Wissahickon High School Student Awarded INTEL Science Award

Student, Anderson Wang, entered the 2012 INTEL Science Talent Search, one of 1,839 entrants.

Wang was named one of the 300 semi-finalists with his program, “Bootstrap re-sampling algorithm for an adaptation of short linear motifs in protein sequences.” Of the 300 finalists, only eight of them are from Pennsylvania.

The INTEL Sciene Talent Search encourages high school students to explore their interests in science and persue paths that can lead them to solve the worlds most pressing problems, said Wissahickon High School Principal, Lynn Fields during Monday night's meeting.

She added that this is the most prestigious science award one can achieve at the high school level.

“There is no doubt that we have an award winner here, and there is no doubt that we will hear about this young man here,” she said of Wang.

Wang was awarded a $1,000 scholarship and the high school also received $1,000, which Fields said is going to be split between the math and science departments.

Wang is also a Wissahickon High School Merit Scholar.

“Anderson, you have been a student that has devoured information, you have been an educators dream, and you have been an inspiration to all of us,” said Fields.