On March 13 or 14, hopeful chemistry students from area high schools gathered to compete in the Saint Louis Section High School Chemistry Contest.
Places are based on a written test. The Regular Division exam is open to students who are in their first year of high school chemistry (other than an AP course); the Advanced Division is for those taking their second high school chemistry course or AP chemistry. Each exam has a multiple-choice section and then a “tie breaking” section that consists of short-answer and essay questions.
Congratulations to all of the 2015 winners, listed below, and to their teachers. All are invited to Awards Night, April 13, as guests of the Section to be recognized for their achievement.
| Regular Division | |||
| Place | Student | School | Teacher |
| 1st | Noah Sock | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| 2nd | Yunchao Zhang | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| 3rd | Harry Rubin | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| 4th | Emily Sharp | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| 5th | Alex Luckermann | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Ian Bradley | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Tiger Chen | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| HM | Jake Kovalic | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Nicholas Lee | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| HM | Henry Arneson | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Tony Chen | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Deniz C Ince | John Burroughs School | Sandra Mueller |
| HM | James Kim | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Caroline Creighton | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Alexander Hymes | St Louis University High School | Charles Busenhart |
| Advanced Division The Advanced Division is a qualifying round for the National Chemistry Olympiad. Names of qualifiers for the National Chemistry Olympiad exam are in italics. No more than two students may qualify from a single school. HM = honorable mention |
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| 1st | Aditya Cowsik | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 2nd | Amanda Cao | John Burroughs School | Sandra Mueller |
| 3rd | Daniel Greenblatt | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 4th | Joseph Albertson | Westminster Christian Academy | Andrew Shaw |
| 5th | Gajan Kumar | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Timothy Nonet | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Xuechen Qian | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Omkar Venkatesh | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Victoria Yi | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Gabrielle Choo-Kang | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Anirudh Gururaj | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Paul Krucylak | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Olivia Long | John Burroughs School | Sandra Mueller |
| HM | Anna Widder | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Sarah Widder | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
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