UCMST 14201 Canal Road Phone: 586.797.6800 CEEB Code |
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SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
Achievement
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National Merit: UCMST has had 47 National Merit Scholars over the past 8 years.
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Thunderchickens FIRST Robotics team is the 2006 and 2008 World Champion and has finished TOP TEN in the nation five of the past seven years. The Thunderchickens team was the winner of the Chairman's Award at the Detroit Regional in 2007.
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UCMST students have participated annually in both the Michigan Math Prize Competition and the American Competition. Their scores have consistently placed our program among the top high schools in Michigan.
Graduates - 100% of the UCMST students attend 4-year universities. UCMST graduates have attended or are presently enrolled in the following colleges and universities:
| Out of State | State of Michigan | |||
| Arizona State | Georgia Tech | University of Chicago | University of Maryland | Adrian College |
| Barry Univ (FL) | Harvey Mudd | University of Daytona | U.S Military Academy at West Point | Albion College |
| Binghamton U (SUNY) | Illinois Tech | University of Illinois | Alma College | |
| Boston University | Iowa State U. | University of Kentucky | Aquinas College | |
| Bowling Green State U. | John Hopkins | University of Missouri | Central Michigan | |
| Bucknell University | Kings College (U.K) | University of Notre Dame | Grand Valley State U. | |
| CalTech | Miami U (Ohio) | University of Oregon | Hope College | |
| Cambridge U. (U.K) | MIT | PENN | Kalamazoo College | |
| Carleton University | Princeton | University of Pittsburgh | Kettering University | |
| Carnegie Mellon U. | Purdue University | Vanderbilt University | Michigan State Univ. | |
| Case Western Reserve | Rensselaer Polytechnic | Webb University | Michigan Tech University | |
| Colby College | Rose-Hulman | U.S Coast Guard Academy | Oakland University | |
| DigiPen Institue | U.S. Coast Guard Academy | Brigham Young University | U of Detroit Mercy | |
| Duke University | UC-Berkley | Neumont University | U of Michigan | |
| Brown University | Wayne State University |
Facility - The UCMST is housed in the Joan C. Sergent Instructional Resource Center, a specially designed facility that includes the highest level of current technology. State of the art instructional components are featured in every science laboratory, computer laboratory, and classroom.
Curriculum - College level instruction and facilities enable the UCMST students to have the following academic experience and credentials: one and one half credits of C++ and Java, readiness for Calculus III, laboratory proficiency in analytic methods and biotechnology including polymerase chain reactions and sequencing and experience with multivariable research in a “Design of Experiments” statistical model. Scientific research is a formal integrated four-year academic strand for all students.
Internships - The UCMST Junior Internship Program has been recognized by the Michigan Department of Education. Each junior is given a career experience in a selected professional setting. Recent internships include: transplant surgery, orthopedic research and cardiology at Henry Ford Detroit Hospital; engineering at FANUC Robotics, Ford Michigan Proving Ground, Trompeter Enterprises and Custom Biogenics; emergency room medicine at Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center, St. John - Macomb Hospital and Detroit Receiving; nurse anesthetist at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital - Warren; software development at Siemens, Vectorform Game Design and eyeWyre Software Studios. Each student develops a formal presentation of his or her experience in the fall of the senior year.
The UCMST Students are highly involved in a full range of co-curricular and extracurricular activities such as: varsity athletics, music, theater, debate, student government, and community service. The faculty and students work together to schedule a creative array of school day and after school events. The World Champion Thunderchickens FIRST Robotics team offers an excellent experience in computers, engineering, problem solving, and teamwork.
Course Offerings
| Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Accelerated Chemistry | Advanced Biology | AP Physics B | AP Calculus BC |
Advanced Algebra/Geometry OR |
Biochemistry/ Foundations of Research | Foundations of Calculus/AP Statistics | **and any of the following two |
| C++ Programming/Statistics | Analysis | AP JAVA Programming | AP Biology |
| AP Chemistry | |||
| AP Physics C Mechanics |
Utica Community Schools, the second largest district in the state of Michigan, serves over 29,000 students. Located fifteen miles north of Detroit, it is characteristically suburban, encompassing two municipalities and four townships. The community is largely residential with strong economic ties to the automotive industry. The UCS has enjoyed a long-standing tradition of exceptional citizen support, which has resulted in numerous innovative educational programs such as the UCMST.
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