Ardent Academy for Gifted Youth
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The Orange County Science and Engineering Fair was held from April 8-10 in Costa Mesa at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, where middle and high school students displayed projects in fields of scientific research and discovery. In the competition, Ardent students Michelle Xu and Kevin Lee were the Junior and Senior Sweepstake winners, respectively.
Michelle Xu, an eighth grader at Pioneer Middle School in Tustin, took part in Orange County's Science and Engineering Fair earlier this April, where she took home the Junior Sweepstakes Award, the top prize in the junior division of the Fair.
Congratulations to the students who qualified to take the 2014 USAMO and USAJMO exam.
Nathan Kim won first place in the individual category at the 2014 Southern California MATHCOUNTS, which was held at UC Irvine on Mar. 15. Kim won first place individual, Phil Chen won seventh place individual, and Jeffrey Trail Middle School placed 3rd in the team competition.
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) honored the top 260 students in the 2013 US Physics Olympiad Semifinal Exam by recognizing Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention award recipients.