Welcome To Aqua!
The Aquaculture Center serves a community of diverse students with a broad range of social, economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds who bring to the school a variety of skills, talents and learning styles. We offer students from school systems in the greater Bridgeport region the opportunity to enhance the traditional academic high school curriculum with a specialized emphasis on science and technology instruction as related to the development of aquaculture in the State of Connecticut.
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Course Selection Fair 2020-21
Good Morning Aqua Parents!
Unfortunately, it appears that we will not be returning to school this year. A link for our course selection form which must be submitted by MAY 22nd,2020 has been emailed to you. Please use a copy of our student success plan with recommended courses for each year based on areas of interest to guide you through the process.
Please find below informative videos about the courses for students/parents to learn about their options.
Aquaculture Chemistry
Aquaculture Physics
Analytical Chemistry
BACA/ BACA VIDEO
CAD
Coastal Navigation and Piloting
Conceptual Physics
Culture of Aquatic Species
Marine Ecology (UB Duall Enrollment)
Marine Manufacturing/Woodshop
Med-Vet technology
Methods of Biotechnology
Seafood Science
UCONN ECE Biology/Syllabus
UCONN ECE Environmnetal Science
UCONN ECE Oceanography
UB PHY 201(Dual Enrollment)
Regarding Honors Chemistry, any sophomore or junior who requests chemistry will be preliminarily assigned based on teacher recommendations; when we return to school we will utilize our chemistry pre-test to ensure that students are prepared to meet the challenges entailed. Students who select BACA will need to complete the BACA application process, and students who select UCONN ECE courses will also have to complete UCONN registration. Those applications will be sent in a separate email to students selecting those options.
Please reach out to our Director, Mrs.Lea Catherman at lcatherman@bridgeportedu.net if you have specific questions.
We all miss having students here! Stay safe!
Sincerely,
Team Aqua.
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Distance Learning at Aqua
Good Morning Aqua Parents,
Beginning Monday March 23rd Bridgeport Public Schools, including Aqua, will begin implementing distance learning activities for the duration of this school closure. Teachers will be preparing work and posting it on their Edmodo pages for the coming week by Friday afternoon. I’m attaching here the list of Aqua teacher emails so that you & your child may stay in contact with their teacher. During distance learning weeks, teachers are required to check electronic communication (Edmodo & email) multiple times per day, so that they may be available to help students. Each class’ work will be determined by the teacher, but we have been encouraged to keep the workload reasonable (recommending 3-4 hours of work per week)
If any student does not have access to Edmodo or email, for any reason, they may pick up a paper copy of work at the Aqua Main Office on Monday to be returned on Friday. For now, this measure will likely be in place through the first week of April. However, this is an unprecedented situation and district leadership will be revisiting these decisions on a regular basis.
The absolute last day for Aqua will be June 25th.
Thank you for your patience during this very confusing time. We will all be working remotely when possible as we practice social distancing. If you have questions or concerns email is the best way to reach me: Lcatherman@bridgeportedu.net
We will continue to keep you posted as additional information becomes available.
Lea Catherman
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Thank you to all of the students for donating to the Gary Crooks Food Drive! Great Job!
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AQUACULTURE SPIRIT WEAR SALE
APTSSO announces that our "Spirit Wear" is online for purchase! The spirit wear sale link below is currently live BUT it will close promptly on Monday, November 18, 2019. Please do not wait until the last minute to order as we cannot extend the deadline! This will be our only spirit wear sale before the December holidays, so this is a great way to purchase an item or two for your Aqua student for Hanukkah or Christmas or Kwanzaa. All items will be delivered to the Aquaculture School pre-packaged with your student's name on it the week of December 9th. If you do place an order and an your order is a gift for your student, please let us know as soon as possible by sending APTSSO an email at: bgptaqua@gmail.com and we will not give it to your son/daughter when it arrives. We will alert you when the delivery is made and you can pick it up at another time. If you have any questions OR need more info, please contact APTSSO ONLY via email at: bgptaqua@gmail.com
Here is the spirit wear link:
AQUACULTURE FALL 2019
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School Closing March 2020
March 13- March 31 ( School Closed)
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Fall Information Session -2019
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The Aqua Cup 2019
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UCONN ECE, BACA and UB Presentations at Aquaculture School
The Sophomores and Juniors at the Aquaculture School attended a presentation on the UCONN Early College Experience, BACA and U B's Dual Enrollemnt programs that are offered at the school.
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AQUACULTURE SPIRIT WEAR SALE
APTSSO announces that our "Spring Spirit Wear" is online for purchase! The spirit wear sale link below is currently live BUT it will close promptly on MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 22, 2018. Please do not wait until the last minute to order as we CANNOT extend the deadline! For parents of graduating seniors, this spirit wear sale is a great way to purchase a graduation gift for your Aquaculture senior! For all parents, this is a great way to purchase spirit wear for your student for the 2019-2020 school year!
All items will be delivered to the Aquaculture School pre-packaged with your student's name on it the week of May 20th. Please note that the order form has been updated and asks for your Aquaculture student's name and address. Please just put in your student's name and your address! We cannot offer a return policy as your order is placed directly through our supplier, so please note the sizes on each item. Some of our spirit wear items have men's sizes and some items have women's sizes, but most are unisex sizes, so please note the sizes on each item, and take the time to read the descriptions for spirit wear items.
***For parents whose order is a GIFT, please let us know as soon as possible by sending APTSSO an email at: bgptaqua@gmail.com and we will not give it to your son/daughter when it arrives. We will alert you when the delivery is made and you can pick it up at another time.
Please click the link below to place your order:
AQUACULTURE SPRING 2019
APTSSO is responsible for each spirit wear sale, so if you have any questions OR need more info, please contact APTSSO ONLY via email at: bgptaqua@gmail.com DO NOT CONTACT THE SCHOOL!
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AQUA SENIORS: GET YOU UNIQUE AQUA PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT!!
Congratulations on making it to senior year!!
As students begin the college application process, we would like to remind you of the opportunity to include their supplementary Aqua Program Transcript with their applications to help showcase all of the additional work that the students engage in as part of this program. Attached you will find a generic transcript and the directions for students to ‘personalize’ their transcript. We are happy to mail out copies of these transcripts if students bring addressed envelopes to the office. Complete the Program Transcript (following directions)!
Thank you & best wishes during what can be a stressful process!
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Angie's Seafood Market
Angie's Seafood market will open every Thursday , starting September 20th from 3-6pm. Please stop by!
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Parent Convention:
Please click on the link below to access the Parent convention registration forms.
Parent Convention English
Parent Convention Spanish
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