1999 Team Awards
Rank	School	Award
1	Christian Heritage School, Trumbull	$1,000
2	Westhill High School, Stamford	$500
3	Joel Barlow High School, Redding	$300

1999 Individual Awards
Rank	Student	School	Award
1	Illya Bomash	Westhill High School Stamford	$250 Savings Bond
2	David McWilliams	Christian Heritage School Trumbull	$100 Savings Bond
3	Andrew Yip	The Hopkins School New Haven	$100 Savings Bond
4	Chris Dahms	Joel Barlow High School Redding	$50 Savings Bond
5	Mark Barolak	Greenwich High School Greenwich	$50 Savings Bond
6	Robert Peterson	Central High School Bridgeport	$50 Savings Bond
7	Dan Getz	Christian Heritage School Trumbull	$50 Savings Bond
8	Chris Barnard	Shelton High School Shelton	$50 Savings Bond
9	Noah Stein	Glastonbury High School Glastonbury	$50 Savings Bond
10	Frank Reese	Joel Barlow High School Redding	$50 Savings Bond

1999 Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University

The highest scoring Junior, Andrew Yip from The Hopkins School in New Haven, was awarded the Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University valued at $34,000 for four years.

123 Students from 30 High Schools Competed in a State-wide GE Computer Science Contest

The annual GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest was organized by the Fairfield County Chapter of GE's Elfun Society, a volunteer group of GE employees dedicated to community service. GE sponsored the contest to recognize Connecticut high school students who excel in computer science. The students took a written test to measure their proficiency in the computer language C++.

2000 Team Winners  †† The schools selected three students to be team members.
	State Champion  †† The St. Luke's School team from New Canaan included (from left) Doug Magee, Michael Klipper and Evan Vetere. They won $1,000 for their school's computer science program.
	First Runner-Up  †† The Hopkins School team from New Haven included (from left) Joseph Hasbain, Ann Verbin and Jonathan Hall. They won $500 for their school's computer science program.
	Second Runner-Up  †† The Central High School team from Bridgeport included (from left) Andrew Hoang, John Wong and Orlando Roman. They won $300 for their school's computer science program.
2000 Individual Winners  †† All students were eligible for the individual awards.
	The highest scoring Junior received the Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University valued at $40,000 for four years. From left: Dr. Edward O'Neill, Michael Klipper and Dr. George Lang.
	The top ten students received American Express Gift Certificates.  †† From left to right, back row: Neville Bowers, Juan Bulnes-Fowles, Doug Magee, Josh Mandel, Stuart Anderson, Jonathan Hall; front row: Andrew Hoang, Ven Tadipatri, Michael Klipper, Illya Bomash and Noah Stein.

Rank	Student	School	Award
1	Michael Klipper	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$300
2	Doug Magee	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$200
3	Noah Stein	Glastonbury High School Glastonbury	$100
4	Ven Tadipatri	Shelton High School Shelton	$100
5	Neville Bowers	Loomis Chaffee School Windsor	$100
6	Stuart Anderson	Hamden High School Hamden	$100
7	Illya Bomash	Westhill High School Stamford	$100
8	Jonathan Hall	Hopkins School New Haven	$100
9	Josh Mandel	Hotchkiss School Lakeville	$100
10 (tie)	Andrew Hoang	Central High School Bridgeport	$100
10 (tie)	Juan Bulnes-Fowles	Loomis Chaffee School Windsor	$100

	The written 90-minute test, created by Dr. Adam King, Dr. George Lang, Dr. Edward O'Neill and Dr. Peter Spoerri from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fairfield University, also helped students prepare for the May Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science.
	While the students took the test their teachers participated in an e-Commerce session led by Kim Mahan, a GE E-Business Project Leader. An informal networking session followed that gave teachers the opportunity to exchange ideas about C++ textbooks and software and lay the groundwork for a computer science teacher group.

