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Local winners of college preparation network competition honored

CHAPEL HILL -- Seventy-five Orange and Durham County middle and high school students enrolled in a college preparedness program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently won awards in a math and science competition.

The students belong to the UNC-CH Center for Mathematics and Science Education's Pre-College Program, which seeks to increase the number of students who study math and science at college and then pursue careers in science, math, technical fields, engineering and education. The center is based in the UNC-CH School of Education.

The center's Pre-College Program encourages students in grades 6 through 12 to attend enrichment activities in math and science; offers students individualized tutoring, career counseling and hands-on field trips and weekend and summer educational opportunities; encourages parents to become more involved in their child's education; and teaches classroom instructors new skills for attracting more students to science and math courses.

The Mathematics and Science Education Network is a statewide science and math enrichment program offered at 11 of the state's 16 UNC campuses. Within the network, there are six Pre-College Programs at UNC-CH, N.C. State University, Elizabeth City State University, UNC-Charlotte, Fayetteville State University and N.C. A & T University. A total of 460 students from the six Pre-College Programs participated in the network's competition held April 18 at Fayetteville. Of the 75 students from UNC-CH's program, 53 took home awards.

The winners from Orange County were (in alphabetical order):

Aaron Burns, Stanback Middle School, first place in 7th grade math

Canai Calmore, Phillips Middle School, first place in 6th grade math

Angela Gamble, Stanback Middle School, second place in 8th grade math

Sarah Payne, Stanford Middle School, first place in 6th grade math

Tahveya Platt, McDougle Middle School, second place in 6th grade math

Mario Richardson, Stanback Middle School, second place in 7th grade math

Matthew Thomas, Phillips Middle School, first place in 6th grade math

The winners from Durham County were (in alphabetical order):

Akua Agyapong, Hillside High School, first place in algebra 2

Anna Bauer, Southern High School, first place in geometry

Paul Bauer, Neal Middle School, third place in pre-algebra

Dewang Bhavsar, Jordan High School, first place in algebra 2

Justin Bonaparte, Jordan High School, first place in calculus

Michael Brown, Neal Middle School, first place in 7th grade math

Felicia Browne, Jordan High School, first place in geometry

Atisha Burnett, Durham Magnet School, third place in algebra 1

Jacqueline Campbell, Northern Middle School, second place in biology

Jocelyn Campbell, Northern Middle School, third place in quiz bowl

Dwight Chandler Jr., Southern High School, second place in physics

Ashley Crews, Carrington Middle School, first place in 6th grade science

Angelia Duncan, Githens Middle School, third place in pre-algebra

Tia Duncan, Lowes Grove Middle School, first place in 7th grade math

Drue Eberhart , Githens Middle School, first place in 7th grade science

Ray Frederick, Hillside High School, second place in physics

Willietta Gibson, Jordan High School, first place in calculus

Gregory Hamilton, Neal Middle School, first place in 6th grade science

Rakeya Hatch, Neal Middle School, second place in 8th grade math

Latasha Holloway, Neal Middle School, second place in 8th grade math

Elizabeth Jackson, Jordan High School, third place in quiz bowl

Tatiana Johnson, Githens Middle School, third place in pre-algebra

Anjum Khan, Jordan High School, second place in biology

Brandy Killough, Southern High School, first place in geometry

Kenneth Langdon, Lowes Grove Middle School, second place in 6th grade math

Joel McCauley Jr., Durham Magnet School, first place in oratory-senior division

Phillip McDougald, Neal Middle School, first place in tower building-junior division

Dain Melendez, Githens Middle School, first place in 7th grade science

Charmaine Mendoza, Lowes Grove Middle School, second place in 6th grade math

Ross Mike, Hillside High School, third place in quiz bowl

Ihsan Mujahid, Hillside High School, second place in writing-senior division

Anne Ogunrinde, Hillside High School, second place in physics

Gary Rains, Southern High School, second place in biology

Sean Reilly, Neal Middle School, second place in 7th grade science

Demetrius Rivers, Neal Middle School, first place in tower building-junior division

Arvin Sanders, Jordan High School, first place in calculus

Pam Scott, Jordan High School, first place in pre-calculus

Rachel Searles, Githens Middle School, third place in algebra 1

Jasper Smith, Lowes Grove Middle School, second place in 7th grade science

Amir Tawfik, Githens Middle School, first place in 7th grade math

Colette Thompson, Southern High School, first place in pre-calculus

James Uhing, Neal Middle School, third place in algebra 1

Denetra Wiggins, Neal Middle School, first place in 6th grade science

Brian Wilson, Riverside High School, first place in algebra 2

Kim Wynn, Hillside High School, first place in pre-calculus

Joseph Yongue, Hillside High School, third place in quiz bowl

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