Laney AIG Update

Laney: Tuesday & Friday

NHHS: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Please check "working hours" in your Microsoft calendar before booking to make sure our calendar times will match.

DATE: Tuesday Sept. 29

TIME: 6pm

LOCATION: Media Center

PURPOSE: to review high school AIG services

Juniors and seniors are welcome to participate in the consolidated college fair at CFCC on Oct 22. If they want to go during school hours, they must return the permission slip. A registration form was sent to you in your email. You must complete it with your school Outlook email. Permission slips will be distributed once you've completed the registration form. The trip will be limited to 80 students.

LOCATION: Cape Fear Community College - Joe and Barbara Schwartz Center

610 North Front Street

Wilmington, NC 28401

11th- and 12th-grade students will be transported by bus, only if the permission slip is turned in.

• 10:15 A.M. - Laney/Ashley

• 5:30-7:30 P.M. - Open to the Public

The North Carolina Governor's School is a four-week summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. Learning focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and it does not involve credit, tests, or grades. Students are selected to attend through a competitive process after being nominated by their public school unit or non-public school.

SPECIFIC SCHOOL NOMINATIONS ARE SELECTED FROM COMPLETED APPLICATIONS

COUNTY DEADLINE FOR SCHOOL SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS:

3pm October 23rd to reagan.mauk@nhcs.net

Please use the link below to access my GS newsletter with additional information. NHHS student info session: Thursday, October 1st, 11:15 am, Media Center. Please RSVP from the newsletter.

Do you remember what it felt like to be challenged, encouraged, and inspired by a high schooler? Now's your chance to be that person for someone else.The AIG Mentorship Program connects high school AIG students with younger AIG learners at elementary and middle schools across New Hanover County. As a mentor, you'll lead engaging, hands-on lessons designed to build creative thinking, strengthen neuroplasticity, and encourage students to think outside the box.

This is a chance to develop your leadership and communication skills, give back to the AIG community that helped shape you, and make a lasting impact on a younger student's academic journey. No teaching experience is required, just enthusiasm, creativity, and a willingness to inspire. Join us and help spark the next generation of innovative thinkers!

*Please make sure you have a schedule that allows participation either 1st or 4th Block. Participation does not qualify as an excused absence. Once sessions begin, students will need to provide their own transportation to their mentoring site.*

What: The 2026 Ethics & Leadership Conference: "Artificial Intelligence: Mind and Machine, Our Logic. Our Ethics. Our Future" is a day of presentations, problem-solving, and small-group student conversations with opportunities to connect with students from across NC. Students will apply leadership and ethical decision-making to the year’s theme, by collaborating with peers and other experts who act as the session leaders.

Conference Theme: At the 2026 NCSSM Ethics and Leadership Conference, high school students from around North Carolina will explore the topic of Artificial Intelligence and its implications. Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant possibility. It is writing code, diagnosing disease, shaping elections, and entering classrooms. The question is no longer whether AI will change the world. The question is who will lead that change, and how.

Whether you're headed toward engineering, medicine, law, policy, the arts, or a career that doesn't exist yet—AI is already part of your future. This conference is for you.

You are invited to join us at the North Carolina School of Science & Math in Durham for our annual Ethics & Leadership Conference. This year's theme, Mind & Machine, brings students together with peers and professionals to dive into the most urgent questions of our time: Where does automation end and human responsibility begin? Who gets left behind when algorithms make decisions? And what does it mean to lead with integrity in a world increasingly shaped by machines?

This year's speakers bring three extraordinary perspectives to those questions. Together, they don't just represent three careers. They represent three answers to the same urgent question: What does the mind bring to the machine?

✅ Learn what AI can—and can't—do: Discover why human intuition and your unique mind remain the most valuable tools in the room.

✅ Confront algorithmic bias: Understand how bias gets built into technology, and what it takes to build systems that work fairly for everyone.

✅ Explore emerging career paths: Navigate the future of AI ethics, policy, healthcare, education, and tech leadership.

✅ Connect with industry leaders: Hear directly from the experts shaping how AI gets built, governed, and used— from the classroom to the boardroom.

You don't need to write the code to shape what it does—just the curiosity to question it, the ethics to guide it, and the leadership to act on what you learn.

Who: Open to all North Carolina High School students (grades 9-12).

When: Monday, November 2, 2026 from 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM.

Where: The Durham Campus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

How: Attend in person.

Cost: Free

Why join us for this event?

• Network with other students.

• Hear from experts about ethical dilemmas in their fields.

CIEE is thrilled to announce the launch of 19 NEW High School Summer Abroad programs for summer 2027!

These educationally-aligned programs expand some of our already popular subject areas into exciting new locations like Athens, Shanghai, São Paulo, Tokyo, and more.

Whether your students are interested in learning a new language or taking a deep dive into the arts, business, or STEM, there are now more ways than ever for your students to experience an academically-enriching summer abroad.

Learn more about the variety of subjects and destinations your students can choose from on their blog.

Write a 100-Word Personal Narrative

We invite teenagers to tell a story about a meaningful life experience in just 100 words. Contest dates: Sept. 16-Oct. 28, 2026.

Students and educators can win $1,000 by making a two-minute video about an idea to improve their community. Up to 500 individuals can win. Open now through October 4, 2026. Learn more and enter: https://ideachallengenc.org/?src=aig

AIG students will be enrolled in an AIG Canvas site this year that will house AIG newsletters, updates, and opportunities. Newsletters will only be directly emailed to family members to try and cut down on the quantity of email students receive. If you receive an email from me, that means I am specifically reaching out to you personally about something important.

550 word essay: outlines your academic and professional goals, describing your personal experiences will help you achieve those goals.

Deadline November 15th https://www.mensafoundation.org/what-we-do/scholarships/

Western on Tour – Wilmington
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. | Program begins around 6:00 p.m.
Hotel Ballast Wilmington
301 N. Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

Students can register at ontour.wcu.edu. Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome.

North Carolina Early Action applicants who submit their application by November 1 and have a complete application and confirmed North Carolina residency by November 10 will receive their admission decision by the end of December.

Seniors have been invited to join the Scholarship Canvas this year. All scholarship info and community and school-based applications will be available through this Canvas. STUDENTS can use the button below to join. You must log into NC EdCloud to join/access.

Each month on the 2nd Saturday, CFRW conducts a community clean-up somewhere in the local Cape Fear area. Clean-ups are almost always from 9am-11am. Anyone can sign-up to join the clean-up event. CFRW staff provide gloves, trash/recycle bags, and grabbers for volunteers. Check the calendar each month as locations are usually TBD until about a week before. You should register to attend so they will have enough supplies. Click on the event in the CFRW calendar to register.

• Sept. 30 - Coca-Cola Scholarship
• Sept. 30 - Writers of the Future
• Oct. 4 - US Senate Youth Program
• Oct. 26 - Congressional App Challenge
• Oct. 29 - STEM Flight Crew
• Dec. 1 - Congressional Essay Contest

Email: reagan.mauk@nhcs.net
AIG Website: https://sites.google.com/nhcs.net/laney-nhhs-aig/home-1
Office: 214
Phone: 910-251-6100