HTHS Wins Mega Math Challenge ... AGAIN !!!
That's two in a row !!!
Photo Gallery of 2009 Moody winning team
Congrats Moody's Team (and Coach LeBlanc) !!!
P.S. Here's a shoutout also to Mrs. Brown for providing the statistics background that is crucial for success in this competition.
Robotics Team - MATE ROV Winners
Last weekend the HTHS Robotics Club has won 2 first place awards, 1st place for Mission, and 1st place Overall at the MATE New England Regional ROV Contest in Massachusetts. As a result, the team advances to the International Competition June 24th in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Congratulations !!!
MATE: Marine Advanced Technology Education
ROV: Remotely Operated Vehicle
Official Websites:
http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2009/index.php
http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2009/regional_contest.php?rov_competition_id=114
2008-09 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Regional Finalists
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Regional Finalists who will compete in Washington, D.C., on April 17-20, 2009:
Katharine Close, High Technology High School, Lincroft, "The Effects of Frequent iPod Use on the Perception of Sound at Different Frequencies"
Matthew Warshauer, High Technology High School, Lincroft, "An Examination of Correlations Between Undergraduate Educational Attainment and Health Factors"
Kerry and Matthew were two of four students from New Jersey to achieve finalist status. Good luck in DC, Kerry & Matthew!
Read more at : http://www.collegeboard.com/yes/
Jersey Shore Science Fair results
Thirty seven HTHS students ventured down to Pomona to compete in the 34th annual Jersey Shore Science Fair held at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey this past Saturday. Thirty one of them were recognized with awards for their projects and twenty five earned invitations to compete at Delaware Valley Regional Science Fairs in April.
All of the HTHS entries will be available for review this coming Wednesday evening, March 25th, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at our first ever Research Showcase.
Congratulations to the following individuals:
First Place Awards
- Elise Backman (Botany)
- Timothy Ng (Chemistry)
- Joshua Ma (Computer Science - Upper level fair)
- Sidney Buchbinder (Engineering)
- Jeffrey Hart (Engineering - Upper level fair)
- Janie Gu (Environmental)
- Paul Bender (Environmental - Upper level fair)
- Joshua Chao (Earth & Space Sciences)
- Abhi Desai (Mathematics)
- Anca Marinescu (Microbiology)
- Paul Jackson (Physics)
- Moyukh Chatterjee (Physics - Upper level fair)
Second Place Awards
- Jane Threefoot (Botany)
- Emily Fineberg (Behavioral and Social Science)
- Ami Wang (Chemistry - Upper level fair)
- John Kelly (Computer Science)
- Brittany Ko (Engineering)
- Amrita Mazumdar (Engineering - Upper level fair)
- Katharine Close (Medicine & Health - Upper level fair)
- Jay Cheng (Physics)
- Connor Janover (Physics - Upper level fair)
Third Place Awards
- Channing Huang (Botany)
- Phillip Ellsworth (Computer Science)
- Calvin Chang (Physics)
- Matthew Warshauer (Medicine & Health - Upper level fair)
Honorable Mention Awards
- Gregory Canal (Botany)
- James Ting (Botany)
- Courtney Chan (Behavioral and Social Science)
- Kelsey Noll (Behavioral and Social Science - Upper level fair)
- Manali Tijoriwala (Engineering)
- Janet Qian (Environmental)
Special Awards
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Department
(Borders Gift Cards to projects of greatest distinction in the Upper level divisions)
Joshua Ma (Computer Science - Upper level fair)
Jeffrey Hart (Engineering - Upper level fair)
Paul Bender (Environmental - Upper level fair)
Moyukh Chatterjee (Physics - Upper level fair)
- IEEE - Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
Sidney Buchbinder (Engineering)
- The Paul Saraduke, Jr. Award
(Top Physics Project)
Moyukh Chatterjee (Physics - Upper level fair)
- NJ Water Environment Association (NJWEA) and the State Chapter of the Water Environment Federation (WEF)
($500.00 and invitation to NJWEA Annual Conference - entry into NJ US Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition)
Paul Bender (Environmental - Upper level fair)
- American Chemical Society
(Top Chemistry Project - Intermediate fair level)
Timothy Ng (Chemistry)
2009 HTHS Teacher of the Year
Many thanks to those of you who took the time to submit letters of recommendation for Teacher of the Year honors. I am pleased to announce that the recipient for the 2008-09 school year is ...
