FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK, NY, June 10, 2004-- ThinkQuest New York City, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Internet technology to local schoolchildren, announced the winners of its annual Internet Challenge at its Team Awards and Recognition Event at the Puck Building on June 8th. This year’s competition drew more than 2,000 New York City schoolchildren and educators from 75 city schools, who created educational websites in categories including arts and literature, math and science, social sciences, interdisciplinary, and sports and health.

On hand to present the awards were Ron Bergmann, Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications; Eric Vinson, Attorney and Principal, Full Circle Consulting Group; Patrice Samara, Emmy Award winner and President, of Triumph Entertainment; Pete Tobey, Owner of Tobey Fine Arts in Soho; and Lynne Scott Jackson, President of Millynneum Inc. Additional attendees included Gale Brewer, New York City Council Member and Chairperson of Technology in Government Committee, and Alan Gerson, New York City Council Member and Chairperson of the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Committee.

Student teams awarded first-place honors each received a laptop computer, coaches received a $1,000 gift certificate and their schools received a $2,000 gift certificate. Second-place student teams each received a digital camera, coaches received a $500 and their schools received a $1,000 gift certificate. Third-place student teams each received a $100 gift certificate, coaches received a $250 gift certificate and their schools received a $500 gift certificate. Student teams honored with an outstanding website award each received a $100 gift certificate.

"This event marks the completion of our second school year for ThinkQuest in New York City," said Lisa Ernst, Executive Director of ThinkQuest New York City. "We are thrilled with the rapid success of the ThinkQuest program in New York City and with the enthusiasm for learning that these local schoolchildren and educators have exhibited. We'd like to thank our generous supporters, especially Advanced Network & Services, The Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Family Foundation, and The Samberg Family Foundation for making this year's event possible."

The ThinkQuest New York City Internet Challenge is based upon the internationally acclaimed ThinkQuest Internet Challenge, which has brought online learning to over 100,000 children in more than 100 countries. ThinkQuest New York City's annual competition invites teams comprised of a maximum of six students in grades 4-12 to work together to create an interactive, well-researched website on an educational topic of interest to them. Under the guidance of teacher-coaches, teams work to gather data, conduct research, and learn about the Internet as an educational medium as they build educationally rich sites. Upon completion, the entries become a permanent part of the ThinkQuest New York City Web Library (www.tqnyc.org), and are available to teachers, students, and Internet users across the globe.

About ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest is the largest and fastest-growing Internet-based education program in the world, allowing students and teachers to work in teams to build high-quality educational websites on a variety of subjects. In the past six years, the ThinkQuest Library has grown to over 5,000 content-rich websites that are made freely available as learning tools via the ThinkQuest Library at www.thinkquest.org.

About ThinkQuest New York City
ThinkQuest New York City, inspired by the success of the International ThinkQuest Challenge, a creative non-profit organization that addresses 21st century education by bringing together learning and technology for students and educators at New York City schools. The organization launched the ThinkQuest New York City Coach training program in 2002. By the end of the 2003-2004 academic year, the regional program will have trained at least 400 educators, who in turn will bring the ThinkQuest program to schoolchildren throughout New York City's five boroughs. The program is supported in part with a grant from the Advanced Network & Services, and the Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Foundation. Additional information about ThinkQuest New York City can be found at www.tqnyc.org.

Media Contact:
Lisa Ernst
ThinkQuest New York City
T: (646) 773-1519
E: ernst@tqnyc.org

2004 THINKQUEST NEW YORK CITY INTERNET CHALLENGE WINNERS

The website finalists for the 2004 ThinkQuest New York City Internet Challenge can be viewed at http://www.tqnyc.org/library/awards04.php. All entries can be viewed in the ThinkQuest New York City Library at http://www.tqnyc.org/library/index.php.

DIVISION I -- 4th through 6th grades

First Place Award
Saving the Giant River Otter
School: The Gateway School, Manhattan
Coaches: Jill Kaplan, Elizabeth Steinberg
Students: Thomas Carroll, Madelaine Greenbaum, David Gustafson

Second Place Award
AAA Archeology
School: CS 200 James M. Smith, Manhattan
Coaches: Michael Collins, Veronica Wilson
Students Oliver Campbell, Jaid Jones, Sapphire Jones, Genesis Mamsano

Third Place Award (tie)
What's Up Dog! The Website Cats Hate!
School: PS 050 Clara Barton, Bronx
Coaches: Roxanne Holloway, Amy Vega
Student: Omar Amdee, Christopher Ortiz, Wendy Ruiz, Natasha Servino, Mumal Usman

Third Place Award (tie)
Life in the Ice Age
School: PS 056 Harry Eichler, Richmond Hill
Coach: Neme Alperstein
Students: Amandeep Ahluwalia, Jason Ali, Anurag Mahar, Nelson Pascuzzi, Karamjit Singh

DIVISION II -- 7th and 8th grades

First Place Award
Soil: It Ain't Just Dirt!
School: IS 126 The Astoria, Long Island City, NY
Coach: Deborah Olesh
Students: Sharmin Ferdous, Mohammed Islam, Nancy Juca, Raksha Thapa, Justin Tokke

