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Angela Jenkins, Director of Communications August 25, 2006 (903) 262-1064 For Immediate Release
News Release
TISD Student in Countdown for
The countdown to choosing the nation's top young scientist is on and Tyler ISD is pleased to announce one of its own as a semifinalist. Middle school student Jessica Emery is one of 400 semifinalists for the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC). Emery is a current eighth grader at Moore MST Magnet School and her seventh-grade entry is titled Making High Quality H2O for Hemodialysis. “Jessica is a very sincere science student and well-rounded in many other areas that include academics and extra-curricular,” stated Moore principal, Claude Lane. “We are extremely proud of her. Jessica is very excited, dedicated and enthused about learning science and that’s what we want from our students. We are proud that she is a two-time state science fair qualifier because this type of achievement is very rare.” The DCYSC is the nation's premier science contest for students in grades 5-8. The competition, created by Discovery Communications, gives students the opportunity to test their knowledge and push their limits as they explore the world of science. "Discovery is proud to continue the tradition of supporting middle school education and cultivating the next generation of American scientists," said John Hendricks, Founder and Chairman, Discovery Communications. "Each year, the breadth of knowledge demonstrated by the DCYSC's 400 semifinalists is inspiring and a bit humbling. These young men and women have the intelligence, energy, creativity and dedication to become the nation's scientific trailblazers of the future. We remain committed to celebrating their achievements and scientific learning." In the eighth year of the DCYSC, there were over 7,500 students who won a DCYSC nomination at their local, regional or state fair where they received a lapel pin, a certificate and a chance to enter the national competition by completing a written entry form. DCYSC received 1,900 entries from 273 affiliated fairs representing 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Evaluators and judges spent the summer reading and reviewing the entries looking for those students with projects that demonstrated scientific merit and originality and who were able to communicate this process clearly and creatively to the judges via the entry form. The result of their difficult job is the selection of the 400 DCYSC national semifinalists. These talented students represent 343 schools from 43 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Semifinalists include 207 males and 193 females. Grades are represented as follows: 34 from 5th grade, 85 from 6th grade, 107 from 7th grade and 174 from 8th grade. (The grade listed for each student is for the 2005-2006 school year. By the time of this announcement these students will have advanced to the next grade level.) From this group of 400 Semifinalists, 40 Finalists will be chosen to attend an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC from October 21-25, 2006 to compete in science challenges. The 40 finalists will compete for more than $100,000 worth of scholarships and special prizes. Finalists will be announced on September 14, 2006.
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