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Sandburg's WYSE team excels
80 team members compete in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, Engineering, Computer Science and English
Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering is an academic competition team that competes in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, Engineering, Computer science and English. The students specialize in one “primary” subject.
WYSE is led by Science teachers Ms. Pierce and Ms. Soldan. Students practice during the fall and winter season and compete in February, March and April. The team has over 80 members competing!
The teams of subjects are led by Cherish Recera, Ahmad Abuisneineh, Zoe Baker, Jeff Sniederitis, Harsh Khilwani, Zack Marshall, Riddhi Patel and Erin Cygan. In the past eight years, Sandburg has had individuals or teams advance to state at our overnight tournament at the University of Illinois.
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At the University of St. Francis, Zack Marshall finished 2nd in Math and Harsh Khilwani took 3rd for our division. Josh Reeder took 1st in Engineering Graphics and 2nd in Physics, Lucas Komara took 3rd in Engineering Graphics, Chirag Shah took 3rd in Chemistry, Dylan Violetto took 3rd place in English, Zoe Baker took 3rd in Computer Science.
