Clayton, Duchesne High Schools Win WYSE Math-Science Challenge
St. Louis Regional Held at McKendree University on Jan. 31
Lebanon, Ill. — Students from 12 St. Louis area high schools competed at McKendree
University on Jan. 31 in the St. Louis Regional tournament of the 2014 Worldwide Youth
in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge. Clayton High School took top
team honors in the large school division and Duchesne High School won the small school
division.
Participating high schools were Clayton, Duchesne, Hancock, Living Word Christian,
Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Notre Dame, Orchard Farm, St. Charles, St. Charles West,
Trinity Catholic, Villa Duchesne Oak Hill and Visitation Academy.
The university has hosted the competition since 2004. Dr. Jim Feher, professor of
computer science and computer information systems at McKendree, is chairman of the
WYSE advisory board.
The purpose of WYSE is to advance excellence in science and mathematics and to promote
careers in engineering and the sciences. The Academic Challenge is a competitive series
of multiple-choice tests in seven subjects, designed to motivate talented high school
students to higher achievement in science and math.
Competing individually and as varsity and junior varsity teams in divisions based
on their school’s enrollment size, students take tests in biology, chemistry, computer
science, engineering graphics, English, math and physics. Test material is drawn from
senior high school and freshman level college curricula and written by college and
university faculty. Exams of increasing levels of difficulty are given at the regional,
sectional and state finals.
WYSE 2014 Team Photos
Teams and individual students placing first and second will go on to compete at the
sectional level with a chance of advancing to the state finals at the Missouri University
of Science & Technology.
Students from southwestern Illinois high schools will take part in the WYSE Academic
Challenge’s Illinois sectional at McKendree University on March 10.
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