May
2008
A group of Wheeler
Magnet students (Luna Zhang, Carmen Deng,
Shruti Patel, Evan Cahill, and Allison
Brackin) have collected generous donations
($500.00) from students, teachers and the Wheeler
community. This money was sent to the Red Cross
Society of China to assist in reconstructing new
and strong school buildings for students and teachers
who have lost their schools due to the devastating
earthquake that occurred in Sichuan, China on May
12, 2008.
Congratulations to
Michelle Olivier,' 08 who was named
a Parade All America Soccer Player (see Sunday,
May 25, 2008 edition in the AJC). She is the only
female player in Georgia to be named!
Congratulations to
our Magnet Director, Dr. Gregg Farmer
and Wheeler teacher, Andrea Hawes,
who received the Above and Beyond Award for the
2007-2008. Each year, the Academic Booster Club
and the PTSA team up to honor 2 faculty or staff
members who have gone “Above & Beyond”,
giving their time and talents to help and encourage
the students at Wheeler High School. The recipients
have been nominated by staff, students or parents.
The winners were announced May 15th at Honors Night.
April
2008
Congratulations to Senior Shelby Hines,
who placed 3rd in the 400 (time: 56.6 seconds) in
the Class AAAAA Girls Track and Field State Meet.
Congratulations to
Santhosh Karnik who
qualified for the prestigious 37th United States
of America Mathematical Olympiad. Only about 500
students nationwide are selected from among nearly
12,000 participants in the AIME. The 9-hour USAMO
exam will be administered at Wheeler in two parts
on April 29th and 30th.
Congratulations to
Shannon Mohler (’08), Nishant
Prasadh (’08), Venkat Goli
(’09), Santhosh Karnik
(’09), and Luna Zhang (’11)
who qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics
Examination (AIME) which was administered at Wheeler
in March.
Congratulations to
Shelby Hines who finished 1st in
the region in the 400 meters. She will compete at
the state track and field meet on May 1. Shelby
also recieved the Verizon Scholarship from Verizon
Wireless.
Congratulations to
Olivia Maurice who was interviewed
by the Atlanta Journal Constitution Sportswriter
Philip Giltman. View
the article.
March
2008
Congratulations to
the following Governor's Honors Program winners:
Morgana Arantes
Malvika Duphare
Ayanda Francis
Gabe Grisham
Noah Jaffe
Chris Leinweber
Noah Levine
Katie McCreery
Darpan Patel
Sahil Ramakrishnan
Dwight Stewart
Congratulations to
Devon Long who was recognized as
the county winner of the Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition or STAR program. The STAR program recognizes
outstanding high school students and the teachers
who have been an important part of their achievement.
Devon and his selected teacher, Gary Ravenscroft,
will go on to compete in the regional competition.
Congratulations to
Cindy Wang who won 1st place in
the STATE Technology Fair competition.
Congratulations to
the Wheeler F-1 in Schools team of Vanessa
Aguilera, Melanie Wanigatunga, Zachary Reed, Lauren
Kang, and Shannon O'Shea
who won 1st place and Fastest Car in the state finals
in Athens, Ga, last weekend. Their win qualified
them for the National Finals.
Congratulations to
Shannon Mohler,' 08, for being
named as a semifinalist in the 2008 Intel Science
Talent Search (Intel STS). Often considered the
"junior Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is
America's oldest, most highly regarded pre-college
science competition and heir to more than six decades
of science excellence. Shannon's research paper
is titled, "Factors that Contribute to the
Increased Sensitivity of Naive T Cells to Fludarabine".
Shannon is Wheeler's
5th Intel semifinalist since 2004.
Congratulations to
Jonathan Boardman and William
Kline for placing first in the Cobb Paulding
Regional Science Fair. Their project titled, "Designing
an Effective Method of Tracking and Disabling a
Vehicle using an EMP", also received an award
from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association.
Congratulations to
Gabe Grisham and Maychee
Zah. They were selected to be a part of
the All State Orchestra to be held in Savannah.
This is a very competitive event. Selection for
participation is a huge honor!
Congratulations to
Isaac Rose and Michelle
Lee for their selection into the GMEA All
State Bands this year.
February
2008
Congratulations to
our boys who have been named to the CSCA All-County
Team: Richard Cornelius - 1st Team
and County Diver of the Year, Eric Pictor
- 1st Team, Owen Sweitzer
- 2nd Team, Ryan Sloat - 2nd Team,
Mike Klodnicki - 2nd Team
The dedication of the
Cathie Rees Banks Science Center &
reception in honor of Cathie
Banks was February 4. Ms. Banks was recognized
for her many achievements and years of service,
guidance and support in the field of science education.
Congratulations to
the following debate team members for the debate
tournament at Milton High School on February 1-2:
Dami Aladesanmi, ' 11 and Anthony
Altshul, ' 11 tied for first place in novice
policy debate. Anthony Altshul also
won the 2nd place speaker award in the Novice Division.