Past Winners
	State Champions	First Runner-Up	Second Runner-Up
1999	Christian Heritage School	Westhill High School	Joel Barlow High School
1998	The Hopkins School	Westhill High School	Greenwich High School
1997	Choate Rosemary Hall	Shelton High School	Greens Farms Academy
1996	Central High School	Greens Farms Academy	The Hotchkiss School
1995	Greens Farms Academy	Avon High School	Westhill High School
1994	Westhill High School	Choate Rosemary Hall	Daniel Hand High School

Participating High schools in the 2000 competition

• Avon High School, Avon
• Branford High School, Branford
• Brunswick School, Greenwich
• Central High School, Bridgeport
• Edwin O. Smith High School, Storrs
• Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury
• Greenwich High School, Greenwich
• Guilford High School, Guilford
• Hamden High School, Hamden
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Howell Cheney Technical School, Manchester
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• Jonathan Law High School, Milford
• Kingswood-Oxford School, West Hartford
• Loomis Chafee School, Windsor
• Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon
• New Britain High School, New Britain
• New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Shelton High School, Shelton
• St. Luke's School, New Canaan
• Staples High School, Westport
• Suffield Academy, Suffield
• The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville
• The Taft School, Watertown
• Vinal Technical High School, Middletown
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Westbrook High School, Westbrook
• Westhill High School, Stamford
• Westminster School, Simsbury
• Westover School, Middlebury

190 Students from 41 High Schools Competed in a State-wide GE Computer Science Contest

The annual GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest was organized by the Fairfield County Chapter of GE's Elfun Society, a volunteer group of GE employees dedicated to community service. The contest recognized Connecticut high school students who excel in computer science and prepared them for the May Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science. The students took a written test to measure their proficiency in the computer language C++.

2001 Team Winners  †† The schools selected three students to be team members.
	State Champion Team  †† The St. Luke's School team from New Canaan included (from left) Doug Magee, Michael Klipper and Brandon Fulljames. They won $1,000 for their school's computer science program.
	First Runner-Up Team  †† The Loomis Chaffee team from Windsor included (from left) Jefferson Cowart, Neville Bowers and Daniel Harris. They won $500 for their school's computer science program.
	Second Runner-Up Team  †† The Central High School team from Bridgeport included (from left) Orlando Roman, Brian Golrick and Victor Le. They won $300 for their school's computer science program.
2001 Individual Winners  †† All students were eligible for the individual awards.
	The highest scoring Junior received the Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University valued at $40,000 for four years. From left: Dr. Edward O'Neill, Dr. Peter Spoerri, Matt Green from The Hopkins School and Dr. George Lang.
	The top ten students received American Express Gift Certificates. From left to right, front row: Victor Le, Michael Klipper, Brandon Fulljames; back row: William Kleiber, Matt Green, Adam Durity, Doug Magee, Tom Cauchois and Daniel Ports. (missing from photo: Will Jordan)

Rank	Student	School	Award
1 (tie)	Michael Klipper	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$300
1 (tie)	Doug Magee	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$300
3	Daniel Ports	Lyman Memorial High School Lebanon	$100
4 (tie)	Matt Green	The Hopkins School New Haven	$100
4 (tie)	Brandon Fulljames	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$100
6	William Kleiber	New Fairfield High School New Fairfield	$100
7	Adam Durity	Brunswick School Greenwich	$100
8 (tie)	Victor Le	Central High School Bridgeport	$100
8 (tie)	Will Jordan	Staples High School Westport	$100
10	Thomas Cauchois	Greenwich High School Greenwich	$100

The written 90-minute test was created by Dr. George Lang, Dr. Edward O'Neill and Dr. Peter Spoerri from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fairfield University.  †† While the students took the test their teachers participated in an informal networking session to discuss the upcoming change in the Advanced Placement Test from C++ to Java, the problem of recruiting female students for computer science classes and other computer science competitions.

Students and teachers attended a reception while the tests were scored.

