Chemistry Olympiad

    The 2010 Chemistry Olympiad was very successful. We sent 265 letters to high school chemistry teachers in our section. Sixteen schools participated, including two new ones, with about 125 students taking the preliminary regional exam. The schools were both public and private and extended from Burlingame to Gilroy.  The teachers graded the exams and 17 students were chosen to participate in the national exam. 
   
    The California section hosted their students and our students for a day of testing for the national exam at Las Positas Community College. The students and member volunteers were treated to a pizza lunch.

    We had 2 students finish with high honors and 5 with honors, but none were invited to attend the study camp.

    To thank the teachers for their work, we offered to pay their registration to the Education Division’s program for high school teachers at the San Francisco national meeting in March.  Five teachers attended as our guests.  The regional finalists and their high schools were also awarded copies of the Merck Index. Again the teachers were invited to our summer wine tasting and awards dinner to show our appreciation for their hard work.


                                                                             Sally Peters,
                                                                             Chair, Chemistry Olympiad Committee
                                                                                                                            
                                      Written work  Lab work

Students hard at work on the written and laboratory portions of the Olympiad examination
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