January
2008
See our Wheeler students
in the MLK Day Celebration sponsored by the NAACP
on Cobb
County TV 23, beginning January 21 and continuing
to January 30. Look for Vincent James,'
08, and Isaac Rose,' 08.
Congratulations to
Michelle Olivier,' 08, who will
be honored with the Bobbie Bailey Award for Athletic
Excellence during Kennesaw State University’s
18th annual celebration of National Girls and Women
in Sports Day on Feb. 4.
December
2007
Congratulations to
Will Kline ' 08, who earned his
Eagle Scout award last week in a ceremony at Troop
#795.
Congratulations to
James Fernandez who has achieved
the designation of Carolina Master Scholar for the
successful completion of three summer academic programs
in Forensics, Medicine and Visual Arts. He will
receive his Carolina Master Scholar Certificate
from the Provost during an award ceremony at The
University of South Carolina in early December.
Congratulations to freshman Zach Fenster
who won the 18 Year Old Title at the Big Canoe Thanksgiving
Junior Tennis Championship at Jasper/Big Canoe,
Ga. Way to go, Zach!
November
2007
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Science Olympiad Team!
They placed third, out of 14 teams, at Westminster's
Invitational on Saturday November 10th.
The following students
placed in their events:
1st Astronomy- Matthew Rosenberg & Aaron
Kauffman
1st Circuit Lab- Santosh Karnik & Katie
Brasuk
1st Physics Lab- Santosh Karnik & Varun
Saseenthar
2nd Fermi Questions- Santosh Karnik &
Aaron Kauffman
2nd Health Science- Walter Kim & Katie
Brasuk
2nd Herpetology- Thomas Webster & Pranay
Gopinath
3rd Cell Biology- Cindy Wang & Michael
Delvin
3rd Ecology- Cindy Wang & Varun Saseenthar
October
2007
Congratulations to
the orchestra students who participated in the GMEA
Solo/Ensemble Festival on Saturday, October 6. The
following students received a Superior rating: Lisa
Altshul, Shejuti Banik, Tim Carswell, Ahona Chatterjee,
Amruta Divan, Renato Ferreira, John Franklin, Andrew
Gaynor, Zac Goad (2), Gabe Grisham (2), Noah Jaffe,
Rachel Lanquist, Megan Larisch, Makeda Lewis, Thurston
Sandberg (3), LeDarion Thomas, Sophia Veitch, Maychee
Zah. The following students received a
rating of Excellent: Lisa Altshul, Amanda
Chang, Angela Chang, Queenetta-tye Clark, Doug Kim,
Megan Larisch, Sam Lui, Amanda O'Neal. Congratulation
to all students who participated!
Congratulations to
the Governor's Honors Program school winners who
will represent Wheeler at the County interviews!
We are very proud of these students and have high
hopes that they will be successful both at the county
and state interviews.
Technology:
Greg Cobb, Noah Jaffe, Aaron Kauffman
Communicative Arts: Malvika Duphare, Avanda
Francis Katie McCreery
Music: Zachary Goad, Aaron Fan, Thurston
Sandberg, Ahona Chatterjee, Gabe Grishom, Maychee
Zah
Theater: Noah Levine, Jonathan Williams
Visual Art: Wynton Redmond
Foriegn Language: Morgana Arantes, Arielle
Arantes, Amruta Divan
Math: Chris Leinweber, Sahil Ramakrishnan
Science: Jake Panfel, Andrew Gaynor, Darpan
Patel, Dwight Stewart
Congratulations to
the Wheeler Robotics Team for winning
2nd place BEST overall award at the BEST competition
on October 20. They also won 1st place for Table
Display and Interviews & 3rd place for Project
Notebook.
Congratulations to
the 2008 seniors who were recognized by the National
Merit Scholarship Program.
8 students were named
National Merit Semifinalists. These students are
in the top 1% of the 1.4 million students who entered
the SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT):
Mike Klodnicki, Devon Long, Matthew Martos,
Shannon Mohler, Amanda O'Neal, Nishant Prasadh,
John Seewoester, & Katy Wood.
17 students were named
National Merit Commended students. They are in the
top 4% of the 1.4 million students who entered the
SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT):
Jamil Ahmed, Johanna Arnold, Mollie Bryan,
Alexander Cardin, Sabra Cordery, Tom Crawford, Sam
Eisen, Andrea Gillis, Boxer Jones, Jeremy Kent,
Will Kline, Megan Larisch, Ethan Ranney, Alec Regitsky,
Anton Stoyanov, Stanley Wang, & William West
2 Students were named
National Merit Achievement Scholarship Competition
Semifinalists: Enente Ajayi & Andrea
Gillis
September
2007
Congratulations to Richard Cornelius
who was selected by the National Interscholastic
Swimming Coaches Association of America, Inc. as
a member of the All America Interscholastic Diving
Team.
Congratulations
to Stanley Wang,' 08, for scoring
a perfect 800 on the Math section of the SAT.
August
2007
Congratulations to
the most recent additions to our 800 Club; Devon
Long,' 08, who made a perfect score of
2400, Alec Regitsky,' 08, Jeremy
Kent,' 08, & Shannon Mohler,'
08, who each made an 800 on the Math section of
the SAT, Katy Wood,' 08 made an
800 on the Critical Reading section.