Mr. Jonathan Olsen
Congratulations Mr. Olsen. Thank you for all you do and for all that you mean to the High Tech community.
AIME Qualifiers
The AMC scores have arrived! Congratulations to the following students for qualifying to participant in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) on March 17th:
AMC 12
Jacob Robins - HIGH SCORER FOR HTHS
Josh Ma
Andrew Chien
AMC 10
Channing Huang - HIGH SCORER FOR HTHS
Alex Lew
James Ting
Stephen Guo
Chris Croson
National Merit Winners - Class of 2009
Congratulations to the following Seniors, recently identified as National Merit Winners:
Bakshi, Anthony
Robins, Jacob
Monmouth Junior Science Symposium Awards
Congratulations go out to the HTHS students who have been chosen to present their research papers at the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium on April 1st and 2nd, 2009. Out of the ten papers in total that were selected for presentation, four were from High Tech students:
- Moyukh Chatterjee - Growth and Imaging of Bismuth Nanowires
- Jeffrey Hart - Development of Criteria for Accurately Predicting Passive RFID Tag Performance in Various Metal Packing Arrangements
- Tanay Gavankar - Utilization of Silica Nanoparticles in Shear Thickening Fluids as Liquid Ballistic Protection
- Joshua Ma - Increasing the Speed of Target Acquisition through the Dynamic Creation of Magic Corners in a Graphical User Interface
In addition, the following students were chosen to present their papers in poster format at the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium Banquet on April 1st, 2009:
- Andrew Chien - Quantum Efficiencies of Different Solar Cells at Different Wavelengths
- Janie Gu - The Effect of Modeling Atmospheric Pollution on Solar Cell Electricity Generation
- Steven Castellano - Acupressure Induced Attention in the Teenage Brain
The Monmouth Junior Science Symposium is sponsored by Monmouth University - this year will be the 47th annual symposium. HTHS freshman have the opportunity to attend technical sessions as a district field trip aligned with the Intro to Research and Data Analysis 1 courses. This allows them to view exemplary research projects and the formal presentation of findings.
High Tech Students Reach Semifinals in Intel Science Talent Search 2009
Out of 1,608 entrants, 300 students have been named Semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2009, a prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Each semifinalist will receive a $1000 award for their research, and every school will also receive $1000 for every semifinalist of the Intel STS 2009. The award money will be used to further the science, math, and engineering education at the recipient schools.
Of the 15 semifinalists from New Jersey, four were from High Tech. Congratulations go to Steve Castellano, Jay Feldman, Tanay Gavankar, and Jason Zukus for their outstanding work.
High Technology High School Claims First Place at Moody's Mega Math Challenge
Moody's Mega Math (M3) Challenge is an applied mathematics modeling contest for high school students in the New York, Boston and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. It is sponsored by The Moody's Foundation based in New York City and organized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) based in Philadelphia. The M3 Challenge awards $65,000 in scholarship prizes each year to the top teams. This year High Technology High School's team won first prize, and a scholarship of $20,000. High school juniors and seniors presented their solutions and justified their conclusions in 15-minute presentations on Wednesday, April 30, at Moody's Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, before being awarded scholarship prizes ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 for their efforts. High Tech's Team concluded that, in addition to the negative economic and environmental implications of replacing gasoline with ethanol, the plan would not be cost effective until oil prices reached over $233 per barrel. They also found that corn-derived ethanol is not the best alternative form of energy, suggesting that nuclear power may actually be a better alternative for attaining national energy independence.
Related Links
HTHS Site Named TechDirections.com Website of the Month
The High Tech website was just given the prestigious title of "School Website of the Month" from TechDirections. This is a great, well-deserved honor for not only HTHS, but also the HTHS Computer Club, who created and tirelessly maintain this site. The article for the "Website of the Month" can be read on page 22 of the TechDirections September 2008 Issue.
