Upper School students compete in Texas A&M Math Contest.
Nineteen Hockaday Students Compete in Texas A&M Math Contest Nineteen Hockaday students attended the annual Texas A&M Math Contest with schools from across Texas, and they were very successful. Out of all participating students, seven placed in the competitions. Students included: Elizabeth Guo (Class of 2018) placed 7th on the DE Subject Exam, Clara Shi (Class of 2019) placed 8th on the DE Subject Exam, Lydia Li (Class of 2016) placed 9th on the EF Subject Exam, Jasmine Jin (Class of 2016) placed 10th on the EF Subject Exam, and Team Milo, which included Class of 2016 students Jasmine Jin, Lydia Li, Violet Li, and Annie Lin; Elizabeth Zhou (Class of 2017); and Elizabeth Guo (Class of 2018), placed 9th on the Power Team.
Forty-Six Hockaday Students Recognized by Prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program Erica Jones (Class of 2017) and Sonya Xu (Class of 2017)
Erica Jones and Sonya Xu To Be Published in the American Journal of Physics Sonya Xu and Erica Jones, students from the Class of 2017, have been named co-authors for a capacitance paper, which will appear in the American Journal of Physics, widely recognized as an official publication in the field of physics. This is a major achievement for the girls, whose lab research contributed to the publication being accepted.
This year, 11 students were named finalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program, a national academic competition for recognition and scholarship that began in 1955. Nationwide, more than 16,000 semifinalists were named this year and had the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth approximately $32 million. The members of the Class of 2016 selected as finalists include: Mahima Agrawal, Rajya Atluri, Frances Burton, Cristina Chavez, Lori Jia, Suzette Kane, Alexandra McGeoch, Caroline McGeoch, Whitney Middlekauff, Heather Xiao, and Vivian Zhou. spring
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