INGENUITY COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

MAY 2008
Channel 2 teen reporter, Lauren Robinson, interviewed Ingenuity at Poly students Eboni Lightner, Dominique Duval, David Lai and Shauna Linn. The interview was broadcast on May 31.

Ingenuity at Poly senior Shauna Linn won two awards at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta, Georgia. She won the First Place Award from Psy Chi (the Psychology Honor Society) and ISEF's Second Place Award in the category of Behavioral Sciences .Congratulations Shauna!
The Intel ISEF began in 1950 as a means of encouraging pre-college students to conduct scientific research. It has grown in size and prestige to become the crowning achievement in the U.S., and internationally, in high school science competitions. The Intel ISEF 2008 in Atlanta, GA, brought together over 10,000 people from over 45 countries, including 1,500 of the brightest young minds nationally and internationally.

The Ingenuity Project is a recipient of the Maryland Public Television (MPT) 2008 Vision Honors Award. Dr. Gary Pastenack, President of the Ingenuity Board of Directors, and Dolores Costello, Ingenuity Director, received “Miss Jean” Worthley Award for Service to Families and Children at the second annual Vision Honors Banquet. To commemorate the contributions of individuals who have enriched and influenced the lives of children and families, the “Miss Jean” Worthley Award was created in 2007 in honor of MPT's Jean Worthley, star of MPT's beloved Hodgepodge Lodge legendary children's television show. The award was presented by Jean Worthley and Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo.l.

MPT Gala Salutes Outstanding Members of the Community: photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5

APRIL 2008

The Roland Park Science Olympiad team participated in the Maryland State Science Olympiad at Johns Hopkins University. The team comprised of Ingenuity students brought home 20 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals and placed 2nd in the Junior High division grades 6-9.
First place events included Science Word, done by Xander Katona and Anna Manalad, former Roland Park students and current Ingenuity freshman at Poly; Anatomy with Abena Apaw, Blaine Steiner, and Amber Fortman; Bio-Process Lab with Anna Manalad and Xander Katona; Disease Detective with William Cameron and Nava Richter; Meteorology with Xander Katona, Anna Manalad, Ursula Edelenbos, and Jazmin Jurkiewicz; Metric Mastery with Micheal Tontchev and John Beck; Oceanography with Abena Apaw and Harrison Lee; Simple Machines with Abena Apaw, Joey Cusimano and Jazmin Jurkiewicz; Write it Do It with Harrison Lee and Will Cameron..
Students were supported, encouraged, and transported at unbelievable hours by incredibly dedicated parents and their Coaches Deirdre Lindsey and Kathy Bacon.

Ingenuity at Poly students did great at the National History Day (Maryland Competition). Michail Denchev won the 1st Place in the Senior Web Sites category. Anne Juan won the 2nd place in the Senior Individual Documentaries Category. Jeanie Lai and Michael Lampart received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Award.
National History Day, is the nations' leading history education program for students in grades six through twelve. Maryland's History Day Program is the state component of National History Day. During the school year more than 600,000 students, including several thousand in Maryland, engaged in extensive, independent research of historical materials to prepare original museum-type exhibits, dramatic performances, documentaries, and papers related to a national theme.

Michael Tontchev, Ingenuity 8th-grader at Roland Park, received a Maryland State Department of Education 2007-08 Recognition Award

Maryland Math League: Ingenuity team won a third place in the 2007-08 Maryland Math League contest, and Joel Wheatley received the highest cumulative score at Poly.
Math League's High School contest consist of 6 contests each year, with 6 questions per contest. Problems draw from a wide range of high school topics: geometry, algebra, trigonometry, logarithms, series, sequences, exponents, roots, integers, real numbers, combinations, probability, coordinate geometry, and more. Over 1 million students participate in Math League contests each year.

Ingenuity junior Jasmen Rice won a Gold Medal in Medicine and Health at Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). Senior Dominique Duval and junior Ariel Bowers won silver medals in Medicine and Health and in Earth and Space Sciences respectively. Junior Ebony Ashby-Bey won Bronze in Engineering.

Ingenuity senior David Lai won the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Award for his project,

"Characterization of Genomic Instability in SCSI Mutants Yields Insight into Cancer Biology."
The NSBE Pre-College Initiative Program is designed to stimulate the interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. It helps the students discover firsthand how engineering and technology relate to the world around them and discover the excitement of academic excellence, leadership, technical development and teamwork.

Ingenuity students are the winners at the 2008 Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) . Oral Research Presentations: 2nd place - David Lai, Characterization of Genomic Instability in sgs1 Mutants Yields Insight into Cancer Biology; Poster Presentations: 1st place - Tyrone Howard, GFP Tagging the Master Cell Type Regulatory Gene regA; 2nd place - Christian Wisner-Carlson, Public Key Cryptography; 3rd place - Reema Sharma, NeuroAIDS: The Basics of HIV Dementia. David Lai and Tyrone Howard advanced to the National JSHS competition in Orlando FL, held April 30 – May 4.

