Kent County Middle School teachers, Christine Clark, Melissa MacLeod, Katie Hughes, and Karen Carty, along with volunteer Zane Carter, led the KCMS STEM Science Olympiad team to a fourth place win at the state tournament on Saturday, April 9th, 2017.
The team previously earned a place in the state tournament by placing 5th in the regional tournament on Saturday, February 10th, 2017.
According to the national Science Olympiad Organization, “The Science Olympiad Tournament is the pinnacle of achievement for the state's best Science Olympiad teams. Each year a portion of the events are rotated to reflect the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology.” Source: https://www.soinc.org/
This year KCMS students participated in a wide range of events, from designing their own experiments to creating a working hovercraft. These events required students to work cooperatively on rigorous hands-on learning challenges. Countless hours went into preparing students for their events. Each day they worked during their Extended Learning Time at KCMS, in a-ddition to expanding their knowledge and refining their project-based building creations at home.
Pictured, left to right:First row: Molly Grafton, Madilyn Conner, Andrew Smith, Christopher Hinton, Sella Conner
Second row: Logan Carroll, Brandon Myers, Thomas Martinez, Emma Walters, Jamera Christy
Third row: Matthew Rickloff, Kate Ervin, Marlee Berghaus, Katie Stecklair, Ashlyn Orr, Christine Clark
Fourth row: Zane Carter, Melissa MacLeod, KT Pagano, Leah Maier, Olivia Jones, Ian Walters, Jay Reid
Back row: Robert Bourne, Jack Cullum, Ronald Parker, Karen Carty
State Results:
4th Place in the State Experimental Design- 2nd Place: Ashlyn Orr, Katie Stecklair, and Logan Hall Crime Busters- 5th Place: Madilyn Conner and Thomas Martinez Dynamic Planet- 1st Place: Molly Grafton and Marlee Berghaus Invasive Species- 3rd Place: Brandon Myers And Leah Maier Road Scholar- 2nd Place: Thomas Martinez and Robert Bourne Food Science- 5th Place: Ashlyn Orr and Katie Stecklair Rocks and Minerals- 6th Place: Jamera Christy and Leah Maier Wind Power- 6th Place: Andrew Smith and Robert Bourne Fast Facts- 5th Place: Andrew Smith and Thomas Martinez Meteorology- 3rd Place: Madilyn Conner and Marlee Berghaus Optics- 4th Place: Robert Bourne and Logan Hall Towers- 5th Place: Robert Bourne and Logan Hall Hovercraft- 3rd Place: Jamera Christy and Leah Maier Mission Possible- 2nd Place: Brandon Myers and Thomas Martinez Bottle Rocket- 1st Place: Andrew Smith and Matthew Rickloff
Regional Results:
5th Place in the Region Bottle Rocket- 1st place- Andrew Smith and Ian Walters Mission Possible- 2nd place- Thomas Martinez and Brandon Myers Experimental Design- 3rd place- Katie Stecklair and Ashlyn Orr Towers- 3rd place- Ian Walters and Robert Bourne Food Science-3rd place- Katie Stecklair and Ashlyn Orr Crime Busters- 3rd place- Thomas Martinez and Nathan Walls Write-it, Do-it- 3rd place- Matt Rickloff and Brandon Bowman Wind Power- 4th place- Robert Bourne and Andrew Smith Scrambler- 4th place- Sella Conner and Emma Walters Crime Busters- 4th place- Lydia Davis and Madilyn Conner Anatomy and Physiology- 5th place- Robert Bourne and Andrew Smith Towers- 5th place- Logan Carrol and Tennant Allen Fast Facts-6th place- Andrew Smith and Thomas Martinez Dynamic Planet- 6th place- Molly Grafton and Marlee Berghaus Hovercraft- 6th place- Jamera Christy, Leah Maier, Kate Ervin, and KT Pagano |