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Highlights of 2018-2019 Year: Local NACLO Participant Earns Spot on National Linguistics Team!
Our own Katherine He (from Palos Verdes) was among the top 8 scorers in the 2019 Invitational Round and earned a spot on Team USA. Katherine represented the US at the International Linguistics competition in Yongin, South Korea, in July 2019. She was awarded Honorable Mention for her performance. Way to go, Katherine!
In January of 2019, we hosted the Open Round of the NACLO competition at CSULB. A total of 16 highschool students from across the southern California area participated in the three-hour competition. They are now awaiting their scores and the announcements for the Invitational Round. Last year (January 2018), CSULB Linguistics hosted 13 students from the local area high schools during the open round of competition. The competition was held in real-time across the nation where students attempted to solve eight problem sets in three hours for a chance to win a seat at the invitational round and eventually a seat on the U.S. team at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Prague, Czech Republic. We are excited to be building this partnership and to get the opportunity to work with such bright future linguists, computer scientists, and scholars!
This year, our activities have included multiple practice sessions on and off the CSULB campus. In fact, we have been particulary excited about a new NACLO group that has been organized at Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science in Long Beach. We have enjoyed working with teachers and students at Sato to practice our problem-solving skills. It is our hope that we'll be able to facilitate more Lingusitics-related clubs and practice sessions in area schools in the coming years. As always, if you have any questions, you are welcome to contact our local organizer, Dr. Michael Ahland, here.