Academic Excellence
2008-09 Accomplishments
Upper School
Class of 2009 National Merit Semi-Finalists |
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Class of 2009 National Merit Commended |
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Class of 2009 National Achievement Semi-finalists
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Class of 2009 National Achievement Program Referred to Colleges
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Math Team
First-place finish at the Mercer University Math Tournament on Saturday November 13.
Team members included:
Eric Morphis (2nd place individual trophy, 1st place individual ciphering) Isaac Choi (3rd place individual ciphering) Eric Summins, Richard Williams, Louis Galonsky, and Krits Singhapakd
The team of Eric Morphis, Ivan Duralde, Isaac Choi and Eric Summins won seventh place among the 89 teams at the University of Georgia math tournament on November 8th.
This year the tournament featured over 300 of the best math team competitors from four states, so of special note is that senior Eric Morphis was again the UGA individual champion. This makes Eric the ONLY student EVER to win this highly competitive tournament TWO years in a row. It also marks Eric's sixth individual tournament championship among 27 trophies in 3-1/2 years, making him Woodward's all-time leader after almost thirty years of math team competition. More award infomation...
On October 11th at the National Assessment and Testing Fall Startup Competition
Eric Morphis, Younghwan Isaac Choi, Tyler Vance and Richard Williams were the 23rd place team in the entire NATION.
Eric Morphis was the 12th place senior in the nation.
Debate Team
The Woodward Academy debate team recently competed in the Glenbrooks Debate tournament (Illinois) one of the largest tournaments in the country (208 total teams from 43 states) Juniors Matthew Pesce and Brittany Nehman took 5th place overall. Matthew was voted 17th best speaker out of 416 debaters (he was the highest ranked junior in the whole competition) and Brittany was 22nd.
Governor's Honors Program
Congratulations to Emma DeKock (Spanish), Karen Wilmer (Spanish), Pooja Dhruv (Communicative Arts), and Lianne Houssami (French) who attended the Governor's Honors Program at Valdosta State University in June and July.
The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.
Middle School
Spelling Bee and other English Department contests, more information...
2007-08 Accomplishments
Upper School
2008 STAR Student Named
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) recently named senior Jennifer Morgan as Woodward Academy’s 2008 STAR student. The STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) program honors the senior in each school who has the highest score in one sitting on the three-part SAT taken through the December test date of their senior year. Jennifer chose Mrs. Elaine O’Neill as her STAR teacher.
Independent Scientific Research News
ISR Students Place in the Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
In Georgia, the top 50 research papers submitted to the Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium competition are selected and the students are invited to present at the GJSHS in Athens. Along with the presenters, 50 runners-up are selected to observe at the symposium and create a poster illustrating their research. This year, four of our Independent Student Research participants, Josh Cohen, Omar Haque, Jason Dunn, and Ravi Patel were chosen to present and Vishnu Koganti was chosen to display a poster.
This past weekend the competition took place in Athens, Georgia. Only one award is given for the poster division of this competition and Vishnu Koganti won that award. In the competition involving the 50 students who were chosen to present, Jason Dunn took 6th place, Omar Haque took third place, and Josh Cohen came in first place. Omar won a $1,000 scholarship for winning third place and Josh won a $2,000 scholarship for winning first place and both of them will be attending the National competition: Omar will present a poster and Josh will present in competition for the national award.
The national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is a highly recognized national competition for high school students, encouraging them to conduct original research in areas of science, mathematics, and engineering. Participants are selected from across the United States, so this competition is also a great opportunity to meet other students who share an interest in science and research. Each year, over 12,000 young researchers participate in JSHS, of whom 240 students advance to the national level to compete for significant military-sponsored scholarships and awards.
Congratulations to all of the participants for a very successful weekend at this renowned state competition and good luck to Omar and Josh at the national competition.
Senior Named Semifinalist in Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2008
Congratulations to Josh Cohen '08 for being selected as an Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist for 2008. He receives a $1,000 prize and will move on to compete as one of the 300 national semi-finalists for recognition as one of the 40 finalists. Josh will be competing for significant college scholarship opportunities. This is the third consecutive year that a Woodward Upper School science student has been given this honor. Dr. Rounds and Ms. Gibson of the Upper School direct the Independent Scientific Research Program.
Math Success
In November, the first round of the Kennesaw State University Mathematics competition was taken by 2369 students from 113 schools across the state. Students scoring at or above the 92nd percentile on this test have been invited to participate in the second round in February 2008. This year, Woodward had three students qualify for the second round: freshman, Eric Summins, at 92nd percentile; senior, CJ Jensen, at 98th percentile; and junior, Eric Morphis, whose first round score was the highest in the entire state. More about the US Math Team...
Class of 2008 National Merit Semi-Finalists
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Class of 2008 National Merit Commended
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Class of 2008 National Achievement Program, Referred to Colleges
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Recognitions with the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing Contest
- Chris Fernald
- Kanya Manoj
Governor's Honors Program
Congratulations to Roshani Chokshi (Communicative Arts), Joshua Cohen (Math), and Jennifer Morgan (Spanish) who attended the Governor's Honors Program at Valdosta State University in June and July. Sean Murphy was also accepted into the 2007 program.
The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.
Page updated: 12/12/08