Awards have been determined in the 2014 High School Chemistry Contest, with students from teacher Nathan Peck’s Clayton High School chemistry boot campclass taking all five of the top places and 12 of the 15 Advanced Division honors.
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 2014 winners, listed below, and to their teachers.
| Regular Division | |||
| Place | Student | School | Teacher |
| 1st | Sharanya Kumar | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| 2nd | Kamau Walker | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| 3rd | Aditya Cowsik | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| 4th | Kate Yee | John Burroughs School | Sandra Mueller |
| 5th | Michael Lorberg | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Nicholas Bach | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Gajan Kumar | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Olivia Long | John Burroughs School | Sandra Mueller |
| HM | Helen Pan | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Robert Smith | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Jinghang Zhang | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Joey Albertson | Westminster Christian Academy | Andrew Shaw |
| HM | Shoshana Williams | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| HM | Daniel Greenblatt | Clayton High School | Brad Krone |
| HM | Dylan Lee | John Burroughs School | Eric Knispel |
| Advanced Division Students who do well in the Advanced Division qualify 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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| Place | Student | School | Teacher |
| 1st | David Ryffel | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 2nd | Doren Lan | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 3rd | Aaron Argyres | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 4th | Andrew Litteken | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| 5th | Jeffrey Cheng | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Anirudh Gururaj | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Timothy Nonet | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Samuel Rubin | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Pietro Vannucci | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Minki Kim | Parkway Central High School | Beth Karfs |
| HM | Peter Ryffel | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Stephen Eastman | Francis Howell Central High School | John Kozlowski |
| HM | Christina Krucylak | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Jake Tarr | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
| HM | Peter Schmidt | Clayton High School | Nathan Peck |
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