Past Winners
	State Champions	First Runner-Up	Second Runner-Up
2000	St. Luke's School	The Hopkins School	Central High School
1999	Christian Heritage School	Westhill High School	Joel Barlow High School
1998	The Hopkins School	Westhill High School	Greenwich High School
1997	Choate Rosemary Hall	Shelton High School	Greens Farms Academy
1996	Central High School	Greens Farms Academy	The Hotchkiss School
1995	Greens Farms Academy	Avon High School	Westhill High School
1994	Westhill High School	Choate Rosemary Hall	Daniel Hand High School

Participating High schools in the 2001 competition

• Avon High School, Avon
• Brunswick School, Greenwich
• Central High School, Bridgeport
• Christian Heritage School, Trumbull
• East Hartford High School, East Hartford
• Edwin O. Smith High School, Storrs
• Fairfield High School, Fairfield
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greenwich High School, Greenwich
• Guilford High School, Guilford
• Hall High School, West Hartford
• Hamden High School, Hamden
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village
• Howell Cheney RVTS, Manchester
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• King and Low-Heywood Thomas School, Stamford
• Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor
• Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon
• Manchester High School, Manchester
• New Britain High School, New Britain
• New Canaan High School, New Canaan
• New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield
• Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Parish Hill High School, Chaplin
• RHAM High School, Hebron
• Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
• Shelton High School, Shelton
• Southington High School, Southington
• St. Luke's School, New Canaan
• Staples High School, Westport
• Suffield Academy, Suffield
• Suffield High School, Suffield
• The Taft School, Watertown
• Tolland High School, Tolland
• Watertown High School, Watertown
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Westbrook High School, Westbrook
• Westhill High School, Stamford
• Westover School, Middlebury

189 Students from 42 High Schools Competed in a State-wide GE Computer Science Contest

Students from public, private and parochial schools from all over Connecticut came to GE's Corporate Headquarters in Fairfield on May 1 to compete in the Ninth Annual GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest. They took a difficult, 90-minute, written test prepared by faculty from Fairfield University. The exam tested their C++ skills and helped prepare them for the Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science. Each school selected three students to form a team. The scores of the team members were combined to determine the winners. All students were eligible for individual awards.

	State Champion Team  †† The team from St. Luke's School team in New Canaan included (from left) Eli Kramer, grade 12; Doug Magee, grade 11 and Brandon Fulljames, grade 11. They won the first place banner and $1,000 for their school's computer science program.
	First Runner-Up Team  †† The team from Hopkins School in New Haven included (from left) Aaron Margolis, grade 12; Teddy Wieser, grade 12 and Kyler Hardin, grade 12. They won the second place banner and $500 for their school's computer science program.
	Second Runner-Up Team  †† The Central High School team from Bridgeport included (from left) Sebastian Kiszkurno, grade 11; Edward Miller, grade 11 and Nicolle Quintero, grade 11. They won $300 for their school's computer science program.
Individual Winners
	The highest scoring Junior received the Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University valued at $40,000 for four years. From left: Dr. Adam King, Brandon Fulljames from St. Luke's School and Dr. Edward O'Neill. The 20 top scoring juniors, sophomores and freshmen were offered a tuition-free computer science course at Fairfield University.
	The top ten students received American Express Gift Certificates. From left, back row: Doug Magee, Aaron Margolis, Teddy Wieser, Kaloian Petkov, John Rebula, David Fullerton; front row: Brandon Fulljames, Ray Cohen, Sebastian Kiszkurno and Thomas Cauchois.

Rank	Student	School	Award
1	Brandon Fulljames Grade 11	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$300
2	Thomas Cauchois Grade 10	Greenwich High School Greenwich	$200
3	Sebastian Kiszkurno Grade 11	Central High School Bridgeport	$100
4	David Fullerton Grade 11	Christian Heritage School Trumbull	$100
5	Doug Magee Grade 11	St. Luke's School New Canaan	$100
6	John Rebula Grade 12	Loomis Chaffee School Windsor	$100
7	Kaloian Petkov Grade 12	Manchester High School Manchester	$100
8	Teddy Wieser Grade 12	Hopkins School New Haven	$100
9	Aaron Margolis Grade 12	Hopkins School New Haven	$100
10	Ray Cohen Grade 12	East Hartford High School East Hartford	$100

The test was created by Dr. Adam King, Dr. George Lang, Dr. Edward O'Neill and Dr. Peter Spoerri from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fairfield University.  †† While the students took the test their teachers participated in an e-Learning Workshop led by Ray Floyd, GE Capital's Chief Learning Officer.

