Education
March 12, 2013
Agenda Item – iFUSD Update:
Three bright and tech-savvy high school students were the buzz of the recent February 27 Fremont Unified School Board meeting. The trio of: Adi Jung (12th grade, MSJHS), Steven Mazliach (12th grade MSJHS), and Rootvij Bage (10th grade, Kennedy High School), presented the updates they had made to the iFUSD app. The iPhone app originally launched in September of 2011 after development by Mission High School students, Sumukh Sridhara and Andrew Han. Adi Jung joined their efforts in 2012 to work on an Android version. With Sridhara and Han both attending college this year, Jung was joined by the two new team members. ...
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Math really does count!
Three bright and tech-savvy high school students were the buzz of the recent February 27 Fremont Unified School Board meeting. The trio of: Adi Jung (12th grade, MSJHS), Steven Mazliach (12th grade MSJHS), and Rootvij Bage (10th grade, Kennedy High School), presented the updates they had made to the iFUSD app. The iPhone app originally launched in September of 2011 after development by Mission High School students, Sumukh Sridhara and Andrew Han. Adi Jung joined their efforts in 2012 to work on an Android version. With Sridhara and Han both attending college this year, Jung was joined by the two new team members. ...
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March 5, 2013
The New Haven School District has a lot to be proud of including, Alvarado Middle School (AMS) whose student team recently won 3rd place at the East Bay Chapter competition of Mathcounts, for middle school/junior high students.
Mathcounts is a large scale national middle school competition, created in 1984, to promote the enjoyment of mathematics and problem solving. (www.mathcounts.org)
Geeta Arora, who serves as the coach for the team, explains that the group just started up 10 months ago. “I found out about Mathcounts and my daughter and her friends began during the summer. They participated in several other competitions as well,” says Arora. ...
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Mathcounts is a large scale national middle school competition, created in 1984, to promote the enjoyment of mathematics and problem solving. (www.mathcounts.org)
Geeta Arora, who serves as the coach for the team, explains that the group just started up 10 months ago. “I found out about Mathcounts and my daughter and her friends began during the summer. They participated in several other competitions as well,” says Arora. ...
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