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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR
PRESTIGIOUS HONORS AND AWARDS
ox Chapel Area School District students continue
to be recognized for their academic and artistic
achievements. This spring, a number of high school
students have received individual awards.
“I am amazed at the achievements of our young men and
women who continue to raise the bar for our current and future
students,” said Superintendent Gene Freeman, Ed.D. “It’s so
important for our students to apply for honors and awards to
broaden their knowledge and experience and to demonstrate to
others what they’ve learned.”
The following is just a sampling of students’ recent awards.
Students Win First Place
at Taiwan International
Science Fair
FOX CH APE L AR EA SC H OO L NE WS
ox Chapel Area
Senior Konrad Urban and
junior Suvir Mirchandani were
named first place winners in
the Computer Science and
Information Engineering
category at the 2016 Taiwan
International Science Fair.
The title of their project
was “Automated Illustration
of Text to Improve Semantic Comprehension.” The pair
developed a software system that converts natural language
input into illustrations in order to improve communication with
individuals who have language communication disorders.
The fair was held January 25-30 at the National Taiwan Science
Education Center in Taipei, Taiwan. Nearly 500 students from
22 countries competed.
High School
Sophomore Wins
Art Award
Sophomore Elizabeth
Kauma was named a
national winner in the
Scholastic Art &
Writing Awards of
2016. Elizabeth won
Elizabeth Kauma’s national award-winning
an American Visions
photograph, “Harmony in Solitude.”
Medal for her
photograph entitled “Harmony in Solitude.” This prestigious
award designates her among the most talented young artists in
the nation.
This year, nearly 320,000 works of art and writing were
submitted by students in grades 7-12 through regional contests
and only the top one percent were recognized at the national
level. Artwork was judged at the national level by panels of
professional artists.
Elizabeth, along with her teacher Amy Wickman, have been
invited to attend national events in New York City where
Elizabeth’s photograph will be exhibited June 1-3. The national
ceremony will be held at the world-famous Carnegie Hall.
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Two Students Selected to Study in Germany
Sophomore Cassidy Carson and junior Emma Paulini have
been awarded scholarships to study abroad in Germany. Both
students will stay with host families and attend a gymnasium
(a college-prep high school).
Cassidy has been selected to
receive a CongressBundestag Youth Exchange
Scholarship. She will spend
her junior year of high
school studying abroad in
Germany for 10 months.
Among the highlights, she,
and the other students in
the group, will travel to
Berlin where they will address the German Bundestag (the
lower house of parliament). Cassidy is one of about 250
students from the United States selected to participate in this
program for the 2016-2017 school year. Her home placement in
Germany will be facilitated by the American Field Service
(AFS) organization.
The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange is for motivated high
school students who want to experience a culture and learn a
language through a full-immersion experience. Initiated in 1983,
the program was created to strengthen ties between Germany
and the United States through citizen diplomacy. The program
was founded in celebration of the 300th year anniversary of the
first German immigration to the United States.
Emma has been awarded an
all-expenses-paid summer
study trip to Germany. She
was selected as a national
winner after scoring in the 91st
percentile on the Level IV
2016 National German Exam
for High School Students. The
exam is sponsored by the
American Association of
Teachers of German (AATG).
Emma is one of only 44
outstanding German students
from across the nation chosen
to receive the award. As a part of the trip, Emma will travel to
places of cultural and historical significance.
“This year’s prize winners are some of the finest students
in the U.S.,” said Keith Cothrun, executive director of the
AATG. “The prize is a great reward for excellence in learning
German – and the best way to better get to know a fascinating
language and culture through first-hand experiences living with
a German family and attending school.”