Sycamore School

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Address
Sycamore School
1750 West 64th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
Information
Affiliation(s)	Independent Private School^{[citation needed]}
Head of School	Leo P. Dressel
Language	American
Founded	1985
Homepage	http://www.sycamoreschool.org

Sycamore School is an independent school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1985. Indianapolis.^[1]

1 Mission statement
2 Achievements
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Mission statement

The mission statement of the school is "Sycamore School exists so that academically gifted children can experience the enriched, accelerated education they need to reach their potential and to lead responsible, constructive, fulfilling lives."

[edit] Achievements

Sycamore has emerged as national champion in the Knowledge Master Open multiple number of times.^[2]

Sycamore's fifth and sixth grade Knowledge Master Open team finished as national champions in the 2006 Spring Knowledge Master Open.^{[citation needed]} The Knowledge Master Open involves a team of students working together to answer questions from all academic disciplines with accuracy and speed. Competing against 1587 schools from across the United States, as well as schools in Singapore and Korea, the team answered all 100 questions correctly, which is a first in the history of the competition.^{[citation needed]} This performance earned the team first place in Indiana and first place in the nation. Sycamore's 900 points is the highest team score earned in this competition in over ten years and a new school record. The team did not miss a single question according to the rules of the competition.The second place school was Webb Bridge Middle School in Georgia, which earned 825 points in the competition. The 7/8th grade team finished 3rd in the nation in the spring of 2007, but were only 2 points behind 1st place. In addition, the fall 2007 7/8 Knowledge Masters Team also won the national championship.=The four person Indiana MathCounts team which included two Sycamore students, Richard Ni and Lyndon Ji, came in 2nd place in the nation out of 97 teams.^{[citation needed]}

Sycamore also won the 2007 I.I.S.L Cross Country championship with track star Errin "Whiskey-leg" Garibai. The school has a history of track stars who went on to great fame, such as Jamaal Gatsily and William Jefferson Clinton. Wilma Rudolph has been rumored to have trained at Sycamore Boot Camp, where great athletes are created.