Congratulations to our Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science (ACES) team for advancing to the ACES State Finals after earning second place (less than one point behind the first place team) at the ACES Sectional held at Southwestern Illinois College on March 6! Under the guidance of moderator Mr. Scott... Read More
(from left) Jun Moon, Katie Toennies, and Taylor Goring are pictured at the ACES Academic Challenge sectional competition held on March 8, which they attended under the guidance of Mr. Scott Timmermann. We wish “good luck” to Jun, who earned second place in Math, and Taylor, who earned a qualifying... Read More
On April 19, Mai Khuc travelled to the University of Illinois to compete in both mathematics and physics at the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge State Finals. We congratulate her for earning second place in physics with an astounding score of 29/35! Mai advanced to State... Read More
Senior Mai Khuc (center) earned first place in both mathematics and physics at the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge Sectional held at McKendree University March 12. Mai will now compete at the WYSE Academic Challenge State Finals at the University of Illinois April 19. Also competing... Read More
Earning third place at the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) regional competition February 8 were Mater Dei WYSE team members (from left) Max Harad, Chih-Yu (Kelly) Yeh, Nick Wolden, Raphadson (Hong) Saraputtised, Justin Fritch, Kata Bowen, Phusana Suwannachote, Abby Kay, Jaden Meadows, Mai Khuc, Morgan Berndsen, Carly Etter, Madison... Read More
At the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) sectional competition, held at McKendree University on March 13, senior Amber Litteken earned first place in English and third place in mathematics. Amber will now compete at the WYSE state competition at the University of Illinois on April 19. Ben Logullo... Read More
Seventeen students competed at the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) regional on February 7 under the guidance of moderator Mr. Scott Timmermann. We congratulate our students who advanced to the sectional competition at McKendree University on March 13: Annie Kuenstler – 1st place in English, Amber Litteken – 2nd... Read More
The Mater Dei WYSE Team advanced to the state finals at the University of Illinois by finishing second in the McKendree Sectional on Monday, March 11. In Biology, Adam Holbrook and Hannah Albers tied for first place. In math, Hannah Albers finished in third place. In English, Mackenzie McCray... Read More
Mater Dei sent twenty-eight students to the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) regional tournament at Kaskaskia College on Thursday, February 2. The team competed against other students in the area and came away with the regional championship. In Biology, Jon Ang finished first and Lucas Foppe finished third.... Read More
