George Rebane
Last night at the Nevada Union High School awards celebration Ms Barbara Ross of the Nevada Joint Union High School District presented scholarship checks to the top scoring seniors on TechTest2017 which was given on 1 April 2017. The 1st prize of $6,000 went to Jack Devlin, the 2nd prize of $4,000 went to Harrison Costantino, and the 3rd prize of $2,000 went to Keegan Zetterberg, with nine additional honoraria of $300 each going to the next highest scorers. (more here)
This was the eleventh annual TechTest which is administered each spring to participating Nevada County high school seniors who are going on to study for their STEM careers. Ms Ross is the TechTest academic chair under whose auspices the test is administered and graded. TechTest and TechTestJr are sponsored by the Sierra Economics and Science Foundation. Both tests are the flagships of SESF’s youth education program. I have had the privilege of writing TechTest and working with the test takers in their preparation for the merit scholarship competition.
The test itself is a four-hour ordeal of a level that STEM students will encounter early in their lower division college studies. Awards are determined strictly on the basis of highest ranked test scores. The tests and solution sets are available for inspection and download at sesfoundation.org.
Mr David Pistone, SESF board member, chairs the TechTestJr committee which designs and administers these merit-based tests annually to two cohorts of 5th – 6th and 7th – 8th graders. The fifth annual TTJr tests were also given this spring.
Congratulations to all the winners! Great job! Keep up the good work Dr. R. ;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 June 2017 at 07:45 PM