Education Extra Achievements.Byline: The Register-Guard MATH MARVELS: Of the 52 South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. students who took the 70-minute American Mathematics Competition test in February, 11 scored more than 100 and qualified for the three-hour American Invitational Mathematics Examination The AIME (or American Invitational Mathematics Examination) is a 15-question test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% (or score at least 100) on the AMC 12 high school mathematics contest (formerly known as the AHSME), and those who rank in the top 1% (or score . They were Theodore Johnson-Freyd, Wells O'Byrne, Wenqi Shao, Zan Moore, Amy Coddington, Michael Davidson, Laura Gladstone, Tavi Semonin, Wen Gao, David Evans and David Platt. South's team placed third in the state overall, with the top three scorers - Johnson-Freyd, O'Byrne and Shao - racking up 377.5 points. Johnson-Freyd placed third in the state in the 12th-grade level test, and Jean Paul Bergeron of Sheldon High School Sheldon High School may refer to:
On a different version of the 10th-grade level test given later, Aelin Kim of Sheldon High tied for first place in the state. The top-scoring students were honored by the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Department of Mathematics last weekend during a luncheon award ceremony. In addition, Johnson-Freyd was one of only two Oregon students to qualify for the USA Math Olympiad, an eight-hour test held earlier this month. He placed 18th nationally, earning an honorable mention. EXCELLENT EDUCATOR: Anne O'Connell, a Creswell High School science and math teacher, has received the Excellence in Education Award from the Oregon Education Association The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is the largest public education employees' union in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing more than 46,000 teachers and classified personnel. . The award is based on outstanding accomplishments toward educational excellence for all students. O'Connell was honored for an outstanding wetland ecology curriculum that involves students in the restoration of Garden Lake. The OEA OEA Organizacion de Estados Americanos (OAS in English) OEA Organização dos Estados Americanos (Portuguese: Organization of American States) OEA Office of The Employment Advocate also awarded the Noel Connall Instructional and Professional Development Award to the Eugene Education Association. The award recognizes the outstanding professional development program the Eugene group has developed for members. JAZZY PERFORMANCE: Confident of its skills, the Shasta Middle School Jazz Combo entered and won the high school level competition at the Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival last month. The festival is one of the top events in the Northwest. Shasta students claimed several other awards, including trombonist Stephanie Baird for outstanding middle school soloist. OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICIANS: Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
They were selected by their schools' math departments on the basis of diligence, creativity, growth and effort. WINNING ESSAY: Leah Reis-Dennis, 10, of Eugene, has won second place in New Moon Publishing's 2002 Turn Beauty Inside Out contest with her essay about the movie "Passport to Paris." The contest focuses on how girls and women are portrayed in film, giving kids 16 and under an opportunity to tell filmmakers why they should create independent, powerful female roles. New Moon is an award-winning bi-monthly magazine based in Minnesota. TEACHER HONORED: The National Youth Leadership Forum, in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week earlier this month, recognized the efforts of Diana Ashley, head counselor at North Eugene High School North Eugene High School is a public high school of about 1,200 students in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located at 200 Silver Lane near the Santa Clara area of Eugene.[1] North Eugene's mascot is the Highlander. , to encourage students to pursue career interests. She nominates North Eugene students to explore youth leadership programs in law, medicine, defense, intelligence and diplomacy, helping give them a jump-start in career exploration. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: The Springfield Business and Professional Women recently honored 10 high school girls High School Girls (女子高生 Joshi Kōsei for their accomplishments at its Gladys Myers Award banquet. The honorees from Springfield High were Kristin Beery beer·y adj. beer·i·er, beer·i·est 1. Smelling or tasting of beer: beery breath. 2. Affected or produced by beer: beery humor. , for the arts; Nicki Haase, for communications; Maria Korinek, for business; Erica Westover, for social service; and Erin Wright, for teaching. At Thurston High, the honorees were Patricia Bauman, for business; Danae Daugherty, for business; Katie Maack, for performing arts; Ashley Russell, for health occupations; and Solange Vannett, for education. |
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