Tag: Dr. Steve Heilig

Clubs, groups welcome 9th graders at fair

September 9, 2019

Overview of the 2019-2020 Clubs Fair. Viewing the highlights, talking to club leaders, and interviewing the 9th graders.

Tags: abby hedberg, Acapella, Acapella club, adam holod, Ananya Narayan, Anjali tadavarthy, Annika Brelsford, Asad Masood, BBG, book club, Business club, CAS, catherine hooley, chantal thornberry, Check Other club, club, club sports, clubs fair, Dr. Steve Heilig, environmental science, gavin kimmel, Gracie Tilney-Kaemmer, hayden graff, hazel waltenbaugh, Henrik Schleisman, IC, jax wittenberg, Jay Jones, jenny ries, Josh mballa, julia baron, kathleen bishop, Latinos Unidos, Levi Mellin, lily malloy, martha slaven, micheal forsgren, Molly Olguin, Naomi Wilson, nina smetana, Noel Abraham, outdoors club, pep, Rafi Salido, Rainbow Connection, Riley Teitel, Rylan Hefner, sadd, SADD Consent Assembly, sasha aslanian, teacher book club, US Student Clubs Fair, USC, weightlifting club, young conservatives club

Mars Rover landing raises ethical colonization questions

Upper School science teacher Dr. Heilig makes a list of the pros and cons to space colonization in the Space Science class.

Chloe Morse, Managing Editor

December 14, 2018

Terraforming Mars is unethical and illogical.

Tags: Dr. Steve Heilig

Anticipation of new science electives ignites passion

US Chemistry teaccher Mallory Schmidt draws and identifies parts of a Galvanic Cell for the students.

Tristan Hitchens-Brookins, Staff Writer

April 9, 2018

Science teachers express their anticipation and excitement for the upcoming science electives.

Tags: Dr. Steve Heilig, Karissa Baker, mallory schmidt

On display: the stories behind the US science hallway glass cases

Isabel Gisser, RubicOnline Editor

December 9, 2017

The glass display cases along the US science hallways house both scientific and historic artifacts, and recent student work.

Tags: display cases, Dr. Steve Heilig, Hugh K. Schilling, Lily Nestor, science alliance, STEM

Heilig’s Ph.D product of lifelong passion for physics and finding answers

Steve Heilig crawls on top of a proton decay detector in process of being built. “We were looking for protons to fall apart, which we didn’t observe. But we learned some other stuff,” Heilig said.

Javier Whitaker-Castaneda, Managing Editor

March 5, 2016

Ph.D. profiles: Dr. Steve Heilig

Tags: Docotrate, Dr. Steve Heilig, physics

Supermoon exceeds expectations

Senior Tessa Rauch, sophomore Tess Hicks, and sophomore Mira Zelle enjoy the sight of the supermoon. The supermoon occured on Sept. 29 2015.

Gitanjali Raman, Online Managing Editor

October 4, 2015

The next supermoon will not be seen until 2033.

Tags: Coleman Thompson, Dr. Steve Heilig, Mira Zelle, space, supermoon

3D printer is an integral part of Designing Change class

Sophomore Sophie Jaro uses the 3D printer regularly in her Designing Change classes, creating prototypes and expressing her ideas through the resources the 3D printer provides. “The printer brings ideas to life... We aren't here to produce mock-ups or drawings in the end. We want to create and explore,” said sophomore Heba Sandozi, another member of a Designing Change class.

Noor Qureishy, Student Life Editor

October 12, 2014

Whirring and clicking away, the 3D printer has always been a part of the background in the Upper School library and used only occasionally for individual projects or test runs. This year, the students in the Designing Change class have decided to make it a larger part of their program, using the printer to...

Tags: designing change class, Dr. Steve Heilig

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