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THE SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE is AN EXCITING PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A TRULY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE to STUDENTS IN OUR STATE. THE OPPORTUNITY to WORK ON THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD is CURRENTLY AVAILABLE to ONLY A VERY FEW STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. THE SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE is A PROGRAM ENCOMPASSING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH TEAMS of STUDENTS COMPLETE PROJECTS USING HIGH-PERFORMANCE SUPERCOMPUTERS. EACH TEAM of UP to FIVE STUDENTS and A SPONSORING TEACHER DEFINES and WORKS ON A SINGLE COMPUTATIONAL PROJECT of ITS OWN CHOOSING. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, HELP and SUPPORT ARE GIVEN to THE TEAMS BY THEIR PROJECT ADVISERS and THE SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE ORGANIZERS and SPONSORS. THE SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE is OPEN to ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS IN GRADES 4 THROUGH 12 ON A NON-SELECTIVE BASIS. THE PROGRAM HAS NO GRADE POINT, CLASS ENROLLMENT or COMPUTER EXPERIENCE PREREQUISITES. PARTICIPANTS COME FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PAROCHIAL, and HOME-BASED SCHOOLS IN ALL AREAS of NEW MEXICO.