Chess Champions

by Staff Pioneer Times
16 years ago

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Houlton High School chess champions for 2009 are,on the right, David Ngo, the new high school chess wiz playing runner up Alex Casillas, while third place finisher Christian Ponder watches intently. A study on a large scale chess program in New York City, which involved more than 100 schools and 3,000 children, showed higher classroom grades in both English and Math for children involved in chess.