Past Winners
	State Champions	First Runner-Up	Second Runner-Up
2001	St. Luke's School	Loomis Chaffee School	Central High School
2000	St. Luke's School	The Hopkins School	Central High School
1999	Christian Heritage School	Westhill High School	Joel Barlow High School
1998	The Hopkins School	Westhill High School	Greenwich High School
1997	Choate Rosemary Hall	Shelton High School	Greens Farms Academy
1996	Central High School	Greens Farms Academy	The Hotchkiss School
1995	Greens Farms Academy	Avon High School	Westhill High School
1994	Westhill High School	Choate Rosemary Hall	Daniel Hand High School

Participating High Schools in 2002

• Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
• Avon High School, Avon
• Brunswick School, Greenwich
• Central High School, Bridgeport
• Cheshire Academy, Cheshire
• Christian Heritage School, Trumbull
• Darien High School, Darien
• E. O. Smith High School, Storrs
• East Hartford High School, East Hartford
• Fairfield High School, Fairfield
• Forman School, Litchfield
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms
• Greenwich High School, Greenwich
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Howell Cheney RVTS, Manchester
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• King and Low-Heywood Thomas School, Stamford
• Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor
• Maloney High School, Meriden
• Manchester High School, Manchester
• New Canaan High School, New Canaan
• North Haven High School, North Haven
• Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Parish Hill High School, Chaplin
• RHAM High School, Hebron
• Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
• Shelton High School, Shelton
• Southington High School, Southington
• St. Luke's School, New Canaan
• Stamford High School, Stamford
• Stratford High School, Stratford
• Suffield Academy, Suffield
• Taft School, Watertown
• The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville
• Tolland High School, Tolland
• Watertown High School, Watertown
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Westhill High School, Stamford
• Wilton High School, Wilton
• Windham Regional Vocational Technical School, Williamantic

Young Women Score High Marks in C++ Test!

Emily Russell from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford and Chloe Kiddon from Hopkins School in New Haven tied for second place at the 10th Annual GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest held at GE’s Corporate Headquarters in Fairfield on April 29. Emily and Chloe are the first female students to reach the top ranks at this annual event. Throughout the contest’s ten-year history few female students have participated. Encouraging young women to study computer programming and test their skills has never been easy for instructors who teach Advanced Placement Computer Science classes in Connecticut high schools. Only 21 of the 143 competitors in this year’s contest are females.

St. Luke's School Wins its 3rd State Championship

Brandon Fulljames from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan placed first for the second year in a row and helped his team win the State Championship for the third time. The St. Luke's team also included Greg Delmar and Doug Magee, who placed 7th in the individual competition. Two teams tied for First Runner-Up: Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford and Greenwich High School in Greenwich.

GE Elfun Volunteers, Corporate Information Services Operation and Fairfield University sponsored the contest to give individual students and three-member teams the opportunity to compete and win awards. The written, 90-minute test, created by math and computer science professors from Fairfield University, helps prepare students for the Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science scheduled in May. High school students who score well on AP tests qualify for upper level college courses.

	Students from 26 public, private and parochial high schools throughout Connecticut participated in the 10th Annual GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest.  †† A big thanks to the scores of GE volunteers who helped run and organize the half-day contest! And The Winners Are…
	The State Champions, St. Luke's School in New Canaan, received $1,000. From left are Greg Delmar, grade 10; Doug Magee, grade 12 and Brandon Fulljames, grade 12.
Two Teams Tied For First Runner-Up!
	Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford received $400. From left are Dan Leventhal, grade 12; Emily Russell, grade 12 and Sinit Vitavasiri, grade 12.
	Greenwich High School in Greenwich received $400. From left are Russell Posner, grade 12; Thomas Cauchios, grade 12 and Steven Barolak, grade 12.
Presidential Scholarship Winner
	Chloe Kiddon from Hopkins School, the junior with the highest score, received the Fairfield University Four-Year $10,000 Annual Merit Scholarship. From left are Ed O'Neill, Chloe Kiddon, Peter Spoerri and Adam King.
Individual Top Scorers
	From left, back row are Brandon Fulljames, Thomas Cauchios, Russell Posner, Ben Hutton and Doug Magee. In the front row are Christopher Beck, Chloe Kiddon, Sinit Vitavasiri and Emily Russell. Shreyes Seshasai is missing from the photo.

