The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District is proud to announce that New Hyde Park Road School sixth grader Avni Gupta and Manor Oaks School sixth grader Aarav Maini were accepted into the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students at SUNY Old Westbury. Gupta and Maini began classes in September 2022.
Through the program, the students will spend 60 hours in class and on related outside projects. They will learn about mathematical topics such as algebra, geometry and number theory, as well as other topics not included in the standard courses of study like problem-solving applied to probability, theory of finite differences and mass point geometry. Additionally, selected applications of mathematics taken from science and engineering are presented and discussed.
Each year, hundreds of students are nominated from across Long Island to attend ICPS for Gifted and Talented Students. Only 84 spots are available. Selection by the Institute implies that a student is among the top one-tenth of one percent of all students in mathematics on Long Island in his or her grade. Acceptance is based on three criteria: a rigorous entrance exam, a recommendation from the student’s math teacher and a school transcript or report card.
