On Saturday March 6th, the Appoquinimink School District Science Olympiad teams competed in the State Science Olympiad at Delaware State University (DSU). It was an amazing day, with teams from both High Schools posting impressive results and equally important, cheering one another on in the competition!

 

When the dust settled, Appoquinimink High School placed in four events and brought home 9 medals, while Middletown High brought home 22 medals and one of their teams placed FIFTH overall in competition (a total of 54 public and private school teams were part of the event). Please help us congratulate our competitors and their coaches – below – and watch out for our Middle School teams as they will compete at DSU on March 27.

 

2010 Jaguars Team Roster:

Each school-based team is allowed to bring 15 students who cross-train for a variety of events in their skill set. Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets, consisting of a series of 23 team events in the areas of science, math, technology, and problem solving.

 

Alexander, Amy

Amin, Tasnim

Bellmyer, Tiffany

Christian, Ryan

Clendening, Heather

Comacho, Matt

Erb, Sam

Francica, Stephen

Gaus, Robert

Gillmore, Mollie

Hamilton, Kristen

Hasse, Joe

Hedrick, Katie

Hughes, Greg

Kramer, Sam

Lewonas, Chrissy

Li, Jess

Lorenz, Zach

Moak, Michael

Paramesh, Pradeep

Rairigh, Geoffrey

Rao, Jay

Ried, Anthony

Schmeck, Kacie

Silva, Carissa

Switzer, Shelby

Thorpe, Elizabeth

Ward, Seth

 

Coaches: Samantha Neubert, Tawanda Bond, Shannon Hughes, Dave Hasse, Nancy Hasse

Advisors: Andrew Shatley, Dr. William Beckman

 

Congratulations to the following AHS Jaguars who medaled at the event:

• Michael Moak and Robert Gaus, 7th place Trajectory

• Stephen Francica and Tasnim Amin, 9th Place Dynamic Planet

• Greg Hughes and Kacie Schmeck, 9th place Environmental Chemistry

• Stephen Francica, Pradeep Paramesh and Samantha Kramer, 3rd Place Mission Possible

 

2010 Cavaliers Team Roster:

Bhatti, Talha

Burgess, Kristen

Cannon, Michael

Comogen, Chase

Cummiskey, Alex

Degler, Jake

Fiqueroa, Will

Gillie, Shannon

Hamman, Hayley

Kim, Harrison

King, Timothy

Koch, Justin

Lin, James

Malloy, Joey

Nandagapal, Bhavathwaj

Patel, Arjun

Redman, Kryssy

Reid, Kayla

Salemink, Maureen

Sanchez, Lauren

Scott, Courtney

Shuler, Rodney

 

Congratulations to the following MHS Cavaliers who medaled at the event:

• James Lin & Lauren Sanchez, 5th place Astronomy

• Rodney Shuler & Alex Cummiskey, 9th place Cell Biology

• James Koch & James Lin, 9th place Chemistry Lab

• Jake Degler & Bharathwaj Nandagopa, 4th place Disease Detectives

• Jake Degler & Bharathwaj Nandagopa, 3rd place Dynamic Planet

• Jake Degler & Bharathwaj Nandagopa, 7th place Ecology

• Michael Cannon & Talha Bhatti, 3rd place Environmental Chemistry

• Harrison Kim & Justin Koch, 6th place It’s About Time

• Kayla Reid & Ajun Patel, 2nd place Mousetrap

• Michael Cannon & James Lin, 9th place Protein Modeling

• Rodney Shuler & Joey Malloy, 6th place Trajectory

 

Coaches: Ms. Sandra Porto, Miss. Jenna Hall, Mr. & Mrs. Linn.

Advisors: Mr. Matthew Juck , Mrs. Janet Nelson and Mr. Jason Kriedler.

Team communication advisor: Michael Cannon (senior MHS).

 

The Science Olympiad is a prestigious nationwide event, but few people know that Delaware played an important role in its launch. For more information on the challenges, scoring, or a history of the program, follow this link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Olympiad

 

Or enjoy information posted on the Appoquinimink High website:

http://appohigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=125697&type=u&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=125889&rn=2745656