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ANDOVER, Mass.— The Phillips Academy Computer Science team completed another successful year with a second-place finish for the U.S. Northern Region in the American Computer Science League's (ACSL) 2005-2006 contests. Then, on May 27, 2006, three members of the team took part in ACSL's All-Star national contest in Cincinnati, Ohio. There the Andover team earned 2nd place in the country in the "Senior-3" category, the best-ever finish by the three-member team.
Students representing P.A. at the All-Star contest were Michael Crivaro, Arash Ushani, and Greg Wilbur, who each won individual awards in the short questions category in addition to contributing to the team's success overall.
The computer science team also placed fourth in the country in the Continental Math League's national computer science contest in the Java programming language.
Phillips Academy's Computer Science club meets every week during the school year to practice problem solving and review the various contest categories. |
