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Niles West Senior Named All-State Academic
Math whiz Patrick Liscio not only tops the charts--nationally--for his prowess in math, he also devotes lots of time to tutoring other students.
Patrick Liscio not only received a perfect score on his ACT test and finished #10 in the nation on a mathematics exam, he's a top tutor at Niles West High School, the Chicago Tribune said as they named him to their All-Academic Team.
As such, he ranks as one of 10 students in the state honored not just for their smarts, but because they've distinguished themselves in other ways.
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Liscio distinguished himself in many ways at Niles West, according to Karyn Malench of the school's communications department:
- He was a semifinalist for the US Physics Team.
- He qualified for the Intel ISEF global science competition held May 12 - 17 in Phoenix, AZ.
- He earned 1st place in mathematics at the state competition for Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Academic Challenge.
- He received 3rd place - Fermi Questions and 5th place - Technical Problem Solving at the Science Olympiad State Competition.
- He received a Gold Award and qualified for the Illinois Junior Academy of Science Regional Fair. At the State Fair, he received Best in Category in Math and another Gold Award.
- He was selected as the Department Award Winner for Niles West Mathematics.
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