Additional education briefs
June 1, 2008
Students take, compete for top honors
OSSM: More than 70 students from across the state were named to the Class of 2010 at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. About 250 students applied. The 72 students, listed below, will make up the 19th graduating class of the state school, which includes housing on the Oklahoma City campus, for junior and senior high school students.
Mentors: Twenty-three college students, all former Academic All-State Scholars, were recognized recently for completing a semester or more of work as mentors for elementary students. The Academic All-State Alumni Mentors, listed below, work with at-risk students at schools in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Stillwater and Weatherford. The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence coordinates the program.
Tech skills: Oklahoma high school students Brenton Conrad and William Nance will form one of 50 teams taking part at the end of June in a national student auto skills competition. The students from the Mid-AmericaTechnologyCenter in Wayne will race against others to diagnose, repair and drive a bugged vehicle across a finishing line. The competition will take place at Ford’s Michigan headquarters.
Lego, literacy projects funded in Tulsa
Grants: Lego and literacy projects are among $30,000 worth of grant ideas to be funded by the Foundation for Tulsa Schools, through its Grants for Great Ideas and Special Projects initiative.Sam Houston Elementary will receive just more than $5,000 for a Lego robotics program, and Mark Twain $3,000 for a plan to increase home reading among its students.
College-sponsored National Merit Scholarship Winners
FIRST NAME / LAST NAME / HOMETOWN / FIRST NAME / LAST NAME / HOMETOWNLinda / Nolley / Altus / Joel / Gaylord / Norman
Alia / McCrite / Ardmore / Shane / Kelleher / Norman
John / Sloan / Bartlesville / Joaquin / Resasco / Norman
Suzanne / Schenewerk / Bixby / Joshua / Wegemer / Norman
James / Tognazzini / Bixby / Ami / Bassett / Oklahoma City
Robert / Flippo / Broken Arrow / Brittney / Bierschenk / Oklahoma City
Sarah / Hagan / Broken Arrow / Elizabeth / Burgess / Oklahoma City
Lexie / Kinion / Broken Arrow / Charles / Cutler / Oklahoma City
William / McIntosh / Broken Arrow / Stuart / Downey / Oklahoma City
Hannah / Moreland / Broken Arrow / Joshua / Dreessen / Oklahoma City
Brent / Oliver / Broken Arrow / Tara / Drwenski / Oklahoma City
Darwin / Roman / Broken Arrow / Mathew / Feix / Oklahoma City
Gabriel / Conners / Claremore / Candice / Gillies / Oklahoma City
Jacob / Byers / Cleveland / Gina / Hancock / Oklahoma City
Hayley / Lamberson / Collinsville / Rebecca / Lessmann / Oklahoma City
Maranda / Guinn / Coweta / Field / Manar / Oklahoma City
Kayla / Bowden / Crowder / Andrew / Nguyen / Oklahoma City
Natalie / Avery / Edmond / Erin / Smith / Oklahoma City
Andrew / Bukowinski / Edmond / Zachary / Grimmett / Okmulgee
Melissa / Gleason / Edmond / David / Showalter / Stillwater
Tiffany / Haendel / Edmond / Rachel / Spitler / Stillwater
Chelsea / Major / Edmond / Kelsey / Van Horn / Tecumseh
Alec / Morris / Edmond / Sarah / Bennett / Tulsa
Elizabeth / Nelson / Edmond / Elizabeth / Braden / Tulsa
Jamie / Nix / Edmond / Adam / Breipohl / Tulsa
Michael / Wilkinson / Edmond / Amanda / Broach / Tulsa
Emily / Woner / Edmond / Nicole / Catterlin / Tulsa
Kristin / Woods / Edmond / Maria / Copp / Tulsa
Dennis / Burgart / Enid / Timothy / Crowe / Tulsa
Jared / Haines / Enid / Rebecca / Emrick / Tulsa
Zachary / Dennis / Fittstown / Mitch / Fahrenkrog / Tulsa
