Proud to be a Chinese

<Fact 1>
Chinese American Population, Census 2000    1.02 %
Source http://members.aol.com/chineseusa/00cen1.htm

<Fact 2>
2005-06 SIEMENS AWARDS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ANNOUNCED
Expanded Program Recognizes Students, Teachers and Schools in
All 50 States

「Iselin, NJ, April 3, 2006 - The Siemens Foundation today announced the winners of the 2005-06 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement.  This year for the first time, the program is expanding with the goal of recognizing students, teachers and schools in all 50 states.  The program celebrates high school students who excel in Advanced Placement&reg; (AP&reg;) Program science and math courses, as well as the teachers and schools who are leading the nation in participation and performance in AP science and math courses.」
Cited from http://www.siemens-foundation.org/

Student National Winners:
Jessica Wang, A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX
Yi Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, CA

Student State Winners:
Sally Tao, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL
Peilong Cong, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL
Matthew Smith, Chugiak High School, Chugiak, AK
Judith Fan, Chaparral High School, Scottsdale, AZ
Christopher Liu, Corona Del Sol High School, Tempe, AZ
Don Ding, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, AR
Grace Li, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA
Tony Wu, University High School, Irvine, CA
Karen Christopher, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO
Conal Sathi, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO
Yeon-Hwan Park, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Ling-Wei Lee, Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
Ashley Douglas, Concord High School, Wilmington, DE
Chor Hang Lam, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
Gongqi He, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, FL
Benjamin Au, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, FL
Livia Zarnescu, Alan C. Pope High School, Marietta, GA
Joe Fang, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA
Kyle Antonini, Boise High School, Boise, ID
Yi-Meng Tan, Illinois Math & Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Jason Chen, Illinois Math & Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Jessica Ranucci, Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, IN
Charles Tam, Indiana Academy for Science, Math & Humanities, Muncie, IN
Hannah Roeder, Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, IA
Joshua Moloney, Ames High School, Ames, IA
Wendy Zhang, Shawnee Mission South High School, Shawnee Mission, KS
Benjamin Greenberg, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS
Jillian Wang, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, KY
David Tao, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, KY
Alice Tzeng, Lafayette High School, Lafayette, LA
Geoffrey Thomas, Lafayette High School, Lafayette, LA
Melanie Craig, Bangor High School, Bangor, ME
Louis Zellinger, Maine School of Science & Math, Limestone, ME
Yueyang Li, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
John Kim, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Maria Baryakhtar, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA
William Berkeley, Ashland High School, Ashland, MA
Wendy Ying, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI
John Zhou, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI
Allison Schoeneck, International School of Minnesota, Eden Prairie, MN
Hsin-Chun Huang, Shattuck-Saint Mary's School, Faribault, MN
Swathi Bhaskaran, David H. Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
Andrew Hoekzema, Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, MO
William Chaney, Central High School, Omaha, NE
David Kim, The Meadows School, Las Vegas, NV
Sara Campbell, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Keone Hon, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Kimberly Oo, Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany, NJ
Andrew Freddo, Manalapan High School, Englishtown, NJ
Xiang Lu, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM
Benjamin Mitchell, Taos High School, Taos, NM
Jennifer Lin, Arlington High School, La Grangeville, NY
Frank Fan, Webster Schroeder High School, Webster, NY
Amrita Devalapalli, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, NC
Brennan Eberle, Green Hope High School, Cary, NC
Gregory Brockman, Red River Senior High School, Grand Forks, ND
Pia Hoellerbauer, Olentangy High School, Lewis Center, OH
Daniel Litt, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, OH
Elizabeth Kao, Norman North High School, Norman, OK
Otis Chodosh, Oklahoma School of Science & Math, Oklahoma City, OK
Matthew Rognlie, West Linn High School, West Linn, OR
Emily Margolis, Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills, PA
Lipei Wang, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
Joseph Zimmerman, Barrington High School, Barrington, RI
Benjamin Hamner, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, SC
Bharath Ganesan, Farragut High School, Knoxville, TN
Emily Hsu, Creekview High School, Carrollton, TX
Samson Zhou, A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX
Koning Shen, Logan High School, Logan, UT
Gleb Kuznetsov, West High School, Salt Lake City, UT
Melissa Shue, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA
Men Young Lee, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA
Elizabeth Cooledge, Bellevue Senior High School, Bellevue, WA
Christopher Richards, Bellevue Christian High School, Clyde Hill, WA
Linda Yao, Hurricane High School, Hurricane, WV
Piotr Wojciechowski, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, WV
Jaclyn Beck, Mukwonago High School, Mukwonago, WI
Michael Pizer, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

The percentage of Chinese American winners
33 / 80 = 41% (including 2 national winners)

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The percentage of Chinese American winners
33 / 80 = 41% (including 2 national winners)

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