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JULY 2010
 Three Ingenuity students scored a perfect 800 on SATs: Michael Tontchev (Physics), Michael Leung (Reading) and Edward Samson (Math). Dana Katzenelson received a perfect composite score on ACT. |
APRIL 2010
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Ingenuity senior Meagan Reid is the |
2010 Gates Millenium Scholar
T he Gates Millennium Scholars Program, established in 1999, was initially funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the Program is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with financial need to reach their highest potential.
2010 Baltimore Scholars Award
Eight Ingenuity seniors received four-year, full-tuition scholarships to the
Johns Hopkins University:
Christopher Harris, Wuqiong Fan, Michelle Lampart, Richard McKinnon, Ndubisi Okeke,
Megan Reid, Carly Wais, Rebekah Wheatley.
 Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO)
Ingenuity at Poly senior Megan Reid won
Silver Medal.
National K-12 Chess Championship
A Poly team won the K-12 Unrated Division of the Championship competing against 141 players and 32 teams  from 21 states across the nation.
In addition, four Poly students took top-10 individual honors . The team brought home
five trophies, five plaques, and seven medals.
Ingenuity senior William Griffin finished sixth in the nation with 6-0-1 record (with the same number of points as third place). |
National History Day Statewide
Competition
2nd Place Individual Performance: Rebekah Wheatley, “Nothing” Is Important. 2nd Place Group Documentary: Anne Blonder, More, Cheaper, Better; The Ford Model T's Impact on the Assembly Line. 2nd Place Individual Exhibit: Joshua Greenspan, It's About Time.
 Maryland Science
Olympiad
16 teams competed in 21 different events at Johns Hopkins University. Ingenuity students won several prizes. Disease Detectives, 1 st place: Anna Manalad & Dana Katzenelson; Write It Do It, 1 st place: Matt Ekey & Michael Tontchev; Chemistry Lab, 2nd place: Ilenna Jones & Muhammad Hamza; Elevated Bridge, 2nd place: Dan Borgnia & Wuqiong Fan; Cell Biology, 3rd place: Saul Wilson & Muhammad Hamza; Ecology, 3rd place: Matt Ekey & Chris Weddle.
The Carson Scholars Fund
Caryn Carson,
Matt Ekey,
Da’Kuawn Johnson,
Anna Manalad and
Richard McKinnon are Carson Scholars.
National Merit Scholarship Program
Wuqiong Fan and Saul Wilson are Finalists and Award Winners.
Maryland Math League
Ingenuity team won the first place in the competition with 160 points. St. Albans School was second with 156 points. Rebekah Wheatley received the second highest cumulative score just one point behind the winner.
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Math League's High School contest consists of 6 contests each year. Problems draw from a wide range of high school topics. Over 1 million students participate in Math League contests.
MARCH 2010
 2010 Maryland MATHCOUNTS
Ingenuity at Roland Park Math Team won 1st place in Baltimore City in a Chapter  competition. All team members (Raphael Kargon, Dara Wais, Jack Mountain and Beatrix Edelenbos) were on the list of top 16 scorers. Also our team placed 9th (with 23 teams participating) in Maryland MATHCOUNTS competition.
2010 Baltimore Science Fair
Sponsor Awards: 2nd Place, Biological Sciences - Warner Lai. Honorable Mention, Physical Sciences - Dan Borgnia. United States Public Health Service, Distinguished Achievement, 2nd Place Award - Wuqiong Fan. National Society of Black Engineers Achievement Award - Duane Dennis, Michael Leung. National Space Society Certificate of Recognition - Duane Dennis.
Maryland
Science Bowl |
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Ingenuity at Roland Park Science Bowl Team Makes Semi-Finals! On Saturday, March 13, nine middle school students led by coach Kathy Bacon competed in the Maryland Regional Middle School Science Bowl Tournament. The Science Bowl is a national competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. Groups of 4 or 5 students compete in a Jeopardy-like, fast paced question and answer format, with toss-ups and bonus questions in topics of math and four types of science--general, earth, physical and life. |
MARCH 2010
 Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
Poster Presentations: Terrell Buckson - 1st Place, Edward Samson - 2nd Place; Oral Presentations: Caryn Carson - 4th Place.
