M-DCPS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY SUNSHINE STATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM February 6, 2002 Two Miami-Dade County Public Schools students have been recognized by the Sunshine State Scholars Recognition Program. Xiaolong Zhou, a senior at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, was named a finalist receiving the highest score in the written competition held in January. He will attend the final competition in Tallahassee in March. Jesse Summers, a senior at MAST Academy, was named first alternate. The six regional scholars will be given a topic for a project that they must prepare and bring with them to present at the finals. Each project has as its focus a serious societal issue involving higher-level mathematics and science content. Scholars must prepare both a written component and an oral presentation for a panel of judges. The Sunshine State Scholars Recognition Program is a statewide mathematics and science competition for high school seniors in Florida that began in 1998. It is designed to recognize students, teachers and schools that have achieved excellence in mathematics and science by building on skills described in the Sunshine State Standards. ### 02-AMC188/JJS Back to News Releases