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26 Feb Petroleum Academy Students Explore for Oil, Make Deals during PetroChallenge

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More than 200 high school students from the Petroleum Academies, supported by the Independent Petroleum Association of America/Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (IPAA/PESA) Energy Education Center, will study seismic surveys, compete for production rigs, and negotiate deals during a two-day competition called PetroChallenge held Feb....

26 Feb Houston Geological Society Sponsors Site Visit

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The Houston Geological Society sponsored Geosciences Day at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for the third year in a row. The HGS docents toured nearly 120 Freshmen Petroleum Academy students and chaperones from Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy along with Westside and Milby High...

26 Feb “FIRST” Robotics Competition

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IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy students at Southwest High School competed in the FIRST Robotics qualifier contest on Saturday, January 27 at Bethesda Christian School. The FIRST Tech Challenge ("For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) teams are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots...

26 Feb Southwest High School Hosts Annual Speaking Competition

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The IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy at Southwest High School participated in the annual PowerPoint/Panel Speaking Competition on January 17-18, 2018. The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for students in our Petroleum Academies to demonstrate their knowledge of the oil and gas industry and to...

22 Feb Southwest High School Attends Texas A&M Spark Conference

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IPAA/PESA Junior and Senior Petroleum Academy students from Southwest High School traveled to Texas A&M for the annual Spark Conference, an engineering design competition....

29 Jan Media Advisory: Houston, Fort Worth Students Explore for Oil, Make Deals During 2018 PetroChallenge

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More than 200 high school students from the Petroleum Academies, supported by the IPAA/PESA Energy Education Center, will study seismic surveys, compete for production rigs, and negotiate deals during a two-day competition called PetroChallenge....

13 Nov Dale Carnegie & Energy Training Resources Teacher Training

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The IPAA/PESA Energy Education Center kick-started the 2017-18 school year with a new opportunity through Dale Carnegie for our Petroleum Academy teachers. This exclusive event would not have been made possible without the generous financial support of Dale Carnegie and Southwestern Energy....

13 Nov Academy Student Featured as Guest Speaker at PESA Annual Meeting

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On April 22, 2017, Jack Nassab, 2013 IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy at Westside graduate, spoke on behalf of all current and former IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy students before the National Membership of PESA in Mesa, Arizona....

13 Nov IPAA/PESA Milby Graduate Accepted to Prestigious University of Houston Geology Master’s Program

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Stephanie Suarez graduated in 2012 as a member of the IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy at Milby and this past May she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in General Geology from the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT Austin. Stephanie’s externship was at Valerus in 2011....

13 Nov Academy Student Featured as Guest Speaker at NOIA Annual Meeting

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Ashley Menendez, Southwest High School 2013 salutatorian and class president, and member of the IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy at Southwest, spoke on April 5, 2017 at the annual meeting of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) in Washington, DC. Ashley spoke about her experience in the...