Rank	Student	School	Award
Brandon Fulljames St. Luke's School New Canaan	12	1	$300
Emily Russell Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford	12	2	$200
Chloe Kiddon Hopkins School New Haven	11	2	$200
Thomas Cauchios Greenwich High School Greenwich	12	4	$100
Christopher Beck New Canaan High School New Canaan	10	4	$100
Russell Posner Greenwich High School Greenwich	12	6	$100
Doug Magee St. Luke's School New Canaan	12	7	$100
Shreyes Seshasai Avon High School Avon	11	8	$100
Sinit Vitavasiri Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford	12	8	$100
Ben Hutton Christian Heritage School Trumbull	11	8	$100

And the unofficial award for the team with the most school spirit goes to New Canaan High School!

Amity Regional High School Wins 2004 State Championship

A team of three students from Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge took first place in the 2004 GE Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest, held on April 29 at GE's corporate headquarters in Fairfield. Students from 26 public and private high schools throughout Connecticut competed. The top three schools received checks to support computer science activities in their school and individual students won cash prizes.

	Amity Regional High School participants included (from left: top row) teacher Frank Baretta, Phil Bender, Nathan Perelman, Kevin Tierney; (bottom row) Zaker Khan, Tony Zhang, Alex Rothberg, and Brian Meshell. The Amity team that included Nathan Perelman, Alex Rothberg and Tony Zhang placed first in the state.
The Amity Regional team scored the highest among the competing high schools and won $1,000 for their school's computer science program. The winning team included Nathan Perelman, Alex Rothberg and Tony Zhang. The Choate Rosemary Hall team from Wallingford that included Edwin Chen, Joe Goo and Joseph Park placed second and won $500 for their school. The Hopkins School team from New Haven that included Alex Goebel, Chloe Kiddon and Sam Perez placed third and won $300 for their school.  †† Awards were presented to the ten top scoring students. Nathan Perelman and Tony Zhang from Amity Regional tied for first place and each received a $300 American Express Gift Certificate. Joe Goo from Choate Rosemary Hall, Hyuk Soo Han from Kent School, Alex Rothberg from Amity Regional, Edwin Chen from Choate Rosemary Hall, Chloe Kiddon from Hopkins School, Armin Hamidovic from Bridgeport Central High School, Alec Goebel from Hopkins School and Nick Leirseron from North Haven High School were the other top winners and received $100 American Express Gift Certificates.
	The competition is determined by a written 90-minute test that measures proficiency in Java and is similar to the College Board Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science. The test, developed by Adam King, George Lang, Edward J. O'Neill, and Peter Spoerri from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fairfield University, helped students prepare for the May AP Exam in Computer Science.
	Tony Zhang from Amity Regional, the highest scoring junior, was awarded the Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University valued at $48,000 for four years. The top 20 students received two free computer science courses at Fairfield University. Bridgeport Central student Armin Hamidovic has benefited from performing well in three previous contests, taking numerous computer courses at Fairfield University. In the fall when he goes to Fairfield University he'll take junior-level computer courses because he's completed the first two years of required courses as a result of his accomplishments in previous GE contests.  †† While the students took the test their teachers participated in a workshop entitled Insights on Real World Java Issues led by GE employees who explained how GE uses Java for the IT simplification initiative and common objects initiative (a library of shared, reusable program components) and to manage changes to applications.

