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