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2008 Solipsys Kaua'i Island Scholarship Winners Announced
For Immediate Release
01/12/2009
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Sherri Patterson
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2008 Solipsys Kaua'i Island Scholarship Winners Announced
KAUAI, Hawaii (Jan. 8, 2009) – Raytheon Solipsys named the winners of its 9th annual $2000 Kauai Island Scholarship Contest.
This year's theme, 21st Century Technology at Work on Kaua'i, focuses on how technology impacts current work on Kaua'i and how it could create new job opportunities. Four categories of students competed for first, second and third place prizes. The contest was open to all students living on Kaua'i and ran from November 3 to December 3, 2008. 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 how important technology is to work done on Kaua'i, and we are extremely pleased to be able to provide this opportunity."
The winners are:
- For the 1st through 3rd grade category: First Place - Emily Jade Sullivan, Second Place - Kamryn Curammeng, Third Place - Mackenzie Hubbard;
- For the 4th through 6th grade category: First Place - Emma Eells, Second Place - Tanner McDaniel, Third Place - Monica Texeira;
- For the 7th through 9th grade category: First Place - Jansen Pascua, Second Place - Paige Ando;
- For the 10th through 12th grade category: First Place - David A.P.Y. Ochoco.
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 30 entries, including 19 applications from one school.
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 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) in Integrated Defense Systems. Its product solutions have been deployed worldwide since 1997, supporting command and control applications for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and in international air surveillance and defense systems.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Global Capability 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 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86 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.