Participating High Schools

• Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
• Brian McMahon High School, Norwalk
• Bridgeport Central High School, Bridgeport
• Cheshire Academy, Cheshire
• Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford
• Darien High School, Darien
• Fairfield High School, Fairfield
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms
• Greenwich High School, Greenwich
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Kent School, Kent
• New Britain High School, New Britain
• New Canaan High School, New Canaan
• North Haven High School, North Haven
• Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Parish Hill High School, Chaplin
• Plainville High School, Plainville
• Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
• Shelton High School, Shelton
• St. Luke’s School, New Canaan
• Stamford High School, Stamford
• Watertown High School, Watertown
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Westover School, Middlebury

Amity Regional High School Students Take Top Award in Statewide Computer Contest

A team of three students from Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge took first place in GE's 2005 Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest, held on April 26 at GE's corporate headquarters in Fairfield. Students from 24 public and private high schools throughout Connecticut competed. The top four schools received checks to support computer science activities in their school, and individual students won cash prizes. GE volunteers organize the contest to recognize Connecticut high school students who excel in computer science and help them prepare for the College Board Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science. The contest also encourages students to pursue careers in the information technology field.

	The Amity Regional team scored the highest among the competing high schools and won $1,000 for their school's computer science program, placing first for the second year in a row. The winning team included Dan Perelman, Alex Rothberg, and Tenghao Zhang. The Hopkins School team from New Haven that included Cameron Bloomer, Drew Burch, and Alec Goebel placed second and won $500 for their school. Two teams tied for third place and won $300 for their schools. The Choate Rosemary Hall team from Wallingford included Wade Goebel, Konrad Kopczynski, and Daniel Montana, and the Avon High School team included Michael Chin, Carl Doersch, and Jarret Lavallee.
	Awards were presented to eleven top-scoring students. Alex Goebel from Hopkins School took first place and received a $300 American Express Gift Certificate. Seven students tied for second place; each received a $200 American Express Gift Certificate. They included Alex Rothberg from Amity Regional, Michael Chin from Avon High School, Willy Sawin from Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Nick Leiserson from North Haven High School, Edwin Chen and Wade Goebel from Choate Rosemary Hall, and Cameron Bloomer from Hopkins. Three students, Tenghao Zhan from Amity Regional, Michael Axial from the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science, and Amanda Strnad from Norwich Free Academy, tied for third place, and each received a $100 American Express Gift Certificate.
	Two students tied for the junior with the highest score and were awarded Presidential Scholarships to Fairfield University. Michael Chin from Avon High School and Wade Gobel from Choate Rosemary Hall will each receive a scholarship valued at $52,000 for four years. The top 20 students are eligible to enroll in two free computer science courses at Fairfield University.
	During the competition students took a written 90-minute test that measures their proficiency in Java and is similar to the College Board Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science. The test was developed by Adam King, George Lang, Edward J. O'Neill, and Peter Spoerri from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fairfield University.
While the students took the test, their teachers participated in two workshops. Grady Summers, GE Corporate Information Security Leader, presented Insights on Information Security and the Impact of Java Development, a discussion of how GE is protecting itself from internal and external information security and data privacy threats. The second workshop, The Changing Face of Software Development, was led by Joe Schulz, Manager, Application Architecture.

Participating High Schools

• Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
• Avon High School, Avon
• Central High School, Bridgeport
• Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford
• Darien High School, Darien
• Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield
• Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms
• Greenwich High School, Greenwich
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Hotchkiss School, Lakeville
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• Kent School, Kent
• Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor
• Miss Porter’s School, Farmington
• New Canaan High School, New Canaan,
• North Haven High School, North Haven,
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Southington High School, Southington
• Watertown High School, Watertown
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Westover School, Middlebury
• Wooster School, Danbury

2006 State Champion: Christian Heritage School in Trumbull

The annual Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest at GE's Corporate Headquarters in Fairfield on April 25 drew 113 students from 27 public and private schools throughout the state. The team from Christian Heritage School in Trumbull placed first. Organized by GE Volunteers, the event, in its 13th year, continues to be one of the few opportunities for high school students to compete in an academic field.

