New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District is proud to announce that three students were accepted into a competitive mathematics program at the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students at SUNY Old Westbury. The students are New Hyde Park Road School fifth grader Jeremy Ho, Manor Oaks School fifth grader Chloe Lee and Hillside Grade School sixth grader Nikhil Raj.
Through the program, the students will spend 60 hours in class and on related outside projects. They will learn about mathematical topics such as algebra, geometry and
number theory, as well as other topics not included in the standard courses of study like problem-solving applied to probability, theory of finite differences and mass point geometry. Additionally, selected applications of mathematics taken from science and engineering are presented and discussed.
Each year, approximately 700 students are nominated from across Long Island to attend ICPS for Gifted and Talented Students. Only 87 spots are available this year. Selection by the Institute implies that a student is among the top one-tenth of one percent of all students in mathematics on Long Island in his or her grade. Acceptance is based on three criteria: an entrance exam, a recommendation from the student’s math teacher and a school transcript or report card.
Ho, Lee and Raj will begin classes in September 2023.
