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Raytheon Solipsys names Kauai scholarship winners
For Immediate Release
01/31/2008
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Sherri Patterson
240.554.8174
KAUAI, Hawaii (Jan. 31, 2008) – Raytheon Solipsys named the winners of its 8th annual $2000 Kauai Island Scholarship Contest.
This year’s theme, Education and Technology, focused on how students have used technology to further their educational goals. Four categories of students competed for first, second and third place prizes. The contest was open to all students living on Kauai and ran from November 5 to December 5, 2007. Entries were judged by Solipsys employees at the Network Application and Integration Facility in Lihue.
"Congratulations to our scholarship winners,” said Mark Trenor, president of Raytheon Solipsys. “It's rewarding to see that so many Kauai students recognize the important role technology plays in their education, and we are extremely pleased to be able to provide this opportunity."
The winners are:
- For the 1st through 3rd grade category: First Place - Kekoa Lemke, Second Place - Marley D. Garven, Third Place - Kylie Wong;
- For the 4th through 6th grade category: First Place - Athena Abadilla, Second Place - Jamie Emoto, Third Place - Dayna Ragasa;
- For the 7th through 9th grade category: First Place - Kellie Kurasaki, Second Place - Benigno Baclig, Third Place - Jansen Pascua;
- For the 10th through 12th grade category: First Place - Natasha Abadilla, Second Place - Jared Coleman-Stark, Third Place - Mariah Teter.
Students from grades 1-3 submitted a poster; grades 4-6 a 250-word essay; grades 7-9 a 350-word essay, and grades 10-12 a 500-word essay.
This year students from Kekaha to Kapa'a submitted more than 150 entries, including over 80 essays from one group.
Raytheon Solipsys has locations in the West Kauai Technology and Visitor Center in Waimea and in Lihu'e at the NAIF on Pahe'e Street.
Raytheon Solipsys, a wholly-owned Raytheon Company subsidiary expert in the design and develop of command and control software, is part of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon’s leader in Joint Battlespace Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.
Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $19.7 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
