class of 2006 continued the success, with five students being named semifinalists in both the Intel and Siemens competitions. In the class of 2009, five students were named Siemens Regional Finalists and ten others as semifinalists.
Six mathematics teachers have been honored with the Edyth May Sliffe Award: Titu Andreescu (1994), Ronald Vavrinek (1995), Micah Fogel (2001), Steven Condie (2002), Michael Keyton (2003), Don Porzio (2004), and Steven Condie (2nd award) (2007). Asteroid 21441 Stevencondie is named after Dr. Condie.
IMSA has repeatedly been included on Newsweek’s annual list of “Best High Schools in America”, along with approximately 20 other schools, due to the above-average SAT and ACT scores of exiting students.[citation needed]
IMSA was also one of the top four High Schools in the Mandelbrot Competition in the 2003-2004 school year.