Vamsi Matta Wins 2nd Annual Brain Bee at DSU

The Charter School of Wilmington dominated the 2^nd annual Delaware Brain Bee sponsored and conducted by Delaware State University, with two of its students placing among to the

top three winners.

 

Vamsi Matta of the Charter School of Wilmington took first place in the 2011 state competition that challenges high school contestant’s knowledge about the nervous system.

 

Carole Linde of Indian River High School took 2^nd place and Rathnabushan Mutyala from the Charter School of Wilmington

 

In this challenging competition, Delaware high school students answered questions about the nervous system. Topics ranged from how the brain functions normally to what goes wrong in the brain in connection with disorders like Alzheimer's disease, addictions, Lou Gehrig’s disease and depression. 

 

This year competition featured contestants from the Charter School of Wilmington, Cab Calloway School of Arts, Cesar Rodney High School, Indian River High School and Polytech High School.

 

Vamsi Matta’s first place finish in the Delaware Brain Bee will send him to represent the First State in the National Brain Bee, to be held in March 2011 in Baltimore, Md.  

 

A student from the Charter School of Wilmington has won the Delaware Brain Bee in both years of its existence. The 2010 winner was Amy Forster from the same school, who went on to represent the state in the National Brain Bee and placed 17^th out of 36 high school competitors across the country.