MARCH 2008

Ingenuity students performed well at the 2008 Baltimore Science Fair: Ingenuity at Poly senior Shauna Linn won the Grand Prize in Biological Sciences and the American Society for Quality for Use of Statistical Analysis Award. Senior David Lai won the National Society of Black Engineers Award. Tyrone Howard, Poly senior and former Ingenuity student at Roland Park, won Honorable Mention in Division One Biological Sciences and the United States Army Excellence in Research Award. Shauna will go to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Georgia, in May, 2008.

Two Roland Park Middle School Science Bowl Teams competed in the regional Science Bowl competition. Team one consisted of all 8th graders: Micheal Tontchev, Lydia Cornett, John Beck, and Abena Apaw. Team 2 included 8th graders Alonzo Hellerbach and Harrison Lee, with 7th graders: Blaine Steiner, Nathan Greene, and Ned Pollard. Team one placed 2nd overall, and.team two placed 3rd. The competition consisted of a quiz bowl style tournament and hydrogen fuel cell car race. Our teams have been practicing and designing their cars since October in preparation for the tournament.

Three Ingenuity at Poly students, the winners of AMC 12, qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME): Joel Wheatley (12th grade, 100.5 points), Wuqiong Fan (10th grade, 99.0 points) and Michael Mountain (12th grade, 99.0 points).

National Merit Scholarship: Morgan Carrington - National Achievement Finalist, Michael Mountain - National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist.

Ingenuity at Poly senior Shaune Linn is the State of Maryland Distinguished Scholar in recognition of demonstrated excellence as an exceptional Maryland high school student. Senior Trang Vu has achieved the status of semifinalist.

Ingenuity students Carly Wais and Matthew Ekey are Carson Scholars. The Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. is a non-profit charity that was founded in 1994, by Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson and his wife, Candy, to recognize and reward students in grades 4-11 who strive for academic excellence (3.75 GPA or higher) and demonstrate a strong commitment to their community.

Ingenuity at Poly senior, Shauna Linn, is a USA Bio Olympiad semifinalist. She is among the top 500 participants nationwide eligible to take the Semifinal Exam. The 2008 USA Biology Olympiad Open Exam was very difficult, designed to challenge even the most gifted biology students.

JANUARY 2008

Micheal Tontchev and John Beck with official preparing for "Scarmbler"

Ingenuity students from Roland Park participated in Science Olympiad Invitational held January 26, 2008 at George Washington University in Washington DC.
The mission of the Science Olympiad is to promote student interest in science and to improve the quality of K-12 science education throughout the United States. Competitions in 50 events included a series of team events. The events were aligned with the National Science Standards and balanced among the various science disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics and technology. The competitions required knowledge of science concepts, process skills and science applications. Teams reached the national tournament after winning local, regional and state competitions throughout the United States.

Inaugural VEX Robotics World Championship hosted 91 high school and middle school teams from Brazil, Canada, China, Great Britain, Korea, Singapore, Taipei and the United States for two days of non-stop and pulse-pounding matches. Ingenuity senior Benjamin Bakkegard placed 7th internationally and 2nd nationally in the competition.

The FIRST Robotics Competition. Top 25% Finish in Chesapeake region: Ingenuity seniors Benjamin Bakkegard, Fred Dory and Nick Keller.

Maryland Woodbridge Competition: Ingenuity freshmen Anne Blonder and Natalie Ferrone placed 3rd in the region and 7th overall.

University of Maryland Mathematics Competition
2470 students took the Part 1 Exam scoring from a high of 96 to -44 (the median score was 18). Ingenuity students who qualified for Part 2: Michail Denchev - Baltimore City winner, Wuqiong Fan, Joel Wheatley, Christian Wisner-Carlson, Saul Wilson .

OCTOBER 2007

Siemens Westinghouse Competition
	David Lai, an Ingenuity at Poly senior, is the Siemens Competition semifinalist! The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school.

Click here, here and here to see David Lai working in the lab.

SEPTEMBER 2007

Megan Reid, Ingenuity at Poly sophomore, was invited to speak at the Regional Student Panel of the Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor conference, " Base Realignment and Closure: Transformation of the Regional Workforce."
The Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor (CSSC) is a regional partnership among Harford, Cecil, and Baltimore Counties, Baltimore City, and Aberdeen Proving Ground. CSSC is at the leading edge of regionalism developing the collaborative and cooperative teamwork necessary to succeed. It offers an array of recreational, intellectual, and cultural activities in the Heart of the Mid-atlantic. Hundreds of miles of Chesapeake Bay shoreline, dynamic town centers, traditional and new neighborhoods, waterfront communities, and historic districts are minutes away from thriving urban centers. The region's energetic lifestyle provides wealth of opportunities and amenities for exploration and entertainment, including major league sports, Broadway Productions, exciting night life, nationally renowned museums, pristine beaches, and world-class golf courses.

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