Congratulations to
Zach Fenster,' 11, seeded #1, who
won the Country Club of Roswell Ga. Jr. 16yr old
Championship on Aug 3, 2007. Zach is ranked and
has competed in USTA State, Southern and National
USTA Tournaments in the 16yr old division.
Congratulations
to the Formula One team for placing 3rd at the National
Formula One Technology Challenge. Team members Tyler
Gagat, Shannon Mayne, Peter Moot, Shannon O’Shea,
Garrett Stache, Lauren Titus and Melanie Wanigatunga
competed at the F1 in Schools United States National
Championship held in Nashville TN. Peter Moot also
won the Autodesk Inventor Award for the most innovative
car design portfolio.
June
- July 2007
Congratulations
to Janice Tiao,' 07 for receiving
the first ever Women in Technology (WIT) Foundation
Scholarship. Janice will use the 4-year, non-tuition
scholarship worth $20,000 to pursue an education
in molecular biology with a certificate program
in engineering biology at Princeton University.
Congratulations
to Santosh Karnik,' 09, who competed
in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition
at Penn State as part of the 35 member Georgia team.
The team placed 5th out of 125 national and international
teams.
Congratulations
to our Magnet Seniors! They are moving
on to Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Ga.
Tech, UGA, Univ. of Michigan. Savannah College of
Art & Design, University of Pennsylvania, Clemson,
Ga. Southern, The College Conservatory of Music
in Cincinnati, Boston University, Kennesaw State,
Duke, Emory, US Air Force Academy, University of
Southern Alabama, Southern Polytech, UNC - Chapel
Hill, Penn State, Catawba College, Ohio State, Oxford
College of Emory University, Georgia State, Auburn,
& NC State. We wish you all the best!
May
2007
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Formula One Technology Challenge
Team. They came in 1st place in the state
of Georgia and will go on to compete in the National
competition this summer.
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Geography Bowl Team
for winning 2nd place at the High School Invitational
World Geography Bowl on April 20. Team members are
Brian Boda, Andrew Dawkins, Dillion O'Connell,
Andrew Brock, Pranay Udatha and Luke
Needel.
Congratulations
to the Wheeler
Science Olympiad Team who placed in the top
three schools at the regional meet and placed 12th
in the state tournament. Many thanks to sponsor
Ms. Season Smith
and parent volunteer Sandra
Webster.
Congratulations
to Mary Courtney Delvin,' 07, who
was named a Semifinalist in the 2007 United States
Presidential Scholars Program. Mary Courtney was
one of 505 semifinalists chosen from over 2,700
high school seniors nominated nationwide. Selection
is based on superior academic achievements,
leadership qualities, personal character and involvement
in school and community activities. Mary Courtney
was one of only three students in Cobb County and
one of sixteen throughout Georgia to be named a
semifinalist. Finalists will be named in May and
honored at the White House.
Congratulations to the 7 Wheeler Magnet students
who were selected to attend the Governor’s
Honors Program this summer: Matt Rosenberg,
Anastasia Marchenkova, Santosh Karnik, Megan Larisch,
Devon Long, Nishant Prasadh & John Seewoester.
Also congratulations to Michael Delvin
who was named as an alternate in music. Matt
& Anastasia were 2 of the 3 Cobb County students
chosen in the area of Career Tech and Megan and
Devon were 2 out of the 3 Cobb County students chosen
in Biology. Santosh & Nishant were 2 of the
7 Cobb County students chosen in Math and John was
one of the 6 Cobb County students chosen in Social
Studies.
April
2007
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Robotics Team, The CircuitRunners
for winning the prestigious Engineering Inspiration
Award at both the VirginiaFIRST Regional on March
3 & the Peachtree Regional on March 17! This
award celebrates outstanding success in advancing
respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers
within a teams school and community. The team also
won the Volunteer of the Year Award at the Peachtree
Regional.
Congratulations
to Freddy Lu,' 07, for being named as a Semifinalist
as well as a Regional Finalist in the Young Epidemiology
Scholars Competition (YES). In addition, he has
been invited to Washington, D.C. to compete for
a Finalist position. Freddy's research paper was
titled "Prevalence of Human Bocavirus in the
United States" and included data from Rochester,
Nashville, San Diego, and New Haven.
Congratulations
to the following students who qualified to take
the American Invitational Mathematics Exam: Thomas
Crawford,' 08, Stephen Fry,' 09, Santhosh Karnik,'
09, and Darpan Patel,' 10.
Each of these students scored high enough on the
AMC 12 or AMC 10 to qualify to take this national
math test. In order to qualify, students had to
score a 97.5 on the AMC12 or a 117 on the AMC10.
March
2007
Congratulations
to the Wheeler CircuitRunners VEX team
for winning the FIRST Vex Challenge Inspire Award,
the highest award given at the Georgia state competition.
