Hallsville R-IV School District

The Academic Challenge is a competitive series of tests created and administered by Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering and offered to high school students in Illinois and Missouri. The tests are now offered by more than 50 community colleges and universities and are designed to present a challenge to the brightest students.

Test material is drawn from senior high school and freshman level college curricula. Written by teams of college and university faculty, subjects include biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics, and physics. Each test production team produces three tests of increasing levels of difficulty, regional, sectional and state finals. Students compete as individuals and as part of a team (when their school fields a team); they have 40 minutes to complete multiple-choice tests that range in length from 30 questions (computer science) to 100 questions (English).

The hallsville WYSE team has an outstanding record of wins,

• 2005 1st place Linn State
• 2005 1st place Divison I 1st place
• 2005 State Champions Divison I Rolla, Missouri

 

 

On Tuesday, the WYSE team traveled to Linn State Technical College to compete in the regional portion of the WYSE academic challenge.This was our first match, We took 22 students that competed in 6 different categories. As a team, we placed FIRST and will advance to the District portion of the competition in March. The following is a list of individual awards for our team members. However, many students contributed to the overall team score that won even though they themselves did not receive a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place medal as recognition.

Kent Griswold- 3rd place Chemistry
Gage Long- 2nd place Computer Science
Taylor Smith- 1st place Math
Tyler Ray- 2nd place Math (tie)
Tyler Crouch- 2nd place Math (tie)
Kelson Rosbach- 3rd place Math
Daniel Davis- 1st place Engineering Graphics
Zack Koeneke- 2nd place Engineering Graphics
Tyler Crouch- 3rd place Physics

 

This is a list of all who attended the match at Linn State Technical College on Tuesday Febuary 5th, 2008.

Alyssa Anderson
Kat Brekke
Tyler Crouch
Daniel Davis
JB Grigery
Kent Griswold
Amy Hamel
Jaimie Hancox
Jake Hardin
Scottie Hudnell
Richard Kee
Zack Koeneke
Gage Long
Nici McCrary
Tyler Ray
Emily Reinbott
Kelson Rosbach
Lexie Smith
Taylor Smith
Zach Waller