OCACS Policy for High School ACS Exams
We strongly discourage sending only one student to either the First Year Chemistry Exam or the Chemistry Olympiad Local Section exam.
If only one student takes an exam, they will receive a certificate of participation and be invited to the HS Awards Dinner but will not be acknowledged as your “best” student on the school plaque, unless the student scores above the county average. A teacher may file an appeal with the OCACS Education Committee chair if there is a compelling reason for their only registered student to be recognized as the “best” from your school.
Please use the following email addresses to contact OCACS :
General communications and inquiries – Secretary of the Orange County Section: Dr. Bev Matsuda – secretary@ocacs.org (please unblock this address from school firewall for all OCACS communication to you)
Chair of Chemistry Olympiad: Brent Shenton – lnbshenton@gmail.com
Co-Chairs of the Education Committee: Stephanie Nobles – EdChair1@ocacs.org and Stacey Hamamura – EdChair2@ocacs.org