This award is given to the team the judges view
that best exemplifies all components of the FIRST
Vex Challenge philosophy, excels at the game challenge,
acts with gracious professionalism and also understands
how to communicate their experiences and knowledge
to other teams, and the judges. Based on their robot
performance, the team was 2nd seed going into the
finals round of the competition. Their win earned
a berth at the FIRST Vex Challenge World Championship
Event, to be held April 12-13, 2007. Find
out more
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Sinfonia Orchestra and
the Wheeler Chamber Orchestra who
performed at the Georgia Music Educators Association
festival on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Both orchestras
rated a Superior--the highest score you can achieve!
Congratulations to Freddy Lu,'
07 who scored 800 on both the Verbal and Math sections
of the SAT.
Congratulations to our magnet seniors who were
named to Who's Who Among Students in American
High Schools and were chosen as Senior
Superlatives. The list includes Blair Kim,
Freddy Lu, Katie O'Shea, Mary Courtney Delvin, Janice
Tiao, Sarah Riazati, Charles Bay, Devin Lyman, Vanessa
Ng.
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Science Olympiad team
for winning 3rd place overall at the competition
on Saturday, February 24. The team won first place
in Chem Lab, Oceanography, Rocks & minerals
& Wright stuff; 2nd place in Astronomy, Boomaliver,
Etymology, Five Star Science, Forensics, Remote
Sensing & Write it, Do it; 3rd place in Disease
Detective; & 4th place in Circuit Lab, Designer
Genes, Ecology, & Fermi Questions.
February
2007
Congratulations
to Wheeler's STAR student, Janice Tiao,
' 07, and her STAR Teacher, David Slater,
AP US Government teacher. Top SAT scorers at Cobb
high schools have been nominated as state STAR students,
sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia
Educators. Student nominees share the spotlight
with a teacher they have named who has helped them
in their academic career.
Congratulations
to Wheeler's 9 National Merit Finalists: Mary
Courtney Delvin, Caitlin East, Allison Gooch, Kristy
Kao, Frank Li, Freddy Lu, Jake Robertson, Janice
Tiao, and Jasmine Ye.
Congratulations
to our newest 800 Club members, Katie O'Shea,'
07 and Vanessa Ng,' 07. Katie & Vanessa
received 800 on the Writing portion of the SAT.
We now have a total of 33 students beginning with
the Class of 2004 that have scored an 800 on one
or more portions of the SAT.
Congratulations
to Vanessa Ng for being selected
as a semifinalist for the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Scholars
Program.
Congratulations
to Janice Tiao, ' 07, for being
named as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent
Search (Intel STS). Often considered the "junior
Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is America's oldest,
most highly regarded pre-college science competition
and heir to more than six decades of science excellence.
Find
out more.
Congratulations
to the following debate team members for their success
at the Milton High School debate tournament held
on January 19 & 20. Novice division Abigail
Halim and Sindhuja Surapaneni
5th place team, Abigail won the 12th place speaker
award. Junior Varsity: Darpan Patel
and Adam Cross 12th place
team Varsity:Mark Gurevich -
1st place speaker award
Congratulations
to wrestler, Peter Moot.' 10, He
placed 5th in our Region. He is the alternate for
the 112 weight class for the state tournament this
week in the Gwinnett Arena.
Congratulations to Richard Cornelius, '
08, who finished 6th at the State
competition! He also set another school record with
scoring over 400
points and again qualifying for All American.
Congratulations to Robbie Turner,' 07, Owen
Sweitzer,' 08 for finishing 14th in the
Boys 400 free relay and for ranking 25th in the
state!
GFCA
State Championship 5th place! Congratulations to
Varsity debate team members Kevin Plattenburg
'07, Mark Gurevich '09, Caitlin
East '07 and John Otsuki '08
for their 5th place team finish at the GFCA State
meet on February 9 and 10 at Chattahoochee High
School
January
2007
Congratulations
to the following students who were chosen to participate
in the District 12 Honor Band: Amber Reynolds,
Andrew Boyd - 9/10 Concert Clinic Band,
Cindy Wang, Jeffrey Seiden, Jenna Ball,
Thomas Duggins, Jake McCabe - 9/10 Concert
Honor Band, Uma Morjaria, Maya Robinson
- 11/12 Symphonic Clinic Band, Allison Gooch,
Isaac Rose, Tait Blanchard, Shannon Mohler -
Symphonic Honor Band
Congratulations to Jenna Ball, Thomas Duggins,
Jake McCabe , Isaac Rose, & Shannon Mohler for
making 2nd round of All State auditions.
Congratulations to Allison Gooch
for being selected to participate in All State Band.
Congratulations to the following Wheeler Swim and
Dive team members who qualified to compete in the
State Prelims on Thursday, February 8, at the Westminster
School: Richard Cornelius, Eric Pictor,
Owen Sweitzer, Rob Turner, Ryan Sloat, Brian Boda,
Mike Klodnicki, Steven West, John Franklin, Lacey
Turner, Blair Erickson, Hunter Jones, Chelsea Sexton,
Melissa Zoino
Congratulations
to Mary Courtney Delvin for being
selected as one of 35 seniors in Georgia as a candidate
for the Presidential Scholars Program. Approximately
2600 seniors nationwide are nominated. Approximately
140 will be chosen as Presidential Scholars. They
will go to the White House in May for ceremonies
if chosen. Learn
more
Congratulations to Gabe Grisham,'
10 for being selected to be a part of the Georgia
Music Educator's All State Orchestra. The event
will take place in Savannah on March 1-3.
