Student's science savvy brings rewards.Forty high school seniors will compete for $205,000 in scholarships as finalists in the 54th annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search in Washington, D.C., March 8 to 13. A 41st finalist, Soo Yuen Kim, 17, of Brookville, N.Y., died in an auto accident Nov. 28, 1994, shortly before completing her project. Friends put the final touches on her application, and her teacher submitted it. Because judges must interview finalists before awarding the top scholarships, Kim's project is not eligible for further awards. However, Westinghouse Electric Corp., which sponsors the competition in partnership with Science Service, will give $5,000 to Jericho High School Academics Jericho High School has consistently been ranked as one of the top public high schools in America, as ranked by Newsweek. It offers many Advanced Placement classes, Syracuse University SUPA credit classes, has among the highest average SAT scores in the , which Kim attended. The top three finalists will win scholarships of $40,000, $30,000, and $20,000, respectively. Other top 10 finalists will receive $15,000 or $10,000 each. The remaining students will receive $1,000 scholarships. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of produced the highest number of finalists - 15. California, Florida, and Michigan tied for second place, with three each. The finalists are: * California: Franz Edward Boas Bo·as , Franz 1858-1942. German-born American anthropologist who emphasized the systematic analysis of culture and language structures. , Irene Ann Chen, and Elaine Wei-Yin Yu, La Jolla H.S., La Jolla. * Florida: Neil Ashok Hattangadi, Winter Park H.S., Winter Park; Kara Jane LeVine, Rutherford H.S., Springfield; Christian Basil Miller, The Benjamin School, North Palm Beach. * Indiana: Daniel Kalman Biss, Bloomington H.S. North, Bloomington. * Iowa: Nathan Daniel Holmes, Davenport West H.S., Davenport; Amy Rosemary White, Fort Madison Senior H.S., Fort Madison. * Kansas: Martin Tibor Stiaszny, Shawnee Mission South H.S., Shawnee Mission. * Maryland: Samit Dasgupta, Montgomery Blair H.S., Silver Spring. * Michigan: Katherine Ann Duncan, Pennfield H.S., Battle Creek; Prashant Mishra, Detroit Country Day School Detroit Country Day School (also known as DCDS, DCD, or Country Day) is a private, secular school located in Beverly Hills, Michigan, northwest of Detroit. DCDS was founded in Detroit in 1914, inspired by the Country Day School movement. , Beverly Hills; Daniel Brandon Wolfe, The Roeper School, Bloomfield Hills. * Minnesota: Anil Samoilenko Menon, Saint Paul Academy & Summit School, St. Paul. * Mississippi: Leah Katherine Barron, St. Andrew's Episcopal School Multiple schools go by the name St. Andrew's Episcopal School: North America:
* New Jersey: Jordan Matthew Cummins, Livingston H.S., Livingston. * New Mexico: Katarzyna Lubowicz, Armand Hammer United World College, Montezuma. * New York: Paul P. Bongaarts, Byram Hills H.S., Armonk; Supinda Bunyavanich and Minsu De Bortoli Longiaru, Paul D. Schreiber Senior H.S., Port Washington; Jenelle Cassia cassia (kăsh`ə): see cinnamon; senna. cassia Spice, also called Chinese cinnamon, consisting of the aromatic bark of the Cinnamomum cassia plant, of the laurel family. Holder and Laura Manfield, Bronx H.S. of Science, New York; Aleksandr Leonidovich Khazanov and Chit-Kwan Lin, Stuyvesant H.S., New York; Soo Yeun Kim, Jericho H.S. Jericho; Reed Loring Levine and Daniel Billy Sims, John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in H.S., Bellmore; Gina Petrocelli, Edward R. Murrow Noun 1. Edward R. Murrow - United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965) Edward Roscoe Murrow, Murrow H.S., New York; Tracy Caroline Phillips, Long Beach Senior H.S., Long Beach; Debleena Sengupta and Neil Castillo Srivastava, Ward Melville H.S., Setauket; Joel David Wollman, Lawrence H.S. Cedarhurst. * North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. : Peter Matthews Kasson, Durham Academy, Durham; Ronald Worth Sutherland, North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Durham. * Oregon: Jacinta Carmel Conrad, South Eugene H.S., Eugene; Courtney Christine Joan Voelker, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland. * Texas: Thomas Joe Harris, Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe; Deborah Chuan Yeh, Plano Senior High School Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior, or PSHS) is a free public secondary school in Plano, Texas, United States serving students in grades 11-12. , Plano. * Virginia: Griffin M. Weber, Denbigh H.S., Newport News. * Washington: Jeremy David Kassebaum, Sunnyside Senior H.S., Sunnyside. |
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