March 27, 1996

FOR RELEASE: Immediately           CONTACT: Susan Harlow

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHINE IN ANNUAL MATH EXAM

     Seventeen students were winners in the annual American High
School Mathematics Examination held last month around Vermont.
     The purpose of the examination is to identify and encourage
students with an interest in and talent for mathematical problem
solving.
      The highest-scoring student from each school received a pin
or medal. Jan Johansson of the University of Vermont Department
of Mathematics and Statistics was the Vermont examination
coordinator.
     The winners at each high school were:
Jason Lestage - Colchester High School,
Benjamin Morse - Essex Junction Education Center
Steven McDonald and David Oleszkiewicz - South Burlington High
School Andrew Skelton - Burlington High School
Jerry Thibault - Mt. Mansfield Union High School
Stevenson Waltien - Champlain Valley Union High School
Garrett Alston - Williamstown Junior-Senior High School
Benjamin Partlow - Black River High School
David Raymond - Leland & Gray Union High School
Laura Lucas - North Country Union High School
Jennifer Bachelder - Hartford High School
Joshua Otis - Woodstock Union High School
Craig Jewell - Springfield High School
Wells Chandler - U-32 High School
Evan Paul - Canaan Memorial High School
Danielle Delisle - Danville High School 
Katie Bemis - Whitingham High School 
      Morse, McDonald, Raymond, Otis, Skelton, Jewell, Thibault,
Alston and Oleszkiewicz were among students who did especially
well and will be invited to participate in further competitions;
they may be invited to become members of the U.S. team in the
International Mathematics Olympiad. 
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