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February
23, 2002
Sidwell
Friends and Richard Montgomery High School Teams
Win Regional Science Bowl Competitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Students from the Sidwell
Friends School in the District of Columbia and
the Richard Montgomery High School of Rockville,
Maryland triumphed in a battle of scientific and
mathematical wits Saturday capturing their respective
regional Science Bowl7 championships.
“Congratulations to the impressive group
of students who competed this weekend,”
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said. “I
look forward to meeting the regional champion
teams when they return in May for the Science
Bowl finals.”
First-place winners of this weekend’s qualifying
rounds will face 62 other student teams from across
the country at the Department of Energy’s
12th Anniversary National Science Bowl7 competition
May 3-6, 2002, at the National 4-H Center in Chevy
Chase, Md. The national champions will win a two-week
trip to London to attend the International Youth
Science Forum.
The Department of Energy created the National
Science Bowl7 in 1991 to encourage American high
school students to excel in math and science and
to pursue careers in these fields.
By recognizing and rewarding successful math and
science students, the National Science Bowl7 generates
enthusiasm for science and engineering. More than
11,000 high school students are participating
in the Science Bowl competition nationwide this
year. The Department of Energy supports math and
science education to help provide a technically
trained and diverse workforce for the agency and
the nation.
For the regional qualifying rounds held at the
Department of Energy headquarters student teams
from 23 schools in Maryland and the District of
Columbia faced rounds of increasingly difficult
questions in biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy,
earth science, computer science and mathematics.
The teams are comprised of five students and a
teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. The
competitions consisted of round robins followed
by double elimination finals.
The winner for the Virginia Regional Science Bowl7
was the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science
and Technology in Alexandria.That competition
took place in Newport News on Feb. 9.
The winning teams are:
District of Columbia Regional Science Bowl
First Place:Sidwell Friends School
Second Place:National Cathedral School
Third Place: Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Fourth Place:St. Anselm’s Abbey School
Maryland Regional Science Bowl
First Place: Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville
Second Place: Montgomery Blair High School, Silver
Spring
Third Place: Centennial High School, Ellicott
City
Fourth Place:Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville
More information about the Science Bowl is available
at: ww.scied.science.doe.gov.
Media Contact: Jeff Sherwood, 202/586-4826
Number: PR-02-030 |
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