Korean-American
Scientists and Engineers Association
KSEA
National Mathematics and Science Competition 2007
KSEA
National Mathematics and Science Competition 2007
was given on Saturday,
April
21, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Center Building in Redmond. .
It started at 11 AM Pacific Cost Time for 60 minuets for the 4th, 5th,
6th, 7th, 8th, grade and 90 minutes for the 9th, 10th, 11th grade. The
National Level Awards will be announced 10 days after. But the KSEA
Pacific Northwest chapter has announced the 4th to 11th and The
award ceremony opened at 3:00 PM. Special guest speaker, Consul General,
Kwon Chan Ho encouraged young people to be innovative and logical in
their thinking while supporting their desire to explore the world of
science and math. Also Korean Women Association of Washington President,
Sandra Englund was given a special remarks to the math contest participants
that "The future of Washington State and our nation depends on
young people with strong math and science skills." and she mentioned
that They will be our next generation's technical leaders.
The
Gold Award winners - The Washington State, Governor's Awards are as
the following
Presented by Jae Hoon Kim, Ph.D. All of the Gold Award winners will
be receiving Governor Chris Gregoire's Award certificates:
Kevin Kim, 4th Grade from Mill Creek Elementary School.
Kyungmin
Kim, 5th Grade from King's Elementary School.
Michelle
Kim, 6th Grade from St. Lucke's
Dae
Hong Kim, 7th Grade from Northshore, Junior High.
Chris
Lim, 8th Grade from Evergreen Jr. High.
Joon
Choi, 9th Grade from Kamiak High.
David
Kim, 11th Grade from Seattle Lutheran High.
The
Silver Award were presented by Consul General, Kwon Chan Ho and Winners
are:
Katherine
J. Choi, 4th Grade, Serene Lake
John
Jung, 4th Grade, from Shoreline Christian
Young Geun Yoo, 5th Grade, from Clyde Hill elementary
Andrew
Lee, 5th Grade, from Medina Elementary.
Elaine
Jeon, 6th Grade, from Pin Lake Middle School
Danny Kwak, 6th Grade, from Chinook Middle School
Chioe Choe 7th Grade from Federal Way Public Academy
Yitaek
Hwang,7th Grade from Heatherwood Middle school
David-Changsoo Kim, 9th Grade from Shorewood High school
Youngmin Lee, 10th Grade from Bellevue High school
Timothy
Chang, 10th Grade from Kamiak High School
David
Shin, 11th Grade from Inglemoor High School
Chun
Soo Park, 11th Grade from Northwest School
Also
there were many other awards include Bronze awards which presented by
Cheryl Lee(Director for Community affiars), Family awards, Long Distance
Awards, Sponsor awards from Sylvan Learning Center, and Sponsor Awards
from Microsoft Drawing prizes.
Recently,
The Washington State legislator has made math and science a priority,
Beginning in 2008 the scholarship board will recommend full tuition
scholarships for qualified young people who pursue degree in these fields.
Reported by Sandra Englund, April 22nd, 2007
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