McNeil High School

McNeil HS Aquatic Science classes got some hands-on experience dissecting dogfish shark this week! They examined brains & even discovered a surprise bird inside one. How exciting!

ConMAVulations to Asvini Thivakaran and Hansika Perisetty!
Asvini's and Hansika's project focused on developing TUDO, a smartphone-based app that enables at-home fall-risk screening by guiding users through CDC-aligned tests, AI, and the phone camera to analyze human motion and generate a simple, shareable risk summary!

WATCH the video about their project "TUDO" and VOTE to Help McNeil win $10,000 in Samsung Prizes!

Here is how to Vote for your favorite STEM innovation to help McNeil WIN an additional additional $10K prize package!

Step 1: Watch the Videos: Play the videos of the top 10 finalist schools to learn about their innovative projects

Step 2: Cast Your Vote: Click the name of the school you want to win the Community Choice Award to submit your vote. (Click “McNeil” directly below OUR Mavericks’ Video! --> YOU CAN VOTE once per DAY!)

Step 3: Vote Daily: You're allowed one vote per day from March 4th to April 8th, so come back daily to show your support for your favorite team. (Once you vote, the videos will disappear from the webpage until tomorrow and you will see this message: “Thank you for casting your vote for the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Community Choice Award! Come back tomorrow to vote again! Daily voting will remain open until April 8th. Come back in 24 hours to vote again, and help your favorite STEM solution win by spreading the word!”)

NOTE: The school with the most votes by the end of the voting period will win the Community Choice Award, earning them an additional $10K prize package of Samsung tech products and classroom materials.

Your votes make a difference! Join us in celebrating these inspiring students and their projects by participating in the Community Choice Award voting. Let's help a deserving school win this incredible prize!

VOTE EVERYDAY!

Here is the link to the finalist videos Samsung --> https://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/

ConMAVulations to Asvini Thivakaran and Hansika Perisetty! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

Junior and Senior Prom Information
Maverick Junior and Senior Students can now purchase tickets for McNeil Prom 2026: "A Night in Paradise" directly through the MORP app.
Please review the Prom 2026 Information Sheet for everything you need to know, including the MORP app download QR code and link, ticket pricing, and answers to your most frequent questions! PROM INFO 2026 - Digital Ticket.pdf

CLICK HERE for MORP “How To Tutorials”

McNeil Prom 2026: "A Night in Paradise"
Saturday, March 28 from 7:00 - 11:00 PM at the Kalahari Resort

Mavericks Complete the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)

The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a challenging competition offered for those who excelled on the American Mathematics Competitions' AMC 10 and/or AMC 12.

The AIME is a 15-question, 3-hour examination, in which each answer is an integer number between 0 to 999. The questions on the AIME are much more difficult than those on the AMC 10 and AMC 12. Top-scoring participants on the AIME are invited to take the USAMO or USAJMO.

8 out of the 35 students from McNeil that took the AMC 10 or AMC 12 (AMC - American Mathematics Competition) were invited to take the AIME. (American Invitational Mathematics Exam) This competition takes the top 5% to 15% of the students and invites them to sit for a very elite and rigorous 3 hour exam. Using a scoring rubric, top students are then invited to participate in the USAJMO (United States of America Junior Math Olympiad) which then feeds into the International Mathematical Olympiad. We are awaiting final results.

Wow… ConMAVulations to these MAVulous students on earning this prestigious opportunity.

Bhupatiraju, Abhiram

Chadha, A***n

Ibrahim, Zayd

Krishna, Aatmik

Oak, Jin

Parmar, Aditya

RayChaudhuri, Archan

Saraf, Shivek

For additional information on the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Invitational Competitions click here → https://maa.org/maa-invitational-competitions/