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JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2006

Ingenuity senior Renae Mitchell placed first in the Senior Papers category at the Maryland National History Day Competition.
	Seniors Sam Hudnet and Justin Tibbels placed second in the Senior Group Documentaries at the State History Day Competition. Senior Jerusa Contee placed third in the same category and won the award for Best Ethics Issue with her project.
L. to R.: Sam Hudnet, Justin Tibbels and Renae Mitchell after receiving their awards		Justin Tibbels (center) receiving a citation from Nancy Grasmick on Sept 26 for his winning documentary

Ingenuity at Poly senior Justin Tibbels won The Young Naturalist Awards competition for the 12th Grade Division. Justin recieved $2,500 from the American Museum of Natural History and his paper and an interview was posted on the web. The Young Naturalist Awards is a research-based essay contest for students in grades 7-12 to promote excellence in science and communication. Students write about an expedition they took, either on a class field trip, in a summer program, in their own backyards, or through the lens of a telescope. Essays relate to the natural sciences of biology, earth science, or astronomy and include observations, data, and artwork. Judges look for sound science and a personal voice.

MAY 2006

Ingenuity junior Emma Call places 4th in Egineering at the 57th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Emma competed with almost 1500 students from 47 countries in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The projects were judged by the posters, scientific procedures, and applications. Emma received a 500 dollar cash prize for taking 4th in the Engineering category. It was a great experience for her.
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world's largest pre-college celebration of science. Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together students from many nations and provides an opportunity for the best young scientists from around the globe to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science projects, and compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships and scientific field trips. It is one of the most prestigious international science competitions.

Emma Call, the Ingenuity at Poly junior, is presenting her project at ISEF in Indianapolis, Indiana

APRIL 2006
Ingenuity alumnus Ryan Harrison, 2005 Intel winner, is inducted into the National Gallery for America's Young Inventors in Akron, Ohio. Each year 6 students nationwide are inducted, and Ryan is one of the six. He got a beautiful solid brass sextant. It allows explorers to chart new horizons, in this case symbolically, of course. Along with the sextant Ryan received an engraved nautical compass, artwork and a $5,000 US savings bond.

Ingenuity senior Molly Broache have been selected to compete in the third annual Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition. She is one of only 60 chosen to advance to this level of competition out of nearly 700 entries submitted by the students from across the country. Molly won a $2,000 scholarship as a regional finalist.

Juniors Deitrick Franklin and Maria Bernier won the "Petite Slalom" at the Robotic System Challenge at Johns Hopkins University.

The Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology held a robotic competition based on the Boebot, a two-wheel autonomous robot. Deitrick and Maria took the first prize for the "Petite Slalom" event and earned a camera and a printer kit

L. to R.: Deitrick Franklin, teacher Daniel Conrad, Maria Bernier

Roland Park 6th-grader Matt Ekay won second place in the 5th through 8th grade Physics Bowl at the John Hopkins University Physics Fair.

MARCH 2006

Ingenuity students performed incredibly well at the 2006 Baltimore Science Fair winning both of the Grand Prizes:

- Grand Prize in Biological Sciences:
- Grand Prize in Physical Sciences:

Nahathai (Ploy) Srivali
Emma Call

Our Grand Prize winners will go to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis in May

- First Place in Physical Sciences:

Myers (Abe) Davis

Awards and winners in each category include the following Ingenuity students:

National Security Administration:
United States Office of Naval Research:
Unites States Coast Guard Logistics Division:
National Society of Black Engineers:
US Army Certificate:
Yale Science and Engineering Award:
Mu Alpha Theta Award:
Scientific American Award:
American Society of Materials:

James Keene, Abe Davis
Abe Davis, Emma Call
Emma Call, Laura Carson
James Keene, Emma Call
Emma Call, James Keene
Emma Call
James Keene
Abe Davis
Emma Call

Emma Call will also represent Maryland at the 2006 Junior Science and Humanities National Symposium in Albuquerque, NM, on April 25.

Myers (Abe) Davis, Intel STS 2006 winner

	Myers competed against the best from across the country and won a $20,000 scholarship coming in 7th place at the Intel, the 'Nobel Prize' of high school students! His project was judged seventh among those of 1,558 students who competed, representing 486 high schools in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and an overseas school.
Myers Davis, the Ingenuity at Poly senior, is presenting his project at the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.		Intel winners with the President George W. Bush. Abe is in the top row to the left of the President.
Six previous Intel winners went on to become Nobel laureates, three received the National Medal of Science, and 10 are fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.

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FEBRUARY 2006

The following Ingenuity at Poly students qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME):

Myers Davis, Owen Hill, Brandon Jones, Matthew Katona, Jack Kearns, James Keene, Jacob Mallott, Michael Mountain, Lynna Nguyen, Gregory Rossman, Nahathai Srivali, Danielle Weissman, and Joel Wheatley.

The AIME is intended to provide further challenge and recognition to the high school students in North America who have exceptional mathematical ability. The AIME provides the exceptional students who are invited to take it with yet another opportunity to challenge their mathematical abilities. Like all examinations, it is but a means towards furthering mathematical development and interest. The real value of the examination is in the learning that can come from the preparation beforehand and from further thought and discussion of the solutions.

Roland Park's National Academic League Team captured first place in the Baltimore City championship and placed fourth nationally among all junior high and middle schools, and was the only middle school in the country to make the top four!

Ingenuity at Roland Park Team placed 4th in Maryland MATHCOUNTS competition.
Two Ingenuity math teams participated in MATHCOUNTS, which is a national math enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in the United States.After several months of coaching, participating schools select students to compete individually or as part of a team in one of the more than 500 written and oral competitions held nationwide and in U.S. schools overseas. Winners at the local level proceed to state competitions, where the top 4 Mathletes® and top coach earn the right to represent their state or territory at the national level. At all levels, MATHCOUNTS challenges students' math skills, develops their self-confidence and rewards them for their achievements.

Roland Park Team, L. to R.: Lawrence Wang, Saul Wilson, Alexander Katona, Abena Apaw, Wuqiong Fan, Caryn Carson, Carly Wais, Alexandra Linn, teachers Yelena Schwartz, Maya Spicinetskiy

Mt. Royal Team, L. to R.: Nathan Struver, teacher Jennie Towner, Chardai Page, Aaron Fitzgerald, J'Lyn McKeever, Christopher Harris, Wayne Wolfe, Kennard Brown

JANUARY 2006

	Intel Science Talent Search
Myers (Abe) Davis, the Ingenuity at Poly senior, is a finalist of the Intel Science Talent Search!

Myers Davis and Owen Hill, Ingenuity at Poly seniors, are the Intel STS semifinalists!

Myers Davis presented a project titled "Bounding Sphere Images: a Parametric Bounding Volume Hierarchy for Collision Detection on the CPU." He developed a more accurate way to use a graphic processing unit to perform a physical simulation, best suited for video game designers and architects. Owen Hill's project, "Determining the Best Live Show: a Sociological Study of Rock Concerts," is an unusual mix of math, physics and music.

Owen (left) and Myers (right) in the Ingenuity research lab

Jack Kearns, Jacob Mallott and Nahathai Srivali scored a perfect 800 on the mathematics SAT.