Congratulations to Richard Cornelius,'
08 for being this year's Cobb County boys diving
champion.
December
2006
Wheeler
High School was named one of the Top 32 High Schools
in Georgia by Atlanta Magazine. Wheeler
scored high in numerous areas, including : Schools
offering the most advanced math courses, schools
earning the most robotics awards, schools with
the most recognized math and science magnet programs,
schools earning the most journalism and literary
awards, schools offering the most musical ensembles,
and of course, schools with the best basketball
team. Wheeler was compared to the most affluent
and selective private and public schools in the
seven county metro Atlanta area and was named
in the top 32 Most Outstanding.
Congratulations
to the CircuitRunners!
Wheeler High School's Robotics Team, The CircuitRunners,
did it again at the South's
BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology)
Competition in Auburn on Saturday. 44 teams from
Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida,
Tennessee, Illinois, & Louisiana were competing.
The CircuitRunners won the following awards:
2nd
Place - BEST Award
1st Place - Project Engineering Notebook
Southern Company's Southern Style Award
Congratulations
to the Wheeler's Varsity Math Team
who placed 3rd overall in the Winter Cobb County
Math Tournament and to Santhosh Karnik,
who placed 2nd individually.
Congratulations to the Wheeler JV Math
Team for their 1st place win at the Winter
Cobb County Math Tournament and to Chris
Leinweber, who placed 2nd individually
and Darpan Patel, who placed 3rd.
November
2006
Congratulations
to Wheeler's 2007 County Governor's Honors Program
Winners. These students were successful in competing
against nominees from all of the county’s
high schools. Winning at the county level is a significant
achievement! In order to attend the six-weeks summer
Governor’s Honors Program, these candidates
will face one more challenge: the state GHP interviews
to be held over several weekends in late January
and early February. We wish them the best of luck.
Michael Delvin – Cello, Faraz
Jamal – Technology, Santosh
Karnik - Math, Megan Larisch
- Biology, Devon Long - Biology,
Nishant Prasadh - Math, Anastasia
Marchenkova – Technology, Jake
Panfel – Chemistry, Matt
Rosenberg – Design, John
Seewoester – Social Studies, Mark
Smyda – Biology, Ivanna Tate
- Theater, Matt Torchia –
Design
Congratulations
to the Wheeler JV Math Team for winning 2nd place
at the Cobb County Invitational. Also congratulations
to Chris Leinweber,' 10 who placed
5th in JV and Nishant Prasadh,'
08 who placed 8th in Varsity.
Congratulations to the Varsity Math Team for winning
3rd place at the Winter Cobb County Math Tournament
and to Santhosh Karnik,' 09, who
placed 2nd individually. Also congratulations to
the JV Math Team for winning 1st place at the same
tournament and Chris Leinweber,'
10 and Darpan Patel,' 10 who placed
2nd and 3rd respectively.
Congratulations to the Varsity Debate Team for receiving
an invitation to compete in the prestigious Glenbrooks
Debate Tournament in Chicago, Illinois the weekend
before Thanksgiving, Nov. 17th-20th. The teams of
Mark Gurevich,' 09 and Kevin
Plattenburg,' 07 and Nithya Amaraneni,'
08, and John Otsuki,' 08, will
be representing Wheeler in this tournament and we
wish them the best of luck.
Congratulations to the following debate team members
who excelled at the Cougar Classic Debate Tournament
at Chattahoochee High School on Nov. 10 & 11. Nithya
Amaraneni '08 and John Otsuki
'08 Varsity - Octafinalists, Malvika Duphare
'10 and Allison Lane '10 - Novice
Quarterfinalists, Chandni Duphare
'10 and Amruta Divan '10 - Novice
Octafinalists Adam Cross. '10 and
Darpan Patel,'10 - Novice Octafinalists.
Top speaker awards in the Novice division included
four Wheeler freshmen: Adam Cross,
'10 - 2nd place, Darpan Patel -
3rd place, Alison Lane,'10 - 8th
place, Amruta Divan,'10 - 9th place
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Robotics Team, the CircuitRunners,
for taking second place in the state for the coveted
Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology, BEST
Award. The team now travels to Auburn University
on December 8 and 9 to compete in the regional tournament
against teams from Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio, Mississippi, and Alabama and Georgia
. The BEST Build team members include : Alina
Zelikovskaya Greg Cobb, Dwight Stewart, Michael
Delvin, Kevin Robertson, Peter Moot, Robert Morales,
Garrett Stache, Max Liu, Peter Deng, Ethan Banks,
Sam Liu, Jake Dubin. Teacher mentors are
Jeff Rosen, Al George and Chris Neill.
