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Recognitions from National and Local Competitions Awards and Test Results 2000 - 2010 |
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Recognitions from National and Local Competitions Awards and Test Results 2000 - 2010 |
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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 12Wuqiong 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 EducationIngenuity 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. |
JANUARY 2010  Intel Science Talent SearchWuqiong 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 asemifinalist named in the Intel STS. The award will be used to further support excellence in science, math, or 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 CompetitionAndrew 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 CompetitionWuqiong Fan, is the Siemens Competition semifinalist! Wuqiong examined the validity of a rheumatoid arthritis cell model for drug screening. The Siemens Competition recognizes remarkable talentearly on, fostering individual growth for highschool students 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 providesup to $19,250 per year for the students'junior and 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 Six Ingenuity students scored a perfect 800 on SATs: sophomore Lawrence Wang and juniors Andrew Clemens, Carly Wais and Rebekah Wheatley received a perfect 800 score on Math SAT. Also a perfect 800 score received: sophomore Dan Borgnia in Physics, Carly Wais in Writing and junior Saul Wilson in Reading. |
APRIL 2009 FIRST Robotics Chesapeake Regional CompetitionIngenuity freshman Elias Weston-Farber was a member of Poly's Robotics Team which was recognized as the overall winner of the competition among 59 teams from New Hampshire to the Carolinas and even as far as Great Britain. Their robot received the Motorola Quality Award for the best built robot. In mid-April, the team competed at the National FIRST Robotics Competition in Atlanta.  National History Day (Statewide Competition)1st Place, Individual Exhibit: Dana Katzenelson, Philip G. Zimbardo: The Stanford Prison Experiment and Beyond. 2nd Place, Individual Documentary: Nathan Rehr, Sargent Shriver: From Idealism to Institution. 2nd Place, Group Documentary: Jeanie Lai, Warner Lai, Eboni Lightener: Nature Trail to Hope: John Muir's Quest for Environmental Justice. These students represened the state of Maryland at the National competition June 14-18, 2009 in College Park. Maryland Distinguished Scholar AwardAnnabel Boeke and Hannah Bands have been named Maryland Distinguished Scholars by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The Program honors Maryland high school juniors for superior academic achievement Gates Millenium ScholarIngenuity senior Teno Boone is a 2009 Gates Millenium Scholar . Teeno is one of the four scholars from the Baltimore City Public Schools. The goal of the Bill Gates scholarship is to reduce financial barriers to higher education for minority groups. The Bill Gates Foundation provides outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education. |
 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) CompetitionIngenuity senior Hannah Bands has been selected as a national finalist in the 6th annual YES Competition, one of the nation's most prestigious and influential high school science competitions. She was one of the 60 national semifinalists who attended the  YES final event held in Washington D.C., April 17-20, 2009. Her project, "The Effects of Asian American Mothers' Marital Relationship Quality and Depression on Child Social Outcomes," ranked in the top twelve and provided a $15,000 scholarship. The project was inspired by her work with a Korean immigrant population in the Baltimore City area. The YES Scholars Competition for original student research is designed to inspire talented students to investigate the many behavioral, biological, environmental, and social factors that affect health and, based upon this knowledge, to identify ways to improve the health of the public. The YES Competition awards up to 120 college scholarships each year to high school juniors and seniors who conduct outstanding research projects that apply epidemiological methods of analysis to a health-related issue.  Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum ForumIngenuity juniors Rebekah Adelstein, Chasidy Lowe, Carly Wais and Poly junior Sharon Anaba presented their documentary on Isaac Myers, "The Early Struggle for City Rights in Baltimore: Lessons Learned from the Past," at the Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum on April 18, 2009. The Forum commemorated the 100 anniversary of the NAACP. Isaac Myers's represented an example of the anticipation with which most of black Baltimore viewed the end of slavery and legal inequality in the U.S. Myers stood near the center of a leadership cadre charged with shaping the conversion not only from slavery to freedom, but from free people to equal citizen. Social work, political |
activism, entrepreneurship, inter-racial cooperation, intra-community networking, represented the vehicles for meeting this charge. The Carson Scholars FundIngenuity freshman Gerardo Camarena is a Carson Scholar. It's AcademicIngenuity team has reached the semi-finals: Lawrence Wang, Rebekah Wheatley and Saul Wilson. The finals was telecast in May, 2009. Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)Oral Presentations: 2nd Place- Kayleigh Horst, 3rd Place- Joseph Schwartz, 4th Place- Ebony Ashby-Bey. Over 30 students from across the state were invited to give oral presentations on the results of their research projects in science, mathematics and engineering. Kayleigh Horst represented the state of Maryland at the 47th National JSHS, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado from April 29 to May 3, 2009. Joe Schwartz and Ebony Ashby-Bey were also invited to attend the national event as non-competing student delegates. Poster Competition: 1st Place - Chasidy Lowe, 2nd Place - Megan Reid, 3rd Place - Duane Dennis. As the winner of the poster competition, Chasidy Lowe was also invited to attend the national event as non-competing student delegate. David Nelson, Ingenuity Research Coordinator, was given a special award as the teacher who had the largest number of students giving oral presentations (12 of 33 presenters were Ingenuity students).     |
