(New Brunswick—March1, 2007) Hoboken’s own Annie Rose London, a senior at High Tech High School, has earned herself an all-expense-paid trip to Huntsville, Alabama, to compete in the 45th National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS), to be held the week of May 2nd, announced Principal Karol Brancato.

The Junior Science Symposium committee recognized London for exceptional research presented in her paper, “Allele-Specifics Polymerase Chain Reaction: Can a Standard PCR Procedure Be Used for Genotyping?”  It proved so outstanding that not only did she snatch First Place in the Northern New Jersey Regional but she heads the list of the top five presenters who will compete in the National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium.     

In addition to London, Brendan McKeon and Marika Wood of Kearny, Oscar Orengo and Javairia Zia of Jersey City, and North Bergen resident Neel Shah represented High Tech at the Regional Junior Science Symposium. 
“They did an awesome job,” declares Dr. Nina Lavlinskaia, one of High Tech’s highly touted science instructors.  A beaming Dr. Lavlinskaia, named a finalist in Princeton’s Secondary School Teacher Awards Competition, adds, “I am so very proud of them.”  

Held at Rutgers University School of Engineering, the Northern New Jersey Region of the Junior Science Symposium hosted students from ten high schools who presented scientific research papers to the Junior Science Symposium committee.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force, in cooperation with higher education, the Junior Science Symposium promotes research and experimentation in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering at the high school level, recognizing the significance of research in human affairs and the importance of humane and ethical principles in the application of research results. The Symposium searches out talented youth and their teachers in order to recognize their accomplishments and encourage their continued interest in science, mathematics, and engineering.