Come out and cheer the team to victory at Auburn!
Congratulations
to the following students who have been selected
as school winners for the Governors Honors Program
competition. These students will compete against
other Cobb County school winners in November, and
- - if successful - - will then progress to the
state interviews in late January and early February.
A special thanks to all the students who entered
the GHP process and for all the faculty and administrators
who helped select Wheelers representatives. Michael
Delvin - Cello, Aaron Fan
- Piano, Zachary Goad - Visual
Arts, Shelby Hines - Dance, Faraz
Jamal - Technology (alternate), Santosh
Karnik - Math, Megan Larisch
- Biology, Devon Long - Biology,
Anastasia Marchenkova - Technology,
Joy Monet Kajogbola - Dance, Jake
Panfel - Chemistry, Nishant Prasadh
- Math, Isaac Rose - Dance,
Matthew Rosenberg - Design, Patrick
Sandor - Communicative Arts, John
Seewoester - Social Studies, Mark
Smyda - Biology, Ivanna Tate
- Theatre, Matthew Torchia - Design,
Kathryne Wood - Communicative Arts.
Congratulations
to debate team members Carol Bastos
'10 & Alina Shlayen '10 for
a second place finish at the Hidden Leaf Classic
Debate Tournament held at Chamblee High School on
October 21. Carol also won the 3rd place speaker
award.
Congratulations
to the following Magnet students who were selected
to be a part of the Cobb County High School Honor
Orchestra:
Abigail Halim,' 10, Gabe
Grisham,' 10, Lisa Altshul,'
10, Amanda O'Neal,' 08, Andrew
Gaynor,' 10, Megan Larisch,'
08, Prapti Pandey,' 09
Congratulations
to Isaac Rose, ' 08, for for being
selected drum major of the Wildcat Pride Marching
Band 2006.
Congratulations
to the students who were named National Merit Scholar
Commended students in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship
Program. They represent the top 4% of the 1.4 million
students who entered the SAT/National Merit Qualifying
competition, (PSAT/NMSQT). Ben Britzius,
Rachel Brooks, Matthew Ellis, Alexander Hunt, Blair
Kim, Uma Morjaria, William Panfel, Rose Peng, Kevin
Plattenburg, Sarah Riazati, Michael Rudolph, Matthew
Thornton, David Vandegrift, Kayla Whaley, Margaret
Younker
Congratulations to the students who were named National
Merit Scholar Semifinalists. They represent the
top 1% of the 1.4 million students who entered the
SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT).
Mary Courtney Delvin, Caitlin East, Allison
Gooch, Kristy Kao, Frank Li, Freddy Lu, Jake Robertson,
Janice Tiao, Jasmine Ye.
Congratulations
to the newest member of the SAT 800 Club, Michael
Rudolph,' 07, who scored an 800 in math.
We now have a total of 31 students beginning with
the Class of 2004 that have scored an 800 on one
or more portions of the SAT. View
the 800 Club members
Magnet
SAT Scores
The average composite SAT score for the Class
of 2006 is 1893 and so far for the Class
of 2007 it is 1932. Click
here to see more details.
October
2006
Congratulations
to the following debate team members for a great
effort at the Winfield Scot Debate Classic held
at Starrs Mill High School on October 13 & 14:
Novice Policy: Darpan Patel '10
and Adam Cross '10 - semi-finalists,
Caroline Bastos '10 and Lisa
Altshul '10 quarterfinalists, Darpan
Patel -2nd place individual speaker
award, Varsity Policy: Mark Gurevich
'09 and Kevin Plattenburg '07 quarterfinalists,
Kevin Plattenburg, 3rd place
individual speaker award, Mark Gurevich,
8th place speaker award
Congratulations to the following policy debate team
members for the Sandra Worthington Silvers Debate
and Speech Tournament in Calhoun, GA on Oct. 6th
and 7th: Mark Gurevich '09 &
Jeremy Kent '08 placed first in
Junior Varsity. Mark also won the
JV 4th place individual speaker award. Alison
Lane '10 & Malvika Duphare
'10 reached the octofinals in novice policy debate.
Katie O'Shea '08 & Carol
Bastos '10 reached the octofinals in novice
policy debate. Darpan Patel '10
won the 5th speaker award in the Novice Division.
Congratulations
to Magnet student Justin Valle,
' 09, for being named Wheeler's Mr. Wildcat on
Thursday night. Isaac Rose, '
08, was first runner up. Way to go, guys!
September
2006
Congratulations
to Hena Haines, ' 09, who was selected
to the Georgia Superintendent's Student Advisory
Council. She is to serve on the board to address
the educational concerns of students in Georgia.
They received over 650 applications and 52 students
were accepted.
Congratulations
to Mary Courtney Delvin,' 07 for
scoring 35 (out of 36) on the ACT. She scored a
perfect score in Science, and in the following subscore
areas: English Usage / Mechanics, Algebra, Geometry,
Trigomometry, and Social Studies/Science Reading.
Congratulations
to Pranay Udutha,' 10, who placed
in the top 3 in the Senior Vocabulary Bee at the
National Championships at Northwestern University
in Chicago on August 26 & 27.
