Roseville Students Shine at Problem Solving State Contest

Editor's Note: The following post is based on information supplied by the public relations office of Roseville School District 623.

Roseville Area High School recently hosted the Minnesota Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP) State Tournament. 

FPSP is a rigorous, yearlong program and competition.  In it, students in grades four through 12th, learn and apply critical and creative thinking skills as well as research, communication, and decision-making skills. 

For the competition, teams of students used these skills and worked together to form a plan that addressed a future problem in a given topic. The team and individual competitions were split into three divisions for the competition:  junior division (grades 4-6), middle division (grades 7-9) and senior division (grades 10-12).

Roseville Area Schools is proud to report the results of the State Tournament:

Junior Division, Team Competition:

5th Place:

team of Easton Chambers-Ozasky, Kyle Fuller, Prajeth Nagaraja and Avery Nelson (coached by Nan Taylor)

Middle Division, Team Competition:

1^st Place:

Roseville Area High School team of Ann Dion, Hans Knutson, Nathan Meyers and Sonja Swanson (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

2^nd Place:

Parkview Center School team of Jeremy Baxter, Gabe Cederberg, Sam O’Donnell-Hoff and Adam Reinschmidt (coached by Nan Taylor)

 3^rd Place:

Parkview Center School team of George Burkhardt, Daniel Yong and Peter Yong (coached by Nan Taylor)

 4^th Place:

Parkview Center School team of Olivia DiGiorno, Heather Knutson, Carmen Swanson and Rose Wagner (coached by Nan Taylor)

Senior Division, Team Competition:

4^th Place:

Roseville Area High School team of Erin Birdsall, Linnea Cederberg, Kayleigh McClure and Sela Weber (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

 5^th Place:

Roseville Area High School team of Katherine Allen, Rachel Castle, Hannah Wagner and Grace Walsh (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

Junior Division, Individual Competition:

2^nd Place:

Parkview Center School student Maura Hearn (coached by Nan Taylor)

3^rd Place:

Parkview Center School student Danielle De Tuncq (coached by Nan Taylor)

Middle Division, Individual Competition:

1^st Place:

Roseville Area High School student Noah Lyden (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

 2^nd Place:

Roseville Area High School student Sammie Shetka (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

 3^rd Place:

Roseville Area High School student Mitchell Rose (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

Senior Division, Individual Competition:

1^st Place:

Roseville Area High School student Will Thomas (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

2^nd Place:

Roseville Area High School student Vijay Srinivasan (coached by Andrea Zimmerman)

Advancing to International Competion

Two student teams and four individuals will be representing Roseville Area Schools at the 2012 International Future Problem Solving Program Conference. that is scheduled June 7 to 10 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.  These are the following students:

Middle Division Team:

Ann Dion, Hans Knutson, Nathan Meyers, and Sonja Swanson, with alternate, Mitchell Rose; representing Roseville Area High School

Middle Division Team:

Heather Knutson, Carmen Swanson, Rose Wagner, and Bianca Wang-Polendo, with alternates Eileen Schrot and Emily Lentz-Hoops; representing Parkview Center School

Junior Division Individual:

Maura Hearn; representing Parkview Center School

Middle Division Individual:

Noah Lyden; representing Roseville Area High School

Middle Division Individual:

Sammie Shetka; representing Roseville Area High School

Middle Division Scenario Writer:

Jeremy Baxter; representing Parkview Center School