Four Da Vinci Academy Graduates are National Merit® Semifinalists

The Da Vinci Academy Class of 2009 boasts four National Merit® Semifinalists in the 2013 competition.  Nearly 1.5 million seniors in approximately 22,000 U.S. high schools entered this contest by taking the Preliminary SAT (PSAT).  About one-third of the 50,000 high scorers are notified of their semi-finalist status and most will go on to compete for top honors.

We are so proud that 4 students from the Class of 2009 have achieved this recognition!

Keith Kimberling - IMSA
Jackson Michuda - IMSA
Hannah Werman - St. Charles North High School
Ian Wilkinson - IMSA

We wish you the best of luck in the final stages of competition!

 

Victory for Da Vinci Academy at MathCounts® on December 1, 2012

 Da Vinci Academy practically swept the Junior High Math Contest at St. Francis High School on December 1, 2012! 

Sammy Zeng & Joe Bartusek tied for first place 8th grade individual with perfect scores of 20.  Seventh grade awarded only 1st and 2nd places, but if they had given a 3rd place award it would have gone to Noah Hood. 

We had two teams; Joe Bartusek, Noah Helm, Mylene Ferrer, Ben Simon and Owen Michuda and they tied for first place, but we earned 2nd (tie-breaker rules).  Our other team of Sammy Zeng, Noah Hood, Max Martin and Brett King didn't place but they were 6th out of 16.

There are overall school awards that are a combination of the best team score and the best 4 individual scores and guess what?  First Place: DA VINCI ACADEMY!

Great work team.  Special thanks to Ms. Detzler for coaching our students to victory!

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