 
48 students from across the state were invited to give oral presentations on the results of their research and 45 presented their posters for the poster competition.
 AMC 12
Wuqiong Fan and Saul Wilson, Ingenuity at Poly seniors, qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME).
AMC exams are 25-question, 75-minute multiple-choice tests that cover secondary school mathematics. They feature problems that can be solved with precalculus concepts.
FEBRUARY 2010
 Maryland State Advisory Council on Gifted and Talented Education
Ingenuity students, teachers and administrators have been selected for recognition by the Advisory Council at their annual reception "Celebrating Gifted and Talented Education." Chris Harris, Wuqiong Fan and Saul Wilson received a Student Achievement in Gifted and Talented Education award. Dr. Mikhail Goldenberg received an Outstanding Educator - Teachers as Leaders award, and Ingenuity Director Ms. Dolores Costello received an Outstanding Educator - Program Coordinator award.
The Maryland Wood Bridge Challenge
1st Place Overall: Wuqiong Fan. 2nd Place Region, 4th Place Overall: Dan Borgnia. 4th Place Region, 9th Place Overall: Catharine Shipps, Sih Oka-Zeh. Wuqiong Fan advanced to the International Wood Bridge Competition in Philadelphia, PA.
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JANUARY 2010
 Intel Science Talent Search
Wuqiong Fan, an Ingenuity at Poly senior, is a semifinalist of the Intel Science Talent Search!
 Each of the semifinalists receives $1,000. Poly also receives an award of $1,000 for a semifinalist named in the Intel STS. The award will be used to further support excellence in science, math, and engineering education at Poly. Wuqiong is the fifth Ingenuity student in recent years to be named an Intel semi-finalist
Click here to see Wuqiong Fan with David Nelson, Ingenuity Research Coordinator.
DECEMBER 2009
 William R. King Chapter of the National Honor Society
On December 15, 2009 eight Ingenuity students were inducted to the William R. King Chapter of the National Honor Society : Selena Guerrero-Martin, Christopher Harris, Mary Kamos, Warner Lai, Anna Manalad, Derek Riley, Lawrence Wang and Ashley Willis.
 University of Maryland Mathematics Competition
Andrew Clemens is a Baltimore City winner of the Competition (his rank is 45, total participants 2470). This year seven (a record number!) Ingenuity students qualified for Part II of the competition: Andrew Clemens, Illena Jones, Lawrence Wang, Dana Katzenelson, Wuqiong Fan, Saul Wilson and Dan Borgnia. A total of 250 students qualified for Part II. |
OCTOBER 2009
 Siemens Competition
Wuqiong Fan, is the Siemens Competition semifinalist!
Wuqiong examined the validity of a rheumatoid arthritis cell model for drug screening.
The Siemens Competition recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high schoolstudents who are willing to challenge themselves through science research.
Maryland Math League
Ingenuity team scored a perfect 30 points in the first contest of the competition. Andrew Clemens, Dana Katzenelson, Lawrence Wang, Rebekah Wheatley and Junjie Wu received the highest possible score.
Math League's High School contest consist of 6 contests each year. Problems draw from a wide range of high school topics. Over 1 million students participate in Math League contests.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Ingenuity alumnus Ellen Perkins (class of 2007), an Environmental science student at Wheaton College, wins $46,500 fellowship. She has been named an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities Undergraduate Fellow. The fellowship is open to students in environmental fields of study. It provides upto $19,250 per year for the students' juniorand senior year and $8,000 for internship support. The internship may be fulfilled at an Environmental Protection Agency facility anywhere in the United States. Just 25 undergraduate students around the country were awarded the fellowship.
JULY 2009
Eight Ingenuity students scored a perfect 800 on SATs: Lawrence Wang, Andrew Clemens, Carly Wais and Rebekah Wheatley received a perfect 800 score on Math SAT. Also a perfect 800 score received: Dan Borgnia in Physics, Carly Wais in Writing, Caryn Carson, Dana Katzenelson and Saul Wilson in Reading. Dana Katzenelson received a perfect composite score on ACT. |
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