Robinson Science Olympiad Regional Champs!

By Juliana Stroup & Doug Gross | Chemistry Teachers and Karen Miller | Website Curator

High School Spotlight

February 28, 2020

Our Science Olympiad team competed at our Regional Tournament on Saturday, February 15th. Robinson Science Olympiad had an AMAZING day in Charlottesville, resulting in our best regional finish ever. We placed first as a school in the region, with our three individual teams coming in 1st, 4th and 6th place. A total of 33 event teams earned a medal (top 6 finish). Further, over 80% of the team took home at least one medal. There is absolutely NO way we would have had such tremendous success if it were not for all the hard work of EVERY team member. One team in particular (Anatomy and Physiology) went from 50th at our last competition to 1st at regional. They really worked hard and showed such incredible perseverance and dedication. We could not be more proud of them.

ram-values Robinson students continually represent our school by incorporating our Ram Values. One of our freshman team members had the tempting opportunity to edit his test log to receive full points (he was missing 2 of 10 points) but told us that he knew it wasn’t the right thing to do. His gravity vehicle had the best run of the night, but his decision to honor his integrity dropped him to 8th. We were proud of his ethics despite the penalty. Another student demonstrated empathy, by loaning a competing team her goggles for an event so that team would avoid a last-minute disqualification. While we are incredibly proud of the results of the students yesterday, we are even more proud of the resilience, integrity, innovation, empathy, and accountability of the entire team. When students participate in activities, such as Science Olympiad, they not only develop that science skills, but lif-lng skills they will take with them when they leave Robinson. All of our Science Olympiad students embodied all of our Ram Values.

We wanted to send a few Slap Clap Woo's out to people who helped us along the way. First, we want to thank the whole science department, but especially Karen McLean and Austin Walter for providing time, expertise and training on many aspects of content preparation. We also wanted to thank the whole Tech Ed department; Barrett Airaghi ,Steve Snyder, and Amy Krellwitz, for allowing Gravity Vehicle teams to use the machinery and providing their time and expertise in assisting in construction. We wouldn't have gotten second place in the event without your help.