WHAT: Noggin at Hosford Middle School (Portland Public Schools)

We did it! Learn more at the link!

Honest selves @ Hosford

WHERE: Hosford Middle School, 2303 SE 28th Pl, Portland, OR 97214

WHEN: THURSDAY, February 28, 9:00am – 1:30; meet at the school office

CONTACTS: Amy Slaughter, Assistant Principal, Hosford Middle School; Jane VanDam, Science teacher; Kevin Marquardt, Science teacher

Hosford offers a Mandarin immersion program!
Here are some neuro-related words in Mandarin…

Brain:  脑 (nǎo)
Neuroscience:  神经科学 (Shénjīng kēxué)

Translation provided by Luyao Wang, undergraduate in Psychology at PSU

There are significant benefits to bilingual education in both children and adults, including evidence of changes in the white matter wiring of linked cortical regions essential for executive function (decision making, working memory, attentional control), and a reduced risk of cognitive decline with age…

“Let Knowledge Serve the City”

LEARN MORE: Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Programs Benefit Academic Achievement

LEARN MORE: Language Experience Changes Language and Cognitive Ability

LEARN MORE: The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain

LEARN MORE: Latino Network Learning & Lobes

See what we did last year @ Hosford!

High energy Hosford: Tumors, music & drugs!

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Sawyer Perry, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Robby Heiberg, PSU
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Kyle Stinson, PSU
Katie Pope, PSU
Isidro Chan, PSU
Liliana Prychyna, PSU (9-11:30am)
Sydney Duran, PSU
Armand Beikzadeh, PSU (9-11:30am)
Alejandro Rios, PSU (11:30 – 1:30pm))
Mark Thompson, PSU (10 – 1:30pm)
Aaron Eisen, PSU (10 – 1:30pm)