Celebrating our Students (Current and Past)
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We are excited to announce an emoji, proposed by students from the Science and Mathematics Academy and Aberdeen High School, has been officially approved for global use in the Unicode library. The approval of the trombone emoji marks the culmination of a five-year wait that started with the submission of the proposal in November 2019.
The proposal was developed by students Brendan Althoff, Brandon Brown, Dillon Capalongo, Gabriel Cardell, William Davis, Evan Demos, Nathaniel Dimick, Kristen Doresy, Ian Leach, David Oguh, Cristopher Pappas and Mark Rosser. The students, who all graduated between 2020 and 2021, were guided in this process by their teacher and SMA Program Specialist, Sarah Ashley. Designed entirely by the students, the trombone emoji addresses what the students saw as a notable gap in musical instrument representation on digital keyboards. Beyond music, the emoji is designed to symbolize humor, such as the iconic "womp womp" sound often associated with playful mistakes.
"We are thrilled to see the creativity and hard work of these former students recognized on a global scale," said Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson. "Their achievement highlights the innovative opportunities available to our students and demonstrates their ability to create something with a lasting impact.
Sarah Ashley, Science and Mathematics Academy Program Specialist reflected on the milestone. "This approval is the perfect end to a five-year journey filled with hard work and creativity. I couldn't be prouder of these graduates for taking a concept and turning it into something that will now be used worldwide!"
Class of 2018 SMA Graduate Sean Wirt is a published author!
Check out his work online in Communications Biology here
Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances bringing new biological insight to a specialized area of research.
Class of 2023 SMA Graduate Lars Lefkowitz is a published author!
Check out his work on Micromotors and SERS Sensors!
Judah and Jonathan (11th grade end of year Physics project) recreated the theme to Star Wars using a tuning fork, rulers, a pendulum hitting a drum, a corrugated pipe, a textbook and a slide whistle. Check out their hit "Music but Physics..."!
Gabrielle Moore-Brooks (9th Grade), Charlotte Perera and Irene Chung (10th Grade), and Carlo Andanar, Laila Shakoor, Teja Kausik, Radha Kausik, and Jasminder Kohli (12th grade) all participated in the 2023 Maryland YMCA Youth and Government conference. Students debated bills and passed legislation with other Maryland high schoolers from around the state in the actual State Capitol in Annapolis! Our own students were even statewide leaders, with Laila being the Public Defender for the Courts program, and Carlo being elected Secretary of State.
Award Winner
Congratulations to Cooper Bowman (Class of 2025) for being on of 11 students in Maryland to qualify for the 2nd round of the US National Chemistry Olympiad 2024.
Award Winners
The SMA has a Semifinalist for the National Merit® Scholarship program 2025.
Congratulations to SMA Senior: Cooper Bowman!
Award Winners
Congratulations to our M3 Challenge Team who was among the top 20% of nationwide participants to qualify for Round 2 of the 2023-24 competition: Cameron Sledge, Jackson Foard, Aidan Fleischer, Abhinav Patel, and Henry Kassebaum.
Award Winner
Congratulations to Donovan Peyton - Al Cesky 2022 overall winner! This prestigious award is given to a student who has demonstrated academic and athletic excellence, leadership, and community service.
Award Winners
Congratulations to Stephen Aquilina - Excellence in Mathematics William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation 2024 nominee and to Jonathan Earnest the 2024 Mike Franklin Computer Science Award County-wide Winner!
Award Winner
Congratulations to Brianna Rosado, our SMA AAUW nominee.
Publications
Hanna Armstrong, SMA Class of 2020, is continuing her Senior Capstone Project work at the University of Delaware. Read all about it here.
Computer Science Completion
Congratulations to Erica Honadel, Granger Maher, Alex Ridolfi, and Carlo Andanar for their top half finish in the 2023 UMD Computer Science Competition. This team was the only group from HCPS and competed against 29 other schools from throughout the state.
2023-2024 AP Scores