The students took a challenging written test measuring their Java skills. The test was created by professors from Fairfield University. The 90-minute test helped prepare the students for the May College Board Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science.

While the students took the test, their teachers participated in three workshops conducted by GE employees. Andre Johnson presented "Solving a Business Problem with Technology", a discussion of how GE uses technology to solve a finance problem. Jake Skoniecki led the second workshop, Hacker High School, a security initiative. He discussed various security topics and how the teachers can work them into their curriculums. John Recine introduced AJAX and gave the teachers insight into how this new web development technique is used at GE.

Within an hour of the completion of the test, the awards were distributed. Congratulations to all the winners!

Team Awards
	State Champions: David McHugh, Rachel Noccioli and David Reens from Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, $1,000 for school First Runner-Up: Jonathan Bell, Daniel Perelman and Evan Sznol from Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, $500 for school Second Runner-Up: Brian Jo, Ken Park and Art Tosborvorn from Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, $300 for school
Individual Awards
First Place: David Reens, Christian Heritage School, Trumbull: $300 Second Place: Daniel Perelman, Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge: $200 Third Place: Cameron Bloomer, Hopkins School, New Haven, $100 Fourth Place: Art Tosborvorn, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, $100 Fifth Place: Josh Purtle, New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, $100 Fifth Place: Victoria Martucci, Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden, $100 Seventh Place: Dwayne Reeves: Bridgeport Central High School, Bridgeport: $100 Eighth Place: Christopher Welsh, Windsor High School, Windsor, $100 Ninth Place: Peter Wang, North Haven High School, North Haven, $100 Tenth Place: Justin Waldron: Watertown High School, Watertown, $100
Fairfield University Presidential Scholarship
David Reens, Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, four-year, $13,000 annual merit scholarship

2007 State Champion: Wooster School, Danbury

	GE’s 14th Annual Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest drew 110 students from public and private schools throughout the state. The exam helped prepare the students for the May College Board Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science and gave them the rare opportunity to compete for prizes and receive recognition for excelling in computer science. Winning teams received banners and cash awards for their school and individuals received ribbons and cash awards. Benjamin Leib from Wooster School, the high school junior with the highest score, was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to Fairfield University, valued at $52,000 for four years. The top 20 students may enroll in two free computer science courses at Fairfield University. And all the participants went home with a contest t-shirt.
	While the students took the test their teachers participated in two workshops. Corporate Security Leader Brad Maiorino and Security Architect Darren Challey discussed the basics and business impact of application security. Mike McCabe (to the left), the computer science teacher from Hopkins School, offered an introduction to GRID Java Case Study.
	After the test the students received the answer key. To the left are students from North Haven High School relaxing and discussing the exam while they waited for the results. Their team placed second in the team awards.

2007 Team Awards
2007 State Champions	Wooster School, Danbury	David Becroft, Benjamin Leib and Jon Svenningsen	$1,000
First Runner-Up	North Haven High School, North Haven	Fiona Wood, Brian Boughton and Colin Gibson	$500
Second Runner-Up	Hopkins School, New Haven	Cameron Bloomer, Adam Arthurs and Ches Koblents	$300

Individual Awards
First Place	Wooster School, Danbury	David Becroft	$300
Second Place	North Haven High School, North Haven	Fiona Wood	$200
Third Place	Kent School, Kent	Chonpatin Phaiboonpalayoi	$100
Fourth Place	Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon	Nick Curtis	$100
Fifth Place	Danbury High School, Danbury	Brian Lau	$100
Sixth Place	Wooster School	Benjamin Leib	$100
Seventh Place (tie)	Hopkins School, New Haven	Cameron Bloomer and Ches Koblents	$100
Ninth Place	North Haven High School, North Haven	Brian Boughto	$100
Tenth Place (tie)	Wethersfield High School, Westersfield, and Masuk High School, Monroe	Chris Thomas and Sean Nilan	$100