Technology Student Association (TSA) National Results
Every year, High Tech manages to send several students to the TSA national competition. Participating at the TSA 2008 National Conference were 28 HTHS First Place winners determined from the New Jersey State TSA Conference! The extremely talented bunch flew to Orlando, Florida to participate in this year’s competition and came back with a total of 23 awards! They consisted of: 11 top ten awards, 8 top three awards, 4 third place awards, 1 second place award, and 3 first place awards. The TSA advisor of High Tech, Mr. Robert Dennis, would like to say, "This was the best final results by far for HTHS at a TSA National Conference. We were also the top New Jersey High School Award winner - no contest…I really had a great time and I would like to congratulate ALL the participants on a job well done and once again we have proved that HTHS is number 1."
New Jersey Technology Student Association (NJTSA) Results
The Technology Student Association (TSA) is an international organization made up of technology education students from different schools and their advisers. Forty-eight of the U.S. states and a handful of other countries are members of the organization. Each year High Technology High School sends well over 100 students to this conference who all compete in various competitons. This year, HTHS took home a total of 25 trophies - 10 first place trophies, 10 second place trophies, and 5 third place trophies. In addition to this, 31 students will be sent to the National TSA Conference in Orlando, Fl.
To download the complete list of winners and their respective competitions, click here.
HTHS Dodgeball Tournament Winners
On Thursday, March 20th, the High Technology High School Key Club hosted a Dodgeball tournament in which the students competed against each other, and the top two teams had the oppurtunity to play against the HTHS Faculty and Staff. In a suspenseful final set of 3 games, the Male Faculty team played against the HTHS Student Government Association. After the 3 games were complete, the faculty won 2-1. All of the money raised during the event was donated to the WISER program through an alumnus at Duke University. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all who attended and donated to the cause!
HTHS Ruckus Nation "MoovDisk" Team Update
HTHS's MoovDisk Team was invited to San Francisco to present their idae to a panel of judges, as well as to have breakfast with the other finalists. During this conference they had the ability to talk to companies who would be key in developing these products. They also heard a speech from the President of Hopelabs, a non-profit organization which founded Ruckus Nation. The MoovDisk Team was named a Category Winner, and received a prize of $25,000. More information about the team can be found here. Congratulations!
Ruckus Nation Semi-Finalists
This year, High Technology High School enetered several teams into the Ruckus Nation competition, 2 of which were chosen as Semi-Finalists under the High School Category on the National Level. High Tech's Teams submitted the products entitled "MoovDisk", and "The Blue Box". More information about the competition can be found below, and the complete list of semi-finalists can be found here.
Ruckus Nation challenged entrants to imagine a new product that is fun and cool enough to make kids want to get up and move around. HopeLab, the nonprofit organization sponsoring Ruckus Nation, will support the development, testing and distribution of products based on the best ideas. Ideas will be judged in four competition categories – Middle School/Junior High School, High School, College/University, and Other. At least 10 semifinalists and 2 overall winners will be named in each category. The grand prize winner will be selected from among category winners at a special in-person event. All ideas will be judged using a scorecard, and judges will include kids and adults with a diverse set of experiences and backgrounds. For more info, review the Ruckus Nation judging process.
High Technology High School Takes Top Prize at Regional Science Bowl
On Saturday, February 23, High Technology High School of Lincroft, N.J., won first place at the New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Competition of the National Science Bowl®. The competition took place at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in Plainsboro.
High Technology, Team A, was among 30 teams from 19 area schools who competed in the Jeopardy!-like tournament in which all the categories were disciplines of science. Teams were quizzed on biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth science, general science, and mathematics. Each team was made up of four students, a student alternate, and a teacher who served as an advisor and coach.
Final Results of the regional competition:
1st Place - High Technology High School (Lincroft, N.J.)
2nd Place - East Brunswick High School (East Brunswick, N.J.)
3rd Place - Millburn High School (Millburn, N.J.)
High Technology High School will be representing New Jersey at the National Science Bowl® competition from May 1-6 in Washington, DC.