Congratulations to the McGinnis Woods Wildcat Science Olympiad Team who wrapped up the year by competing at the tournament held on Saturday, March 30th. We brought home the 2nd place trophy and many blue and red ribbons!
Of the 21 members, 19 were able to make it to the competition this year – even though it was held on the first day of our Spring Break. What amazing commitment! Thank you to all parents and students who worked so hard to earn this award!
Winning Teams
Our first place blue ribbon winning teams are:
- No Bones About It (Benny Hamann and Dave Koduru)
- Starry Starry Night (Miraya Desai and Jenna Spilka)
- and Straw Egg Drop (Aarav Sheth and Violet Reiter)
Teams that earned second place ribbons are:
- Data Crunchers (Alex Jacowitz and Baptiste Jeol),
- Disease Detectives (Sardhak Boddu and Pranish Mandava),
- Weather or Not (Sardhak Boddu and Benny Hamann)
- 24 Game (Alex Jacowitz and Baptiste Jeol)
Our teams who earned third place ribbons are:
- Bridge Building (Benny Hamann and Sardhak Boddu)
- Crime Busters (Aarav Sheth and Sanah Jain)
- Deep Blue Sea (Miraya Desai and Jenna Spilka)
- Grab a Gram (Alex Jacowitz and Ben Tseng)
- Rock Hound (Max Nunez and Aani Dinesh)
- Which Way is North (Max Nunez and Vishnu Venkatagiri)
- Water Rockets (Sanah Jain, Joey Musolino, Madhav Mallipeddi, Violet Reiter, Ben Reiter, and Aani Dinesh)
Fourth place ribbons were brought home by:
- Barge Building team (Sunay Konda and Ben Reiter)
- Mystery Architecture (Sunay Konda and Vishnu Venkatagiri)
- Paper Rockets (Pranish Mandava and Ben Reiter),
- Backyard Biologists (Madhav Mallipeddi and Violet Reiter)
It was an exciting competition concluding a long season, and although we did not bring home the top prize, our students learned valuable lessons and are more confident learners. They were good sports and practiced working together as part of a team. We are proud to include the Science Olympiad as part of McGinnis Woods commitment to our STEM programs.
Ms. Anne, Science Olympiad Sponsor said, “It has been my great pleasure to work with these dedicated students (and parents) and I look forward to next year!”