Participating High Schools

• Avon High School, Avon
• Bridgeport Central High School, Bridgeport
• Chase Collegiate School, Waterbury
• Christian Heritage School, Trumbull
• Danbury High School, Danbury
• Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• Kent School, Kent
• Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon
• Masuk High School, Monroe
• North Haven High School, North Haven
• Northwestern Regional #7, Winsted
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• St. Thomas More, Oakdale
• Valley Regional High School, Deep River
• Westhill High School, Stamford
• Westover School, Middlebury
• Wethersfield High School, Wethersfield
• Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven
• Wooster School, Danbury

2008 State Champion: Kent School, Kent

Source: Internal Source

Kent School students placed first in GE's Annual Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest. Students from 21 public and private high schools throughout Connecticut competed in GE's 2008 Connecticut High School Computer Science Contest, held on April 24 at Corporate Headquarters in Fairfield. The top three schools received checks to support computer science activities in their school and individual students won cash prizes. GE Volunteers organized the contest to recognize Connecticut high school students who excel in computer science and help them prepare for the May College Board Advanced Placement Test in Computer Science. The contest also encourages students to pursue careers in the information technology field.

The teachers and their students like the yearly contest and are grateful for a well-organized and fun day. "I am thrilled with the results (we are a tiny independent school that has placed two students in the top ten both last year and this year). I also appreciate the hospitality and the motivation of GE in hosting this event," says Len Leib, math and computer science teacher at Wooster School in Danbury. During the competition 110 students took a written 90-minute test that measures their proficiency in Java and is similar to the College Board Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science. Software engineering faculty at Fairfield University created the test. The top 20 students are eligible to enroll in a free computer science course at Fairfield University.

While the students took the test some teachers participated in a panel discussion with GE employees about preparing for careers in computer science. Alan Burke, Manager, Corporate Initiatives/Citizenship Applications; Hope Colbert, Manager, Corporate Staff Systems; Ryan Kaisoglus, EdgeLab Emerging Technologies Leader; Alan Mammen, Manager, Global Software Quality Assurance; and Jennifer Walsh, Global Director, Digital Media served on the panel. Other teachers used their free time to talk to each other. Several teachers bring teams every year and enjoy getting together to exchange ideas about teaching computer science.

2008 Team Awards
2008 State Champions	Kent School, Kent	Soravit Changpinyo, Aidan Coyne and Yifeng Huang	$1,000
First Runner-Up	Hopkins, North Haven	Peter Fedak, Patrick Hulin and Ches Koblents	$500
Second Runner-Up	Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge	Aaron DiPietro, Frank Zheng and Jeff Zullo	$300

Individual Awards
First Place	Kent School, Kent	Yifeng Huang	$300
Second Place	Kent School, Kent	Aidan Coyne	$200
Third Place	Hopkins School, New Haven	Peter Fedak	$100
Fourth Place (tie)	Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge	Jeff Zullo	$100
Fourth Place (tie)	Hopkins School, New Haven	Ches Koblents	$100
Fourth Place (tie)	Kent School, Kent	Nick Curtis	$100
Fourth Place (tie)	Norwich Free Academy, Norwich	Joey O'Shea	$100
Eighth Place	Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge	Mayur Pawashe	$100
Ninth Place	Wooster School, Danbury	Ben Leib	$100
Tenth Place (tie)	Hopkins School, New Haven	Patrick Hulin	$100
Tenth Place (tie)	Westover School, Middlebury	Kayla Meduna	$100
Tenth Place (tie)	Wooster School, Danbury	Michael Gruar	$100

Participating High Schools

• Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
• Central High School, Bridgeport
• Chase Collegiate School, Waterbury
• Darien High School, Darien
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, Hartford
• Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms
• Hopkins School, New Haven
• Joel Barlow High School, Redding
• Kent School, Kent
• Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor
• New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield
• North Haven High School, North Haven
• Norwich Free Academy, Norwich
• Plainville High School, Plainville
• Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden
• Warren Harding High School, Bridgeport
• Westhill High School, Stamford
• Westover School, Middlebury
• West Haven High School, West Haven
• Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven
• Wooster School, Danbury