High School Chemistry Olympiad is Alive and Well!

   Cleveland Section of American Chemical Society (ACS) held it’s annual Local, High School Chemistry Olympiad on March 15th, at Cleveland State University. 
   A total of one hundred and six students from fourteen high schools competed in the preliminary examination.  Eleven top scoring students from eight high schools advanced to the National portion of the Olympiad.
2008 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad took place on April 18th, 2008.  This was an all day affair, with two written portions of the exam taking place in the morning and the lab/practical occurring in the afternoon.  Exam responses were mailed promptly for scoring and ranking by ACS National.
   In late May, the following results were mailed to the Olympiad Coordinator:  David Hu (North Royalton High School) and Josh Sperling (Solon High School) placed in the Honors category (within top 150) and Clay Easterday (Chardon High School) and Aditya Kalluri (North Olmstead High School) placed in the High Honors category (top 50 out of 868 participating students).
   Furthermore, a phone call was made to Aditya Kalluri’s parents to notify his qualification for the attendance at the 2008 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp, being held at U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  According to Aditya’s chemistry teacher, Maria T. Andras, this high achieving student was exempted from all his exams – he is earning A+ in every class – to focus on the preparation for the camp.
   If he qualifies, he will have the opportunity to attend the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad (July 12-21, 2008), to be held in Budapest, Hungary.

                                    Submitted by:
                                   
                                                Reiko M. Simmons
                                                Reiko M. Simmons
                                                Coordinator, HS Chemistry Olympiad, ACS
                                                Instructor, Department of Chemistry
                                                Cleveland State University
                                                r.simmons@csuohio.edu