While many of us were eagerly following the Sochi Winter Games, 21 Onteora High School students were excelling in a very different kind of ‘Olympic’ competition. Onteora’s Science Olympiad Team recently took home a third place trophy as well as 25 individual medals at the Mid-Hudson Region Science Olympiad Competition, which took place at SUNY Ulster on February 8. The third place finish qualified Onteora to compete in the State tournament, to be held March 14-15 in Long Island.
“For the past two years we missed going to the State competition by one place,” notes Onteora Science teacher Carolyn Thompson, who co-coaches the Onteora team along with her colleague, Bryan Keenan. “This year our students made it happen. It was their hard work and dedication that propelled us to the next level of competition. Mr. Keenan and I are extremely proud of our team!"
Congratulations to the following Onteora students, who brought home individual awards:
Andre Senecal and Matt Schmitt (1st in Anatomy and Physiology)
Adrian Logan and Sarah Melvin (1st in Chemistry Lab)
Adrian Logan and Josh Kerwin (1st in Circuit Lab)
Sarah Melvin and Laurel DelTufo (1st in Forensics)
Rafeal Higuita and Scott Booth (1st in Entomology)
Josh Kerwin and Tristan Deleon-Gill (2nd in Boomilever)
Adrian Logan and Tristan Deleon-Gill (2nd in Magnetic Levitation)
Rafeal Higuita and Laurel DelTufo (3rd in Green Generation)
Raymond Wu and Andre Senecal (4th in Designer Genes)
Adrian Logan and Tristan Deleon-Gill (4th in Mission Possible)
Miles Dubois and James Martucci (4th in Write it - Do it)
Tristan Deleon-Gill and Matt Schmitt (6th in Scrambler)
Nathanial Mapstone (6th in Mission Possible)