Olympiad teams takes group, individual state awards

 

By Jessy Cooper
April 30, 2008

 

The Science Olympiad team walked away from the state competition on April 26 with a sixth place finish. The team consisted of all Chantilly students participating in the competition. Students also won awards for placing in the top five of their individual events.

 

Members of the team could chose to study different areas of science, such as forensics, ecology, biology and robotics, for the final competition. The Olympiad consists of lab work as well as written assessments on the different subjects.

 

“They all had mentors, teachers or members of the community, who helped them study and prepare,” sponsor and A.P. Environmental Science teacher Anne Fenton said.

 

In the past few years interest in the club was decreasing as well as their performance at the state competition.

 

“The leadership has really put them on track so we could do better this year,” Fenton said.

 

Awards:
1st Forensics – Abigail Acio and Kanishk Jain
2nd Food Science – Thuy Ho and Shahleen Ahmed
2nd Disease Detective – Sharese Jefferson and Eric Yang
3rd Ecology – Stephanie Ball and Sharese Jefferson
4th Experimental Design – Thuy Ho,Kanishk Jain and Weily Shay
4th Robot Ramble – Eric Yang and Aaron Isaacman
4th Herpetology – Abigail Acio and Karen Shou
5th Cell biology – Quynh Nguyen and Shahleen Ahmed