Each year, the
NoJ section assists the ACS in search for the top 20 high school chemistry
students in the U.S. From these, the best four are chosen to
represent the U.S. in the
International Chemistry Olympiad, held in Budapest,
Hungary, on
July 12-21, 2008.
The entire
process begins with a screening test. Accordingly, 171 high school students
from the NoJ section were nominated by their teachers, and given a 1st level
screening test at FDU–Florham on March 19, 2008. From these, 15 students were qualified
to go on to the 2nd level. The students, teachers and high schools in the
latter group are listed below:
NJ-ACS 2008 Chemistry Olympiad Finalists
| Student |
School |
Teacher |
| David Kersen |
Delbarton |
Elizabeth Mainardi |
| Timothy Barnum |
Watchung Hills Regional |
Michael Amendola |
| Eric Liu |
Watchung Hills Regional |
Michael Amendola |
| Heather Xu |
Parsippany |
Samuel Baskinger |
| Michael Li |
South Brunswick |
Theresa Farinella |
| William Pan |
South Brunswick |
Theresa Farinella |
| Johanna Lee |
Bergen County Academies |
David Ostfeld |
| Matthew Mayers |
Bergen County Academies |
David Ostfeld |
| Jay Patel |
Bergen County Technical |
Jayasree Sankar |
| David Zhao |
John P Stevens, Edison |
Paul Sekular |
| Yixiao Wang |
Westfield |
Martha Bailey |
| Yuxin Xie |
East Brunswick |
Paul Kimmel |
| Ryan Lu |
East Brunswick |
Paul Kimmel |
| Alex Krasner |
East Brunswick |
Paul Kimmel |
| Kostyanyan Mazur |
Highland Park |
Keisha Stephen |
After a
grueling 6½ half hour 2nd level test on April 19, which included 2 written and
one laboratory test, two students were qualified to attend the study camp in
June at the Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs. The students are Yuxin Xie and Yixiao Wang.
This is the
fifth consecutive year that the North Jersey Section placed two students in the
study camp.
