New Hanover County
Schools Take Top Honors at
State Science Olympiad Tournament
Recently, the North Carolina State
Science Olympiad Tournament was held on the campus of the North
Carolina State University. Approximately 2,500 middle and high
school students from across the state competed in 46 different
events. These challenging and motivational events were well
balanced between the various science disciplines of biology,
earth science, chemistry, physics and technology. Seven New
Hanover County Schools participated and the winners are as
follows:
Myrtle Grove Middle School:
Alexei Kouminov and Alex Luke
3rd Place Scrambler - Technology & Engineering
Roland-Grise Middle School:
Bethany Ao and Kammy Liu
3rd Place Bio-Process Lab - Life, Personal and Social Science
Bethany Ao and Aiwei Yan
6th Place Disease Detectives - Life, Personal and Social Science
Hoggard High School:
Evylena Kliassov and Sam
Spaulding
1st Place Picture This - Inquiry and Nature of Science
Nathan Hansen and Jason Wang
2nd Place Remote Sensing - Earth and Space Science
Patrick Edmundsen and Alexandra Geiger
3rd Place Ecology - Life, Personal and Social Science
Vijay Gadani and Eric Whitmire
3rd Place Junkyard - Technology and Engineering
Nathan Hansen and Gregg Godwin
4th Place Sounds of Music - Technology & Engineering
Gregg Godwin and Sam Spaulding
4th Place Forensics - Physical Science & Chemistry
Alexandra Geiger and Patrick Edmundsen
4th Place Cell Biology - Life, Personal & Social Science
Laney High School:
David Hearn and Jared Layne
1st Place Ecology - Life, Personal and Social Science
For achieving first place, Evylena
Kliassov, Sam Spaulding, David Hearn and Jared Layne have been
offered a $2,500 scholarship to the North Carolina State
University.
The Science Olympiad is an international
non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of
science education, creating a passion for learning science and
providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science
education by both students and teachers. These goals are
accomplished through classroom activities, research,
professional development workshops and the encouragement of
intramural, district, regional, state, national and
international tournaments.
For more information, contact Karen
Greene, K-12 Science Instructional Resource Specialist, at
910-254-4335.
