2006 Winning Papers

Summa Cum Laude Team Prize: $20,000

Staples High School, Westport, CT
Modeling Social Security, Benefits and Detriments: A New Solution [75K PDF]
Coach: William Walsh
Team: Elizabeth Marshman, Andrew Tschirhart , Miles Lubin , Vikas Murali

Magna Cum Laude Team Prize: $15,000

Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
S3: Social Security Secured! [75K PDF]
Coach: Elaine Petsu
Team: Mary Germino, Christopher Fajardo, William Pugh, Matthew Tom-Wolverton,, Robert Lee-Own

Cum Laude Team Prize: $10,000

Herricks High School , New Hyde Park, NY
Solving Social Security Insolvency—A Look at a Partially Privatized System [96K PDF]
Coach: Howard Huang
Team: Amulya Bhagat, Amol Jain, Yaagnik Kosuri, Sam Yoon

Meritorious Team Prize: $7,500

Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Solving the Social Security Stalemate: An Optimal Solution [183K PDF]
Coach: Madeleine Schindel
Team: Debbie Yee, Benjamin Leibowicz, Joanna Melnick, Moon Limb, Benjamin Albert

Exemplary Team Prize: $5,000

Manalapan High School, Manalapan, NJ
Solving the Age Old Debate: Keeping Social Security Alive [109K PDF]
Coach: Stephanie Pepper
Team: Naiim Ali, Nicholas Adam Wong, Caleb Tseng, Franklin Tong

First Honorable Mention Team Prize: $2,500

High Technology, Lincroft, NJ
National Social Security Dilemma—SOLVED! [183K PDF]
Coach: Ellen LeBlanc
Yelizaveta Yermakova, Elizabeth Wendell, Kathryn SilverioDavid Garcia, Matthew Ward, Michael Rogers, Joe-Man Wan, Eric Morgan