Southeast Raleigh High Students Receive Math and Science, Arts Honors

Southeast Raleigh High students earned first place for the NC State University chapter of the Math and Science Education Network in the state MSEN competition. Of the 700 students competing in the chemistry competition, two Southeast Raleigh High students, John Daniels and Kenrica Sands placed first. In the Algebra II competition, Southeast Raleigh High students Coraleisha Banks and Spencer Carr placed second. Ninecia Scott placed third in Biology. The combined efforts of these students helped the chapter earned first place. MSEN serves to strengthen the quality and increase the size of the teaching base in mathematics and science education as well as increase the pool of students who graduate from North Carolina's high schools prepared to pursue careers that require mathematics and science. You can learn more about MSEN here.

Also, five Southeast Raleigh High students earned photography honors taking part in Photographer's Forum Magazine's photo contest. The five students include Chelsea Eason, Brian Sappie, David Robinson, Brooke Gooding and Robbie Holliday. The competition is sponsored by Nikon - the only student competition fully sponsored by a major camera manufacturer. The winners are inducted into the Nikon Emerging Talent Hall of Fame. It is the single most prestigious competition for amateur photographers in the US. This year there were 28,000 entries.

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