New Richmond Middle School’s Science Olympiad team is making what is becoming an annual trip to The Ohio State University for the state Science Olympiad finals after a strong second place finish in the Cincinnati Regional Science Olympiad competition March 5 at Xavier University.
The NRMS team finished with 77 points, 11 behind Mason Middle School “A” team (66 points) and 35 points ahead of third place Mason Middle “B” team. New Richmond Middle School’s “B” squad finished 6th in the 13-team competition with 133 points.
New Richmond Middle School was the defending Cincinnati Regional champion.
The team’s second place finish secured a berth at the State Science Olympiad to held April 9 at The Ohio State University.
“It takes a tremendous amount of organization behind the scenes to help students grow and do their best work in Science Olympiad,” noted NREVSD Supt. Adam Bird. “I am very thankful for the leadership of our coach Pam Hughes and the army of parent volunteers that contribute.”
Science Olympiad students compete to win individual and school awards. First to sixth place medals are awarded to students in each event and first to sixth place trophies will be awarded to the top teams in each division.
Teams can reach the National Science Olympiad Tournament by placing in the top two at state tournament.
Science Olympiad is a national non-profit organization devoted to creating a passion for science, improving the quality of science education, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science. The interscholastic tournaments are held at the regional, state and national levels.
Science Olympiad competition consists of a series of 23 team events reflecting the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology.
By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation.
“New Richmond took two middle school teams with a total of 23 students.,” said Mrs. Hughes. “Every student on the NR teams brought home at least one medal. This is the first year that we’ve had sixth graders on our team (Jacob Weiskittel, Annie George, Grace Reid, and Ruby Horgan).
Kayla Sullivan is the NRMS Science Olympiad assistant coach. Parent volunteers include Amy Weiskittel, Amy Daniel, Andrea Schultz, Tracy Maguire, Monica Davis, Dr. Adrienne Hammill, Christie Heinzman who help with coaching particular events.
New Richmond Middle School medal winners:
In Air trajectory: 1st place Joe George and Lauren Weiskittel
In Anatomy: 2nd place Becky Hammill and Jetta Mccart
In BioProcess Lab : 6th place Madison Torres
In Bottle Rockets: 1st place Ronja Frigard and Hannah Schultz, 5th place Ethan Daniel and Cece Gilpin
In Bridge Building: 3rd place Ronja Frigard, 4th place Ethan Daniel
In Crave the wave: 4th place Hannah Schultz and Joe George, 6th place Caleb Adams and Matthew Heinzman
In Crime Busters: 2nd place madison Torres and Tatem Lindner
In Disease Detective: 1st place Becca Davis and Riley Hawkins, 6th place Tatem Lindner
In Dynamic Planet: 2nd place Becky Hammill
In Experimental Design: 1st place Jetta McCart, Dani Williams, and Tatem Lindner, 6th place Ellie Mansfield and Ashlee dale
In Food Science: 1st place Madison Torres and Lauren Weiskittel, 6th place Sammy Pratt and Matthew Heinzman
In Fossils: 4th place Matthew Heinzman and Ashlee Moore, 5th place, Madison Torres and Ronja Frigard
In Green Generation: 3rd place Becca davis and Ellie Mansfield
In Invasive Species: 4th place Sammy Pratt, 5th place Lauren Weiskittel and dani Williams
In Meteorology: 3rd place Becky hammill and Lauren Weiskittel, 6th place Matthew Heinzman and Ethan Daniel
In Picture This: 1st place Hannah Schultz and Becky Hammill, 2nd place Ellie Mansfield
In Reach For the Stars: 5th place Joe George and Dani Williams
In Scrambler: 1st place Becca Davis and Sammy Pratt, 3rd place Ronja frigard and Lauren Weiskittel
In Wind Power: 2nd place Hannah Schultz, in 3rd place Ethan Daniel
In Write It, Do It: 5th place Joe George and Lauren Weiskittel