MARCH 2009 2009 Baltimore Science FairSponsor Awards : Duane Dennis won the Honorable mention in Division I Physical Science, Corrine Gasiorowski - Honorable mention in Division I Biological Science. Special Awards: Ariel Bowers - first place award from the National Space Society; and a certificate of achievement from the United States Air Force, Duane Dennis - US Army Award and a certificate; Division I Physical Sciences Allen Davis Memorial Award; and a certificate of achievement from the National Security Agency Mathematics Education Partnership Program. Corrine Gasiorowski - United States Public Health Service Surgeon General's Award. Chris Harris - United States Public Health Service Surgeon General's Award. Leah Maurer - first place Division I Biological Sciences Allen Davis Memorial Award and a certificate of achievement from the United States Army. Jasmen Rice - United States Public Health Service Surgeon General's Award. Joseph Schwartz - outstanding project certificate from the American Psychological Association. National History Day (Regional Competition)Group Documentary: Warner Lai, Eboni Lightener - 1st place; Individual Documentary: Anna Manalad - 1st place, Nathan Rehr- 2nd place; Group Exhibit: Kennard Brown, Melissa Khare - 2nd place; Individual Exhibit: Dana Katzenelson - 1st place; Paper: Dan Borgnia - 2nd place; Individual Performance: Rebekah Wheatley - 1st place, Jaime Starkey-El- 2nd place; Website: Kayla Felix, Derick Riley - 2nd place. Young Epidemiology Scholars ( YES ) competitionIngenuity senior Hannah Bands has been selected as a regional finalist . She will attend the YES final event to be held in Washington D.C. on April 17-20, 2009. Senior Jasmen Rice is a YES semifinalist. Congratulations to Hannah and Jasmen!  Up to 60 students advance to the regional finals and receive an expense-paid trip to the YES national event in Washington, D.C. to compete with other students in their region. Regional finalists are judged on the basis of their written Research Reports, as well as an oral presentation and question-and-answer session. Forty-eight of the regional finalists receive scholarship awards, and 12 regional finalists move on to compete in the National Finals |
FEBRUARY 2009 AMC 12Dana Katzenelson, Ingenuity at Poly sophomore, is the school winner. With the score of 99.0, she qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). Maryland Wood Bridge ChallengeBridges built by Ingenuity teams finished in 2nd , 3rd and 4th place. The 2nd and 3rd place bridges were built by 11th grader Wuqiong Fan and 10th grader Dan Borgnia. The 4th place bridge was built by 9th graders Michael Tontchev, Diamonique Clark and Max Frazier. Dan Borgnia won the 1st place in the Lightest Bridge category. Wuqiong and Dan represented the state of Maryland at the International Wood Bride Challenge, held in Bellingham, Washington on April 25, 2009. JANUARY 2009
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Baltimore Scholars Program Nine Ingenuity seniors received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship at the Johns Hopkins University: Hannah Bands, Teno Boone, Ariel Bowers, Kayleigh Horst, Erica Johnson, Michael Lampart, Nathan Rehr, Joseph Schwartz and Christian Wisner-Carlson. Maryland Science Olympiad  On Saturday, March 28, Ingenuity at Poly participated in the Maryland Science Olympiad at Johns Hopkins University. A team of fifteen freshmen, sophomores and juniors participated in 24 events and earned 49 medals. The Ingenuity Team took first place in the high school AA division. The team included Abena Apaw, John Beck, Dan Borgnia, Ursula Edelenbos, Matthew Ekey, Wuqiong Fan, Hannah Freedman, Kwame Harris, Peter Jennings, Jazmin Jurkewicz, Dana Katzenelson, Grace Kearney, Anna Manalad, Michael Tontchev and Saul Wilson.  The Maryland Science Olympiad is a "hands-on" K-12 science program including rigorous academic interscholastic tournaments. The 46 tournament events are balanced between biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, and technology. Finalists of the Maryland State Science Olympiad Tournament hosted by the Johns Hopkins University are invited to participate in the National Science Olympiad tournament.  Toshiba/NSTA* ExploraVision Ingenuity sophomores Terrell Buckson, Emily Frias and Brandon Johnson have been selected by the judges to receive an Honorable Mention Award for their project “An Examination of Robot Technology.” The Honorable  Mention award placed our team's project among the top 10% of all ExploraVision entries submitted to the competition this year. Only three high school projects from Maryland earned this recognition. Only six projects from the thousands submitted are picked as national finalists *NSTA: National Science Teachers Association |
NOVEMBER 2008 University of Maryland Mathematics Competition2474 students took the Part 1 Exam scoring from a high of 100 to -44 (the median score was 18). Wuqiong Fan, Baltimore City winner, qualified for Part 2 with the score of 68. His rank is 44. Saul Wilson, Joseph Schwartz and Lawrence Wang scored above 40. A total of 245 students qualified for Part II.
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OCTOBER 2008 Siemens Competition Ariel Bowers, 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 to see Ariel Bowers with Dolores Costello, Ingenuity Director, and David Nelson, Ingenuity Research Coordinator. |
SEPTEMBER 2008 NPR RadioNPR reporter Claudio Sanchez interviewed Dr. Goldenberg: more than a million students take the SAT every year, but fewer than 1 percent score a perfect 2400 on the college entrance exam. So what goes into acing the SAT? Dr. Goldenberg discussed why Ingenuity has had a remarkable rate of SAT success. The interview was broadcast on August 26, 2008. JULY 2008  Ingenuity graduate Danielle Miller (class of 2007) has published an article (with co-authors) in Nature , one of the most respected international journals of science: Burke, K.A., Franz, T.M., Miller, D.N., Schoenbaum, G. The Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in the Pursuit of Happiness and More Specific Rewards. Vol. 454, ( 2008). Danielle Miller's mentor was Dr. Geoffrey Schoenbaum at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine. |
