Recognitions from National and Local Competitions
Awards and Test Results
2011 - 2012 School Year
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MAY 2012
Model Teacher Status
Kathy Bacon and Yelena Schwartz, Ingenuity teachers at Roland Park, received a Model Teacher status.

APRIL 2012
The United States Presidential Scholars Program
Grace Kearney is a Presidential Scholar Semifinalist.
Society for Science & the Public (SSP) Fellowships
SSP Selected top U.S. math and science teachers for 2012 fellowship. David Nelson, Ingenuity Research Coordinator, is one of 10 teachers in the nation awarded for their creative plans to reach students in understanding communities and to inspire experiences in independent scientific research. He will attend Fellows Institute in Washington, DC from July 30 - August 4, 2012.
National Merit Scholarship Program
Grace Kearney is a National Merit Scholar.

Maryland Mathematics League
Raphael Kargon is the Poly and Baltimore City Champion.

 The Carson Scholars Fund
Sherry Bossard, Gerardo Camarena, Caitlin Cole, Matthew Ekey, Morgan Greene, Victoria Jennings, Sih Oka-Zeh and Laura Seaberg are Carson Scholars. Matthew Ekey, Ingenuity senior at Poly, has been awarded this honor 6 years in a row!

National Hispanic Recognition Program
Gerardo Camarena and Jazmin Jurkiewicz are the Program 2011-2012 Award Recipients.

Future Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins University
Ingenuity 10th grader Raphael Kargon was selected to participate in the Program.

MARCH 2012

Stephen Timmel is USA Bio Olympiad semifinalist.
As the premiere biology competition for high school students in the United States, the USA Biology Olympiad enriches the life sciences education of nearly 10,000 talented students annually. It provides the motivation and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness.

 Baltimore Science Fair
Ingenuity students won both Grand Prizes: Michael Tontchev for his project in computer science, “Methods in Automated Grammar Induction,” and Elias Weston-Farber for work in genetics, “Effect of Codon Optimization on Yeast TY1 Transposition.” Michael and Elias will go on to compete at the national event, the Intel Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held in Pittsburgh PA on May 13-18.
Also, congratulations to the Ingenuity students who received special awards from the event sponsors: Abena Apaw, U.S. Army Award; Gerry Camarena, U.S. Air Force Award; Will Cameron, Ricoh Sustainable Development Award; Grace Kearney, U.S. Public Health Service Award; Sih Oka-Zeh, U.S. Army Award; Steven Timmel, National Security Agency MEPP “Outstanding Use of Mathematics” Award.
In the 57-year history of the event, only four times has a single school produced both Grand Prize winners in physical and biological sciences. Ingenuity did it 2 out of 4 times: in 2006 and again in 2012 with total 7 Grand Prize winners in past 10 years.
Morgan Science-Mathematics-Engineering Fair, Junior Division
Ingenuity at Hamilton (H) and Roland Park (RP) won several prizes: Mathematics and Computer Science. 1st Place: Georgia Ryle, 2nd Place: Aniya Darby, 3rd Place: Lucas Pelton (all H, 6th grade). Physical Science. 1st Place: Jessyka Grell (RP, 8th grade). Biological Science. 1st Place: Noah Schwartz (RP, 7th grade), 3rd Place: Luc Renaux (RP, 8th grade). Engineering Science. 2nd Place: Yoav Kargon , 3rd Place: Julianna Lucas (both RP, 7th grade). Team Projects. 3rd Place: Taylor Moore and Amirah Townsend (H, 7th grade).

FEBRUARY 2012
Maryland MATHCOUNTS
On Saturday, February 4, 2012, 32 schools with more than 175 middle school “Mathletes” competed in the annual Baltimore / Chesapeake Chapter Competition. Aaron Fink, Laura Seaberg and Amy Zhang of the Ingenuity at Roland Park qualified for the state competition.

KAGRO Scholarship
Grace Kearney, Joshua Greenspan, Max Frazier and Harrison Lee are the Korean American Grocers Association scholarship recipients.

