(June 5,
2017--North Bergen, NJ) High Tech Science League
competitors Andrew Tran of Kearny and Shrevas Agarwal of Secaucus have scored
in the top 10% of all New Jersey students for Biology II and
Physics C, respectively, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High
Tech High School.
Tran, a Kearny resident, earned a student plaque in Biology II,
one out of a total of 30 plaques and 118 teams in New Jersey. Also, Agarwal, who took First Place in AP
Physics I last year, has earned one out of a total of fourteen plaques given
for Physics C in all of New Jersey.
Last, but not least, the Physics C Team, comprised of Agarwal and Mingyu Zhao of Harrison, earned a team plaque, placing fourth out of
seventy teams in the Garden State. Last
year, Zhao took 17th place,
which put him in the top 10% of all competitors in New Jersey as well.
“Congratulations
to our award recipients and to all Science League participants,” says Kimberly
Braun, science instructor at High Tech.
“You had a great year.”
To
participate in the annual Science League competition (both individual and team),
students must take an acceptance test in subjects such as biology, chemistry,
physics, environmental, and earth science at the beginning of the school year. Only the top ten percent of the students receiving
a certificate receives a student plaque.
Team scores equal the cumulative sum of the top 2%, and only the top 10%
of schools in a subject area earns a team plaque.
The four
students with the highest scores officially become part of the team. The fifth
highest-scoring student serves as an understudy. Moreover, students participate in Science League to
better their knowledge in a specific subject, and it provides proof to teachers
and colleges about students’ expertise in a subject. Additionally, students could also win
scholarships if they win titles.
The Science
League state tests take place from January through April.
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| (left to right: Shrevas Agarwal and Andrew Tran) |
