State Bowl 2000

Honorable Mention

TEAM COMPETITION

Intermediate Division

Longfellow Middle School

Fairfax County

Coach: Carol Dinion

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Joanne Stanley

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Joanne Stanley

Shelburne Middle School

Staunton

Coach: Anna Geary

Kemps Landing Magnet School

Virginia Beach

Coach Carolyn Stamm

Franklin High

Franklin

Coach: Patti Rabil

Lylburn Downing Middle School

Lexington

Coach: Sally Grunewald

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Junior Division

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Sandra Horton

S. P. Morton Middle School

Franklin

Coach: Patti Rabil

Glasgow Middle School

Fairfax County

Coach: Debbie Crawford

Haycock Elementary School

Fairfax County

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

Haycock Elementary School

Fairfax County

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

Arts & Sciences Program

Norfolk

Coach: Annabel Brown

Waddell Elementary School

Lexington

Coach: Sally Grunewald

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INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION

Senior Division

Franklin High School

Franklin

Coach: Patti Rabil

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Intermediate Division

Longfellow Middle School

Fairfax County

Coach: Carol Dinion

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Junior Division

Old Donation Center

Virginia Beach

Coach: Ann Colorado

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PRESENTATION COMPETITION

Senior Division

First Place

Thomas Jefferson High School

Fairfax County

Coach: Fred Lampazzi

Second Place

Nonaffiliated team

Fairfax County

Coach: Sue Sherry

Third Place

Nonaffiliated team

Fairfax County

Coach: Sue Sherry

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Intermediate Division

First Place

Nonaffiliated team

Virginia Beach

Coach: Carolyn Stamm

Second Place

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Joanne Stanley

Third Place

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Sandra Horton

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Junior Division

First Place

Haycock Elementary School

Fairfax County

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

Second Place

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Joanne Stanley

Third Place

Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Sandra Horton

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Honorable Mention

Senior Division

Grace Christian School

Staunton

Coach: Anne Knopp

Intermediate Division

Longfellow Middle School

Fairfax County

Coach: Carol Dinion

Junior Division

Kemps Landing Magnet School

Virginia Beach

Coach: Carolyn Stamm

STATE BOWL 2000 OFFICIAL RESULTS

Team Competition

Senior Division

1st Place - Staunton: Grace Christian School

Coach: Anne Knopp

2nd Place - Norfolk: Arts and Sciences Program

Coach: Chris Fischer

3rd Place - Norfolk: Arts and Sciences Program

Coach: Chris Fischer

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Intermediate Division

1st Place - Virginia Beach: Nonaffiliated team

Coach: Carolyn Stamm

2nd Place - Franklin: Franklin High School

Coach: Patti Rabil

3rd Place - Fairfax County: Glasgow Middle School

Coach: Patty Joyce

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Junior Division

1st Place - Chesterfield County: Manchester Middle School

Chesterfield County

Coach: Joanne Stanley

2nd Place - Fairfax County: Haycock Elementary School

Fairfax County

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

3rd Place - Fairfax County: Haycock Elementary School

Fairfax County

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

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Individual Competition

Senior Division

1st Place - Southampton County: Southampton High School

Coach: Pam Pulver

2nd Place - Staunton: Grace Christian School

Coach: Anne Knopp

3rd Place - Fairfax County: Glasgow Middle School

Coach: Patty Joyce

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Intermediate Division

1st Place - Chesterfield County: Manchester Middle School

Coach: Sandra Horton

2nd Place - Staunton: Grace Christian School

Coach: Anne Knopp

3rd Place - Lexington: Lylburn Downing School

Coach: Sally Grunewald

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Junior Division

1st Place - Chesterfield County: Manchester Middle School

Coach: Conway Blankenship

2nd Place - Fairfax County: Haycock Elementary School

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

3rd Place - Isle of Wight County: Carrollton Elementary School

Coach: Pamela Saunders

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Community Problem Solving

Junior Division

Cople Elementary School

Westmoreland County

Coaches: Anne Walbridge & Andrea Hall

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Scenario Writing

Senior Division

1st Place - Lancaster County: Lancaster High School