JANUARY 2012
Maryland Wood Bridge Challenge
 Ingenuity students took 1st and 3rd places in the Maryland Engineering Challenge for Wood Bridges. 10th grader Nadine Benavides won the contest with a structure that supported over 1300 times its own weight. Classmate Trey Huff came in third with an efficiency score over 900. Trey also earned the award for the lightest structure that satisfied all the rules, his second year in a row! Nadine and Trey will represent the state of Maryland at the International Bridge Building Contest, to be held in April in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NOVEMBER 2011
Amateur Night at the Apollo
Ingenuity at Poly sophomore Keith Davenport won First Place in "Stars of Tomorrow" at the Amateur Night: Super Top Dog. Keith also tied for first place at the May 11 Stars of Tomorrow, won first place at the May 4 Stars of Tomorrow and first place at the April 20th Stars of Tomorrow. Click here to hear Keith play at Apollo.
The Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous music halls in the United States.

 Wendy's High School Heisman scholar athlete competition
Grace Kearney was named a Maryland State finalist for the competition: 10 girls and 10 boys were picked out of almost 500 applicants for Maryland.

OCTOBER 2011
 National Merit Scholarship Program
John Beck, Grace Kearney and Michael Tontchev are semifinalists in the 2012 Competition. Matthew Ekey and Max Frazier are Commended Students in the 2012 Program.

Siemens Competition
Elias Weston-Farber is the Siemens Competition semifinalist!
Elias experimented with yeast transposons.
The Siemens Competition recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research.

MAY 2011
 Perfect 800 SAT scores
 Grace Kearney on Math SAT with total score of 2380, Matt Ekey and Edward Samson on Math 2 SAT 2, Stephen Timmel on Math 2 and Physics SAT 2, Michael Tontchev on Chemistry SAT 2 and Jinjie Wu on US History SAT 2.

Future Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins University
Joseph Cleary, Matt Ekey, Stephen Timmel and Michael Tontchev have been selected to participate in the Program.
Its an opportunity for high school seniors to take Hopkins regularly scheduled university-level mathematics courses for Hopkins credits.
APRIL 2011
 2011 Baltimore Scholars Award
10 Ingenuity seniors received four-year, full-tuition scholarships to the Johns Hopkins University: Camaree Barr, Caryn Carson, James Fulwilwer, Selena Guerrero-Martin, Muhammad Hamza, Justus Jackson, Daniel Jalova, Jonathan McKenzie, and Edward Samson.

 Gates Millennium Scholar
Ingenuity senior Muhammad Hamza is a 2011 Gates Millennium Scholar.
The goal of the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.
National History Day Statewide Competition
Caryn Carson won first place in the regional competition and the Award for Excellence in Civic Action and Engagement in the statewide competition.


International Bridge Building Contest (IBBC)
The 2011 IBBC was held at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois on April 30, 2011. This year, two teams from Poly were eligible to compete in this competition. Shavonte Brandon and Nadine Benavides, Ingenuity 9th grades, won second place for their entry. Trey Huff, also a 9th grade Ingenuity student, finished in eleventh place. Shavonte's and Nadine's bridge had an efficiency score of 3855 (the ratio of the mass supported divided by the mass of the structure itself); Trey's bridge efficiency in the IBBC event was 2851. Congratulations to our students for their international success at solving this challenge in structural engineering!

U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
Dana Katzenelson is a 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program semifinalist.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.

Maryland Science Olympiad
Ingenuity team won 1st place in regional competition, sweeping away all the 1st place medals for more than 10 different events.
MARCH 2011
 The Carson Scholars Fund
Abena Apaw, Dylan Balter, Gerardo Camarena, Caryn Carson, Matthew Ekey, Victoria Jennings, Billy Lu, Kerra McKnight, Grace Kearney, and Molly Tunis are Carson Scholars.

Perfect 800 SAT scores
Muhammad Hamza and Michael Tontchev scored 800 on Math SAT, and John Beck and Grace Kearney scored 800 on Reading SAT.

AMC 12
Muhammad Hamza, Dana Katzenelson and Lawrence Wang qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME).

 Baltimore Science Fair
Michael Tontchev won the Grand Prize in Physical Science ("Subject identification in a sentence using plain context-free grammars"). Michael will represent the Greater Baltimore region in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, May 8-13 in Los Angeles.
Elias Weston-Farber won 1st place in Biological Sciences.
Additional Awards: Michael Tontchev received the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award, the Armed Forces Electronics and Communications Award, National Security Award, the US Army Award for Science and Engineering Excellence and First Place Award from the Baltimore Chapter 1 Physical Science. Edward Sampson received the First Place Award from the Baltimore Chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery. Ilenna Jones received the Third Place Award from the US Public Health Service, Surgeon General's Special Award Certificate.