Talcott Mountain Science Center
Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement (TMSC) is a science center that includes a private school. The campus is located in Avon, Connecticut , USA. The school's focus is on mathematics and science. Unlike the center itself, the school is abbreviated to "TMA", Talcott Mountain Academy.
history
In 1967 TMSC was founded by members of the "Avon Public School District" as part of a program of the United States Department of Education (co-founders were superintendent Francis Driscoll, the comprehensive school teacher (high school) Donald P. La Salle and George C. Atamian, an astronomer and also a comprehensive school teacher (high school)). The school is located on Talcott Mountain, a ridge near Hartford , Connecticut's capital.
The original buildings (three houses and a smaller defense building), which are located on today's shoulder territory, were used during the Cold War as part of the anti-aircraft missile program. Stations like this have been the backbone of American air defense for many years.
The campus today
Today there are three main buildings on campus. The first (Student Technology Building) contains a multimedia library, the Captain Alan L. Bean Hypospherium / Planetarium (the largest planetarium in Connecticut) and a television studio. The administration is also housed in this building. The second building (alternative energies and chronobiology building) contains a greenhouse, a multi-media foreign language room, a darkroom, the music room, mathematical and scientific laboratories, a seminar room for further education and training with regard to alternative energies, and a library. The art room and classrooms are in the third building (academy building).
In addition to the three main buildings, there is an amateur radio station ( call sign W1TMS), a meteorological weather observation point, a viewing platform / sundial (20 feet), a playground, a picnic area and a soccer field for exercising. The highlight of the campus is the observatory with its many different telescopes that can be operated and adjusted from a separate building by computer. These are a Meade 16 inch telescope and a Tinsley 12 ½ inch telescope. In addition to the 18-inch Dobsonian, there are also numerous smaller telescopes that are available for teaching units in astronomy. The science center offers courses in astronomy and other scientific fields for public and private schools.
Well-known graduates
Notable alumni include Eric Fossum, an associate professor at the University of Southern California and Stephen G. Perlman, an entrepreneur and inventor (in multimedia / communications).
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Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′ 39.3 " N , 72 ° 47 ′ 53.7" W.