WITH HONORS Science Olympiad Irondale’s Science Olympiad team took third place in the varsity division of the regional competition in February. In addition to their overall rankings, the team earned medals in seven of the 14 individual events.
Irondale’s Science Olympiad team is coached by parents Belinda Cheung and Kathy Pape.
Mounds View High School’s Science Olympiad teams continue to dominate the competition this year with one varsity and five junior varsity teams. At the Boyceville Invitational in December, three Mounds View teams took the top three spots overall out of 60 teams. At the University of Wisconsin River Falls Invitational in January, Mounds View’s other three teams took sixth, ninth, and 24th place overall out of 64 teams. Mounds View’s varsity team will compete at the Science Olympiad State Competition in March after winning first place at the regional competition in February (pictured). Justin Duffy, Jeffrey Hu, Lucy Chen, Joey Floeder, Mason Huberty, Madeline Pape, Devina Chatterjee, Nathan Chau, Alex Li, Tyler Hong, Daniel Yong, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Amber Zhao and Emma Tsai.
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Highview Middle School sent two Science Olympiad teams to the Regional Science Olympiad competition held at the University of Minnesota in January. The teams placed first and sixth overall and earned medals in the following individual events: Food Science (first), Hovercraft (first), Road Scholar (first and third), Scrambler (first), Wind Power (first), Dynamic Planet (third), Ecology (third), Meteorology (third) and Tower Building (third). Science Olympiad at Highview is coached by science teachers Ellen Gurrola and Courtney Baugher, and community volunteer Kathy Pape.
Pictured from left to right: (front row) Michael Acenic-Buyuccan, Pyrenees Gavois, Samuel Kufus, Miles Huberty, Bella Woo, Charlotte Wise, Giaochau Nguyen and Elliott Mihm; (back row) coach Ellen Gurrola, Isabel Newhouse, Grace Farmer, Anthony Willier, Bria Farmer, Andrew White, coach Courtney Baugher and Destiny Beulangh.
In addition to their overall ranking, the varsity team earned first place in 10 of the 14 individual events, and second place in two of the events. Mounds View’s ninth-grade team took top honor in the junior varsity division. Science Olympiad at Mounds View is coached by teachers Dan Butler, Michael Huberty, Thomas Carr (retired), David Barhan and community volunteer Janet Jamison.