Huntington Students Eye Creative Problem Solving
Nearly three dozen Huntington students have been nominated to take a rigorous math exam that serves as the qualifying vehicle for participation in the prestigious Institute for Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students.
Maryann Daly, Huntington SEARCH chairperson and a teacher in the program, nominated 35 of her 165 students to sit for the exam at SUNY College at Old Westbury. The Institute will ultimately select 75 high-achieving students to engage in its program that seeks to enhance and reinforce the participant’s problem solving skills. The students will be drawn from grades five through ten and divided equally between Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The Huntington students nominated to take the two-hour qualifying exam include Samantha Conte, Emma DeGennaro, Ethan Dwyer, Aaron Feltman, Richard Garger, Elizabeth Corrao, Thomas Kouttron, Thomas Kopstein, Matthew McBride, Kevin McConnell, Charles Beers, Leah Butz, Caitlin Knowles, Brandon Mendez, Joseph Saginaw, Summer Hushion, Cole Blackburn, Justin Martinolich, Olivia Castillo, Kylie Palmer, Suzanne Petryk, Dylan Delgiudice, Alexandra Koumas, Sam Latt, Cristina Bateman, Justin Grella, Spencer Pashkin, John Reilly, Brendan Wirth, Omotayo Ikuomensian, Kaitlin Wascher, Hillary Hardardt, Lana Ziegler, Jason Morreira and Heather Forster.
Each of the 75 students who participate in the Institute’s program will be designated a Long Island Young Scholar of Mathematics and awarded a certificate of accomplishment. They will study creative problem solving in the areas of math, engineering and science and be required to devote 60 hours to formal classes over the course of 20 Saturday morning sessions. Participants are also expected to spend another 60 hours working on related projects at home.
Mrs. Daly nominated the 35 students based on their performance in Math Olympiad meets, their math assessment scores and “most of all their dedication to learning,” she said.
“The participants will broaden their backgrounds in mathematics, sharpen their thinking skills and develop their problem solving ability,” according to brochure published by the Institute. “Educating these special children will make a major contribution to their pursuit of excellence in science and mathematics.”
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