Coach: Helen Weddle

2nd Place - Fairfax County: Thomas Jefferson High School

Coach: Elizabeth White

3rd Place - Lancaster County: Lancaster High School

Coach: Helen Weddle

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Intermediate Division

1st Place - Augusta County: S. G. Stewart Middle School

Coach: Dan Tratnack

2nd Place - Gloucester County: Peasley Middle School

Coach: Silvia Dixon & Pearl Sadler

3rd Place - Chesterfield County: Manchester Middle School

Coach: Sandra Horton

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Junior Division

1st Place - Fairfax County: Haycock Elementary School

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

2nd Place - Fairfax County: Haycock Elementary School

Coach: Cheryl McCullough

Carolyn Stamm named 2000 Mover and Shaker

Citing her long and significant support of Future Problem Solving in Virginia, the executive board of the state program awarded the annual Mover and Shaker Award to Carolyn Stamm of Virginia Beach. Carolyn Stamm has served as coach, evaluator, board member, and coordinator of Community Problem Solving and several state bowls. Her teams and individuals have represented Virginia at every international conference since the first state bowl and teams have won international titles in both the regular program and community problem solving.

The Mover and Shaker Award is Future Problem Solving of Virginia's highest noncompetitive honor.

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400 future problem-solvers compete for state honors

(Reprinted by permission of the Virginian-Pilot)

BY VANDANA SINHA, STAFF WRITER

VIRGINIA BEACH - Doors slammed shut along the hallways. A voice announced over the loudspeaker at exactly 5 p.m. that the test had begun.

For two hours Friday, students from across the state were left to compete in an academic tournament that reached into the problem-solving corners of their minds.

For two hours, their coaches were left outside the doors, mulling in groups and sitting alone, wondering what was running through those young minds.

So began the Ninth Annual Future Problem Solving of Virginia State Bowl at Larkspur Middle School, a tournament of intellects that’s sometimes equally grueling for the students who take the test and for the coaches who must sit outside and wait it out.

This year, 400 students from 41 Virginia schools - including 72 students from Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach schools - wrestled with how to further modernize a hypothetical Internet-based personal communicator system that will exist in the year 2040.

Eighty groups of four students were assigned to brainstorm 20 possible challenges, and then 20 possible solutions to their underlying problem. They ended up with written reports, which were judged practically overnight. Awards and placements will be given today at Larkspur.

The top four teams - one each from grade levels 4-6 and 7-9 and two from grade levels 10-12 - will go on to the international tournament June 8-11 at the University of Georgia in Athens. They will compete in much the same format against teams from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

During the test, the students were sequestered in different classrooms, where little more than a dictionary, a thesaurus, blank paper and pencils were allowed. Coaches couldn't even stroll near the hallways, which were closely guarded by monitors.

Unlike practices, the coaches couldn't guide their students toward different ideas. They couldn't point out important twists in the question to keep in mind. They couldn't talk them through possible solutions.

"I'm just so nervous," said Ann H. Colorado, an Old Donation Center gifted teacher who coached two fifth-grade teams to the state bowl. "They're like my little babies."

Most of the coaches whiled away the time by comparing their own answers to the test questions, hoping their students picked up the nuances or remembered their research from practices.

"You think about, 'Did I miss anything in practice?'" said Chris Fischer, a fourth- and fifth-grade gifted teacher at Norfolk's Stuart Center who coached five teams this year.

Two stressful hours later, some coaches had positioned themselves at their given hallways, ready to snap a photo or hug students coming out of the classrooms. Some of them heaved as big a sigh of relief as the students who felt they had done well.

Belinda X. Zhao, 14, agreed that as tough as it was for her, it must have been “a lot more nerve-racking” for her coach, Carolyn Stamm, who also organized the state bowl with her husband, Neil.

"She has no idea how we're doing,” the Kemps Landing Magnet School eighth-grader said, describing the test as one of the most exhausting she has taken. “It must be hard.”

The top four teams will go on to the international tournament June 8-11 at the University of Georgia, where they will compete against teams from around the world.

Reach Vandana Sinha at (757) 222-5139 or vsinha@pilotonline.com