Lindsey / Campbell / Garvin / Adam / Fallon / Tulsa
Derek / Sealey / Guthrie / Brian / Higgins / Tulsa
Jacob / Gibbs / Jenks / Christina / Jackson / Tulsa
Mary / Graves / Jenks / David / Jones / Tulsa
Eric / Townsend / Jenks / Gregory / Maus / Tulsa
Summer / Sherrill / Midwest City / Stephen / McCollam / Tulsa
Sarah / Taylor / Midwest City / Sarah / Miller / Tulsa
Lauren / Stotts / Muskogee / Nathan / Nahmias / Tulsa
Kyle / Olson / Mustang / Paul / Polen / Tulsa
Matthew / Rainwater / Mustang / Daniel / Shenoi / Tulsa
Nicole / Bladow / Norman / Daniel / Swartz / Tulsa
Cara / Bothamley / Norman / Jeff / Vogt / Tulsa
Kathleen / Burns / Norman / Joshua / Woodward / Tulsa
Stanley / Caddell / Norman / Samantha / Watson / Weatherford
OklahomaSchool of Science and Mathematics, Class of 2010
FIRST NAME / LAST NAME / HOMETOWN / FIRST NAME / LAST NAME / HOMETOWNErica / Poe / Ada / Anika / Khan / Norman
Cecilia / Drennen / Antlers / Peter / Luo / Norman
John / Baggerly / Atoka / Paige / Abernathy / Oklahoma City
Courtney / Alvey / Blanchard / Cicily / Eyadiel / Oklahoma City
Dipika / Mohan / Broken Arrow / Samaan / Ghani / Oklahoma City
Onkur / Sen / BrokenArrow / Amy / Hays / Oklahoma City
Carlos / Rubio / Carnegie / Brian / Li / Oklahoma City
William / Moon / Chickasha / Douglas / Marks / Oklahoma City
Kristina / Black / Choctaw / Jacquelynn / Nguyen / Oklahoma City
Darby / Hanna / Choctaw / Halee / Patel / Oklahoma City
Shawn / Swatek / Claremore / Uyen / Pham / Oklahoma City
Donald / Belcher / Duncan / Mubeen / Shakir / Oklahoma City
Benjamin / Cassidy / Duncan / Jennifer / Sieber / Oklahoma City
Tanner / Simpson / Duncan / Angie / Thomas / Oklahoma City
Tamara / Walker / Duncan / Danielle / Robins / Purcell
Shaoxuan / Guo / Edmond / Garrett / Koller / Sand Springs
George / Malatinszky / Edmond / KunWoo / Dodd / Sayre
Katsiaryna / Malykhina / Edmond / Terry / Thrailkill / Schulter
Zachary / Stanley / Edmond / Alexis / Chen / Shawnee
Matthew / Stewart / Edmond / JaNessa / Vincent / Spiro
Andrew / Stewart / Edmond / Kyra / Atekwana / Stillwater
Jing / Wu / Edmond / Irving / Dai / Stillwater
Jing / Zhang / Edmond / Teodor / Ene / Stillwater
Caleb / Howard / ElmoreCity / Nirupama / Sarathy / Stillwater
Caleb / Lareau / Enid / Sifan / Zhang / Stillwater
Andrew / Vincent / Eufaula / Brittany / Nichols / Stratford
Sara / Garis / Garber / Destiny / Brown / Tecumseh
Tori / Tincher / Gore / Stephan / Clark / Tecumseh
Logan / Holden / Guthrie / Michael / Bogran / Tulsa
Di / Wu / Idabel / Deborah / Olaleye / Tulsa
Monica / Fleshman / Medford / Shiliang / Zhang / Tulsa
Brooke / Lucas / Midwest City / Victor / Keyes / Tyrone
Ernest / Miller / Midwest City / Lauren / Dinsmore / Wewoka
Caleb / Mitchum / Minco / Danielle / Brady / Wilson
Justin / Valdez / Moore / Olivia / Deakins / Wynnewood
Lauryn / Brown / Muskogee / Christina / Varkey / Yukon
Academic All-State Alumni Mentors
FIRST NAME / LAST NAME / HOMETOWNAustin / Slaymaker / Blanchard
Summer / James / BoiseCity
Cory / Giles / Broken Arrow
Shayla / Burnett / Cache
Munim / Deen / Edmond
Hannah / Denker / Enid
Amy / Myers / Fletcher
Katie / Knutter / Healdton
Jamie / Quitoriano / Kingfisher
Dana / McBee / LaVerne
Jamie / Pelfrey / Maysville
Laura / Bennett / Mounds
Rebecca / Bedford / Muldrow
Rachael / Johnston / Oklahoma City
Laura / Morton / Oklahoma City
Ry / Fleming / Perry
Rebekah / Husted / Prague
Kenner / Misner / Sapulpa
Amalia / Deines / Shattuck
Paula / Smithheisler / Tonkawa
Tiffany / Foster / Tuttle
Cassandra / Mickelson / Yukon
Compiled by Staff Writer Wendy K. Kleinman
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