC's Viva Technology Program, 
which is designed to engage inner-city and rural K-12 students, teachers and 
parents in the applications of technology in order to stimulate interest and academic 
achievement in math, science and engineering, thereby laying the foundation for 
students to select and succeed in college and university degree programs leading to 
careers in science, technology, engineering and math.