Friday, May 9, 2003
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Friday, May 9, 2003 |
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Booth, Rising Starr off to National Science Olympiad again J.C. Booth and Rising Starr Middle Schools will once again represent Georgia at the National Science Olympiad Competition after earning first- and second-place honors, respectively, at the state tournament. Last year, both schools were ranked first and second in the nation with Rising Starr earning its first-ever first place finish. The 2003 National Science Olympiad Competition will take place May 10 at Ohio State University. Over 2,000 high and middle school students from across the nation and Canada will participate in the tournament's 46 competitions, half for middle school teams and half for high school teams. Competitions include such activities as Experimental Design, to determine a team's ability to design, conduct and report findings of an experiment; Science Crime Busters, where students must correctly identify liquid and solid materials in a crime scenario; and The Wright Stuff, involving constructing and flying an airplane driven by rubber bands. J.C. Booth has had six first-place finishes at the national level, two seconds and one third. This year's team is made up of Daniel Bass, Allison Fratto, Michael Forsyth, Brittany Utting, Sarah Wilder, Stephanie Cox, Josh Devane, Jessica Everage, Lauren Hedge, Jonathan Hung, Michael Kellim, Kyle Koonce, Robin Prebor, Patrick McAllister, Lyndsi Tufte, Craig Western and Danny Christ. Rising Starr has qualified for national competition in each of the six years that the school has been open. Team members defending the school's 2002 national championship title are Daniel Hicks, Kento Masuyama, Davis Grisham, Andrew Hayes, David Lowry, Andrew Ash, Andrew Zheng, Mason Irvin, Jack Larsh, Jen Schildmeyer, Steven LaBrecque, Matt Boyle, Kevin Harrell, Nathan Shankle and Ariella Perry. In addition to the competition, the tournament will include an opening ceremony featuring a parade of participants and a keynote address by cardiologist John M. Stang, M.D., from Ohio State University. Both the opening ceremony, scheduled for May 9 at 5 p.m., and the closing ceremony May 10 at 7:30 p.m. will be broadcast live at www.so2003atosu.org. Science Olympiad is a national organization dedicated to improving education by fostering a passion among students, creating links between private enterprise and school, improving curriculum and providing recognition for scientific achievement.
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