Second Place Award
Our Voice, Our Choice
School: IS 093 Ridgewood, Ridgewood, NY
Coach: Nate Dechongkit
Students: Monica Ayala, Salwa Habib, Linda Kaczmarczyk, Betty Ko, Victoria Nghi, Mellany Sanchez

Third Place Award
Amazing Cells
School: Manhattan Academy of Technology, Manhattan
Coaches: Hau-yu Chu, Yeuk Sze Leong
Student: Lily Chan, Shirley Chen, Amy He, Lin Li, Xiao Yang

DIVISION III -- 9th through 12th grades

First Place Award
Regents Preparation Handbook
School: Murry Bergtraum High School, Manhattan
Coach: Bo Wu
Students: Jeffery Aikens, Fatima Brooks, Dominique Harris, Josefina Rivera, Shengying Shi, Chen Yam

Second Place Award
Operation Iraq Renewal
School: High School of Telecommunications, Brooklyn
Coach: Steve Gilman
Students: Cory Edmonds, Compton Huang, Lily Ng, Elisane Pena, Jennifer Thompson, Johny Urgiles

Third Place Award
Chinese-Holidays
School: Lower East Side Preparatory School, Manhattan
Coach: Henry Ruan
Students: Guodong He, Weisen Li, Daquan Zhu

SPECIAL AWARDS

Collaboration Award
The Site of the Moon
Coach: R. Weinstein, IS 98 Bay Academy, Brooklyn
Students: Kritika Chand, IS 137 School of Heroes, Queens; Sofija Kulikauskas, All Saints Parochial, Manhattan; and Emilija Landsbergis, IS 98 Bay Academy, Brooklyn

Design Award
NYC Transportation
School: Collegiate School New York, NY
Coach: Pamela Fitzgerald
Students: Aaron Glasserman, West Hubbard, Sebastien Issa, Sam Knowles, Jason Michas

New York City Award
New York's Finest Park
School: Manhattan Center for Science, Manhattan
Coach: Carlos Grajales
Students: Sazzad Hossain, Jessica Jimenez, Garcia Sujey, Herless Sun

ALL DIVISIONS -- OUTSTANDING WEBSITE AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Website Award
Female Fighters for History
School: PS 149 Christa McAuliffe, Jackson Heights
Coach: Jessica Lopez
Students: Ajsha Mekulovic, Anika Rastgir

Outstanding Website Award
Mad Cow 101
School: CS 200 James M. Smith, Manhattan
Coaches: Michael Collins, Veronica Wilson
Students: Starling Jones, Tajzsanay Love, Cheryl Reynoso, Johnathan Scott, Martinique Sellers

Outstanding Website Award
Swimming in Action!
School: PS 056 Harry Eichler, Richmond Hill
Coach: Neme Alperstein
Students: Katherine Kuang, Matthew Li, Doci Mou, Anil Ramdass, David Wang, Herman Wong

Outstanding Website Award
The History & Science of Animation
School: PS 134, Hollis
Coaches: Michael Klein, Joy Schustek
Students: Marnelle Celestin, Julissa Floyd, Xavier Hooper, Madianna Jackson, Richard Nandalall

Outstanding Website Award
Earth Science and the Convergence of the Earth's History
School: America's School of Heroes, Ozone Park, NY
Coaches: Kevin Kreeger, Yesenia Santiago
Students: Saieed Hasnoo, Neginder Saini, Gurjit Saini, Jeffrey Taseen

Outstanding Website Award
R.E.B.E.L.S Against Intolerance
School: Manhattan Academy of Technology, New York, NY
Coaches: Yadeline Lynch, Christopher S. Walsh
Students: Linda Chen, Mei Liu, Amy Lu, Brian Lung, Susan Mei, Joyce Tse

Outstanding Website Award
Smarts on the Internet
School: Fieldston Bronx, NY, NY
Coach: Joel Levin
Student: David Cummings, David Glekel, Julian Hess, Noah Kleinberg, Darius Shahida

Outstanding Website Award
The Secret Life of Stars
School: IS 126 The Astoria, Long Island City, NY
Coach Deborah Olesh
Students: Malvin Cepeda, Hassan Chouman, Sohel Khan, Amrinder Singh, Laurence Winston

Outstanding Website Award
Beyond: The Chinese Neighbors You Don't Know
School: Manhattan Academy of Technology, New York, NY
Coaches: Yadeline Lynch, Christopher S. Walsh
Students: Diana Chen, Jennifer Huang, Dorie Lo, Xiu Mei Wu, Yuan Yuan

Outstanding Website Award
Eyelids and Lacrimal System
School: Seward Park High School, Manhattan
Coach: Rachel Oser
Students: Chasity Cruz, Kari Tam, Adel Torres, Yasmin Vazquez

Outstanding Website Award
The Brooklyn Bridge
School: Fontbonne Hall Academy, Brooklyn
Coach: Rosemarie Ganser
Students: Madeline Hogan, Christine McMorrow

Outstanding Website Award
TravelChina
School: Lower East Side Preparatory School, Manhattan
Coach: Henry Ruan
Students: Yui Suen Chen, Xiang Chen