(Jun 10, 2009) - Congratulations to the Web team of: Seniors – Joe Gasperetti, Coulter King, Jason Chan, Sophomores – Anjit Fageria, Rob Whitaker and Julian Sexton
Their team won the First Prize for the national ThinkQuest competition 2009 Senior Division
The title of the Website is "Communication Unplugged"
The prize for the winning team was a Toshiba laptop for each student in the team, a $1000 gift certificate from Best Buy for the school and a $1000 gift certificate from Best Buy for the coach.
Congratulations to the Web team of:- Juniors – Matthew Mc Nierney, David Kearns, Tim Leddy, Sandro McMullan and Patrick Jang
Their team won an Honorable mention for the national ThinkQuest competition 2009 Senior Division
The title of the Website is "Green Electricity".
The New York City ThinkQuest Challenge
The ThinkQuest NYC Challenge is a contest for students to create educational websites. The TQNYC project-based, collaborative learning experience addresses 21st century learning by providing an opportunity for students to develop higher order thinking skills, problem solving in a real world context, and student as knowledge producer. In addition to developing advanced technology skills. ThinkQuest NYC participants gain content knowledge in specific academic areas, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and a sense of connection with the world beyond their own communities.