RYNJ students participate in an E2K Virtual Science International Competition. Excellence 2000 (E2K) is an extra curricular enrichment program which focuses on science and math thinking. Schools that have an E2K program were invited to participate in the contest. The competition focused on light and different states of matter. The students experimented with light, measurement and chemical reactions. They even used alcohol and cotton balls to rub on envelopes and made an invisible message appear.