May
2006
Congratulations
to the Class of 2006 for receiving acceptances from
many prestigous colleges and universities. Visit
our matriculation
page for more information.
Congratulations
to Lauren Hembree, ' 07 who was
accepted into the Drexel University College of Engineering
Mentorship Summer program.
Congratulations
to John Watts,' 06, who was selected
for the Marietta Daily Journal's 2006 All-County
Boys' Tennis Team and to Matthew Martos,'
08, for receiving honorable mention.
Congratulations
to Lindsay Haines,' 06, for being
selected to the 20 member USA Today All-Star Academic
Team. Click
here for more info.
Congratulations
to our 14 National Merit Commended Students: Matthew
Ball, Vicki Bass, William Grier, Lindsay Haines,
Robert Hunziker, Jennifer Johnson, Alex Kim, Anthony
Lucadamo, Shivam Patel, Brian Plattenburg, Michelle
Simpson, Stephen Smith, Eric Thomason, and Jessica
Valle.
Congratulations
to our 4 National Merit Semifinalist who all attained
the status of National Merit Finalist: Jonathan
Kent, Drew Regitsky, Lori White, and Lian Lian Zhu.
Congratulations
to the newest members of the SAT 800 club. These
students scored a perfect 800 on one or more sections
of the SAT.
Kevin Plattenburg - Verbal
Janice Tiao - Verbal and Written
Caitlin East - Math
Freddie Lu - Math
April
2006
Congratulations
to the Circuitrunners, Wheelers robotics
team for competing in the FIRST National
Championships on April 27-29. Over 9500 students
from around the world competed at the Georgia Dome.
Students & teachers from Denmark spent last
Wednesday at Wheeler attending classes before heading
down to the Dome to compete. The team would like
to thank parents, teachers, and mentors for their
extraordinary commitment to robotics over the last
few months. While a small dedicated group of students
spent countless hours at Georgia Tech building the
robot, others secured sponsors, created promotional
material, prepared for judge interviews and scouted
opposing teams. FIRST is an amazing collaborative
effort.
The
Wheeler High School, Formula-1 in Schools Team,
placed 1st at the State Technology Student Association
Competition, in Perry, Georgia, this past weekend.
Magnet students, Hunter Bobby,'
09, Tyler Gagat,' 09, Shannon
O'Shea,' 09, Stefan Seville,'
09, and Lauren Titus,' 09, earned
perfect scores for their oral presentation to the
judges, as well as for their display board. The
team's car was the fastest at the event. The students
will be traveling to Dallas, Texas for the National
Competition, and then will head to the U.S. Grand
Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana to race their car
against a team representing the U.K. This latter
event will be broadcast on Speedvision.
Four teams from Wheeler qualified for and competed
at the State Odyssey of the Mind
tournament April 22. This was the most teams
from any high school in the state. Wheeler
earned a third and a second place. The second
place team has been invited to represent Georgia
at the World Finals next month at the University
of Iowa.
Congratulations
to Kevin Plattenburg,' 07, and
Vanessa Ng,' 07, on their selection
by the 21st Century Leader program to participate
in Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience to be
held at Georgia Tech in June. Student leaders from
around the state competed for the chance to participate
in this one week leadership training program.
The
State Department has just notified us of one more
finalist for the Governor's Honors Program, bring
Wheeler's total to 7 students! Sarah Riazati, has
been invited to attend the summer program, in addition
to the previously mentioned six. Here is the complete
list of GHP winners:
Miles
Gantt, Design
Frank Li, Math
Shannon Mohler, Math
Zlatomir Moldovanski, Theater
Imran Naser, Design
Kevin Rego, Biology
Sarah Riazati, Communicative Arts
Congratulations
to Lindsay Haines,' 06, for being
selected as a finalist in the Young Epidemiology
Scholars (YES) Competition for original student
research. Lindsay researched "Breast Cancer
in Young Women". She will compete in Washington,
D.C. on April 21-24.
Congratulations
to Matthew Orr '09, Vincent
James '09, and Jonathan Boardman
'08 who participated in the 58th annual Georgia
Science and Engineering Fair held at the University
of Georgia from April 5-8, 2006. Jonathan placed
first in the Engineering Category on Effects of
High Voltage on Induced Magnetic Fields. In addition
he received the Georgia Tech School of Electrical
& Computer Engineering Award and the U.S. Metric
Association Award for his use of statistics. Matthew
placed first in the Physics category on Insulation
Efficiency. Vincent James placed second in the Earth
Science & Space Science Category on which Insulators
Regulate Extreme Temperatures Efficiently
March
2006
The
Wheeler Odyssey of the Mind teams
competed in the Dalton Regional Tournament. Two
teams won 1st place while the other won 2nd place.
All 3 teams will compete at the State Finals in
April. Our last team will compete this weekend at
the Lilburn Regional. Good Luck!
Katherine
Tierney,' 07, and Zlatomir Moldovanski,'
07, placed 2nd and 3rd at the State Literary Meet
held in Warner Robins on Saturday. Katherine scored
95 and Zlatomir scored 94. Way to go!
