IMSA and ComEd Launch Monthly CyberQuiz 4Kids Challenge
For Immediate Release, February 2006
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AURORA— Illinois students in grades six through nine can take the monthly IMSA – ComEd CyberQuiz 4Kids Challenge and have a chance to win an iPod shuffle, an Apple portable computer and more! The project is made possible thanks to the support of ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation.
The IMSA – ComEd CyberQuiz 4Kids Challenge located at www.imsa.edu features stimulating mathematics and science brainteasers and word problems for Illinois students in grades six through nine. The IMSA – ComEd CyberQuiz 4Kids supports classroom learning by enhancing student interest and motivation in mathematics and science. “Industries like ComEd need innovative technical and scientific leaders,” said Steve Solomon, ComEd's Senior Manager of Corporate Citizenship. “It’s important that youth develop a love for math and science at a young age so they pursue demanding college programs in math, science and technology.”
Students who submit correct answers to one of the monthly CyberQuiz challenges are entered into a monthly random prize drawing for an iPod shuffle. In addition, those students are entered into an annual random grand prize drawing for an Apple portable computer or four tickets to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.
Every student who submits a correct answer to one of the monthly online CyberQuiz challenges also will receive an IMSA – ComEd certificate of achievement and an invitation to attend a special recognition event at IMSA.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) one of the nation’s largest electric utilities with more than $14 billion in revenues and a customer base of more than five million. ComEd provides service to approximately 3.7 million customers across Northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population.
The internationally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented Illinois students (grades 10-12) in its advanced, residential college preparatory program, and it serves thousands of educators and students in Illinois and beyond through innovative instructional programs that foster imagination and inquiry. IMSA also advances education through research, groundbreaking ventures and strategic partnerships. (www.imsa.edu)