Cate School Student Place in National Biology Competition

April 4, 2011 - PRLog -- April 4, 2011

CATE SCHOOL STUDENTS PLACE IN NATIONAL BIOLOGY COMPETITION

Cate School Juniors Thanh-Liem Huynh-Tran of Santa Barbara and Shyam Akula of Arcadia were recently named national semifinalists in the USA Biology Olympiad Competition.  Both students scored in the top 10% of all students who took this test, and subsequently took a two-hour test for semifinalists to qualify for the national Biology Olympiad team that will compete in Taiwan this summer.  

For more information, please contact acting Cate Communications Coordinator Leslie Benedict Turnbull '85 at (805)684-4127, extension 244 or leslie_turnbull@cate.org.

Founded in 1910 by Curtis Wolsey Cate, Cate School is an independent, co-ed, four-year residential college preparatory school located in Carpinteria, California. Two-hundred and sixty-five students (220 boarding and 45 day) represent 20 states and 13 foreign nations. Learn more about Cate School by visiting www.cate.org.

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Founded in 1910, Cate School is a grade 9-12, coeducational, college preparatory boarding school in Carpinteria, California.