Wheeler
High's Academic Bowl Team came
from behind in an exciting match on Wednesday night
to beat Madison County High School in WSB's High
Q Competition. This win advances Wheeler to the
Final Four round competition. The match will be
aired on WSB Channel 2 on Saturday, April 2 at 8am.
The team captain is Jonathan Kent,' 06.
Janice Tiao,' 07, Matt Harris,
and Nishant Prasadh,' 08, round
out the team. Good Luck to these scholars as they
continue to excel in the battle of wits.
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Chamber Orchestra for receiving a
Superior rating at the GMEA and the Sinfonia Orchestra
for receiving an Excellent rating. Also congratulations
to Mary Courtney Delvin, ' 07,
and Lian Lian Zhu,' 06 for being
selected to perform in the Cobb County Honor Orchestra
and Melissa Knorr,' 06, for being
selected to perform with the State's best in the
All State Orchestra.
Congratulations
to our National Merit Finalists - Jonathan
Kent, Drew Regitsky, Lori White, and Lian
Lian Zhu.
The
Wheeler Robotics team, The CircuitRunners,
won the Chairman's Award for the 3rd year in a row
at the FIRST Peachtree Regional Robotics Competition
this past weekend. They also won 1st place in the
VEX Robotics Competition and the Challenge Award.
Congratulations!
FIRST
Peachtree Regional
Wheeler Robotics
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Region Literary Meet Participants
for winning three 1st places:
- Girls' Dramatic Interpretation - Katherine
Tierney, ' 07
- Boys' Dramatic Interpretation - Zlatomir
Moldovanski, ' 07
- Girls' Spelling - Sarah Riazati,
' 07
Congratulations
to Mary Courtney Delvin, ' 07,
and Janice Tiao, ' 07, who were
selected to participate in the Summer Scholars Research
Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
University this summer and will have first hand
experience in a biomedical field related to cancer
research.
Congratulations
to the Wheeler Robotics team who
competed March 2-4 at the NASA/University of Richmond
FIRST robotics regional in Virginia. The Wheeler
CircuitRunners won the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield
and Byers Entrepreneurship Award. Sponsored by Kimberly
Clark and Georgia Tech, the team would like to thank
parents, teachers and mentors who work so hard to
make the team successful. All students are invited
to come out and watch the team at the Peachtree
Regional at the Gwinnett Convention Center on March
16-18. Admission is free. For directions and a schedule,
go to the event site: http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2006/regional/peachtree.htm
The
Wheeler Science Olympiad Team placed
4th at the Regional Tournament. They will be advancing
to State on March 25. Among the medals won were:
1st
place - The Wright Stuff - Michael Delvin, Matthew
Rosenberg & Peter Deng
2nd place - Fermi Questions - Gary Miller &
Bill Panfel
2nd place - Forensics - Janice Tiao & Cherry
Yu
2nd place - Physics Lab - Santosh Reddy & Bill
Panfel
2nd place - Storm the Castle - Gary Miller &
Santosh Reddy
3rd Place - Write It Do It - Victor Ferrara, Gary
Miller
Congratulations
to Elisa Bossen, ' 07, on acceptance
to the 2006 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine,
held at Emory University, July 2006.
Congratulations
to the Varsity two-person policy debate team of
Mark Gurevich ' 09 and Kevin
Plattenburg ' 07 who became one of five
Georgia teams to qualify for the NCFL National Championship
in Chicago in May. Kevin and Mark competed on February
25 in Carrollton, GA
February
2006
Congratulations
to Frank Li,' 07, who scored an
800 on the SAT II Subject Test in Math Level 2C.
Congratulations
to Bill Panfel, ' 07, who scored
a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT.
Congratulations
to Wheeler's STAR student, Drew Regitsky,
' 06, and his STAR Teacher, Lynn Barry,
AP calculus teacher. Top SAT scorers at Cobb high
schools have been nominated as state STAR students,
sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia
Educators. Student nominees share the spotlight
with a teacher they have named who has helped them
in their academic career. Cobb County STAR students
were honored at a banquet Feb. 20.
Congratulations
to Blair Brackin, ' 06, who was
honored at the Kennesaw State University's National
Girls and Women In Sports Bobbie Bailey Award Ceremony
on February 13. Female athletes from each Cobb County
school were recognized and Blair represented Wheeler.
Blair was nominated by Coach McDonald for her contributions
to Wheeler's Swim and Cross Country teams.
Congratulations
to Vincent James 09' whose story
was featured for STORYline on TBS. His story was
recently featured at the 2006 Great American Moments
private screening on January 31, 2006. The story
was also shown on TBS during the summer and fall
of 2005.
Congratulations
to the following Magnet students who have qualified
to represent Wheeler in the State swim and dive
meet on February 9th: Blair Brackin, Richard
Cornelius, William Grier, Hunter Jones, Mike Klodnicki,
Susie Klodnicki, Stephen Smith, Owen Sweitzer, Robby
Turner.
