SAHS Wins WYSE Sectional

Published on March 16 2015 10:09 am
Last Updated on March 16 2015 10:09 am
Written by Greg Sapp

St. Anthony High School captured the WYSE sectional championship held at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

The Academic Challenge is a competitive series of tests created and administered by Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering and offered to high school students in Illinois and Missouri.

The tests are now offered by more than 50 community colleges and universities and are designed to present a challenge to the brightest students. Test material is drawn from senior high school and freshman level college curricula. Written by teams of college and university faculty, subjects include biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics, and physics. Each test production team produces three tests of increasing levels of difficulty, regional, sectional and state finals.

Students compete as individuals and as part of a team (when their school fields a team); they have 40 minutes to complete multiple-choice tests that range in length from 30 questions (computer science) to 100 questions (English).

300 Division

1st Place - 474.5/500 - St. Anthony

2nd Place - 430.5/500 - Central A&M

3rd Place - 425.5/500 - St. Teresa

St. Anthony advances to the State WYSE competition Thursday, April 16 on the campus of The University of Illinois at the I-Hotel and Conference Center, 9 am - 3 pm.

Team Members

Abby Brown - Chemisty (1st Place Tie)

Alex Curl - Math (1st Place); Physics (3rd Place Tie)

Laura Deters - Physics (3rd Place Tie)

Ben Esker

James Kabbes - Math (3rd Place Tie); Physics (1st Place Tie)

Peter Keller

Chloe Malone

Madeline McDevitt - Chemistry (2nd Place Tie)

Isabel Moore - Physics (2nd Place)

Megan Nuxoll

Emma Richards