Four eighth-graders from the Cottonwood Heights area represented Utah at the end of the school year at the 24th annual Future Problem Solving Program International Conference in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Jana Barker, Laurie Evans, Joey Johnson and Lindsey Griffin competed with student teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and several other countries on a hypothetical problem involving medical ethics in genetic studies.Lindsey Griffin also competed as an individual in the competition, winning in the essay-writing scenario category.
John Curtis, another eighth-grader from Cottonwood Heights area, placed in the individual category during the state Future Problem Solvers competition.