The 2011 Science Olympiad year came to a close Saturday, February 26th at St. Joseph College. The St. Paul team worked hard all year preparing for this day long competition. They competed against eleven other teams from around the area and it was tough competition.
A two day trip to the Evironmental Learning Center at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in December helped hone those skills needed for certain events. The team met a few Saturdays with Mr. Shane to work on the build it events.
The team placed sixth out of eleven teams scoring medals in many of the events. The members of the 2011 St. Paul Science Olympiad team are: Annie Rastovski, Ally Runnion, Maggie Vail, Kary Stevick, Sophie Kaminski, Jack Gabrish, Brenden Gerig, Ryan McDonald, Emma Mazurek, Nina Hartman, Christian Sayers, and Rachel Stark.
The team placed in the events as follows:
- Awesome Aquifiers - 5th place Annie Rastovski and Ally Runnion
- Can't Judge a Powder - 5th place Anne Rastovski and Sophie Kaminski
- Compute This - 3rd place Jack Gabrish
- Dynamic Planet - 1st place Nina Hartman and Maggie Vail
- Ecology - 4th place Ally Runnion and Maggie Vail
- Fossils - 3rd place Emma Mazurek and Christian Sayers
- Microbe Mission - 1st place Christian Sayers and Rachel Stark
- Optics - 2nd place Christian Sayers and Ally Runnion
- Solar System - 2nd place Sophie Kaminski and Brenden Gerig
- Write It, Do It - 2nd place Kary Stevick and Rachel Stark.
Congratulations to all! We are proud of you and all your hard work and dedication!