Sunday, May 19, 2013

Dalton Henggeler Receives Multiple Science Awards

Northeast Nodaway student Dalton Henggeler received multiple academic awards for science this year.

The school handed out academic awards to the student in each class who attained the highest overall grade for the year. The following students were recognized: Biology – Garet Jackson; Environmental Science – Justin Parker; Chemistry I – Steve Schulte; Chemistry II – Dalton Henggeler; Physics – Dalton Henggeler.

Chemathon participants this year were Kerrigan Adwell, Sarah Bliley, Shayna Dougan, Taryn Farnan, Holly Redden, Steve Schulte, and Jenny Seipel. Each received a t-shirt. Kerrigan got 8th place overall and Schulte was 6th overall.

This year, Dalton Henggeler chose to participate in the National Chemistry Olympiad Local Competition. He competed in the Kansas City Region sponsored by the American Chemical Society. He received a Certificate of Participation for representing Northeast Nodaway in this competition.

Henggeler also received the highest possible honor from Beta Chi Pi, the Science Honor Society for high school students in the state sponsored by the Science Teachers of Missouri. It is based on a point system and students receive points for grades in science classes, participating in area contests, and how they finish in area competitions. There are three honor levels in Beta Chi Pi; Beta is for 300 points; Chi is 400 points, and Pi is 500 points. Dalton Henggeler set a school record by attaining a total of 610 points in four years.

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