Robinson Science Olympiad Regional Champs!
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.
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.
Results:
1st Place School – Robinson Secondary
1st Place Team – Robinson Magic
4th Place Team – Robinson Performic
6th Place Team – Robinson Traumatic
Individual Event Medalists
Anatomy :
1st Hyebin Lee & Sophia Jaramillo
3rd Cate Baum & Fiona Murphy
Astronomy:
1st Pristina Koon & Mrinal Bhatnagar
Boomilever
4th Andy Rosene & Grace Bondanella
6th Rea Yoza & Riya Pudisani
Chem Lab
4th Joon Nam & Sakcchi Tuladar
5th Hyebin Lee & Rachel Lin
Circuit Lab
3rd Owen Schwartz & Mackenzie Proper
Codebusters
2nd Pristina Koon, Connor Hayes & Logan Day
3rd Fiona Murphy, Joon Nam, & Mahreen Ahmed
5th Stefan Areseneau, Ka'eo Swartzmiller & Lauren Eliff
Designer Genes
3rd Winston Ravich & Angela Hong
4th Sophia Jaramillio & Oyu Enkhbold
Detector
1st Owen Schwartz & MacKenzie Proper
6th Stefan Areseneau & Ka’eo Swartzmiller
Disease Detectives
3rd Rea Yoza & Bryan Jeong
Dynamic planet
4th Cate Baum & Abram Alvarado
Forensics
4th Lauren Eliff & Hannah Chong
5th Mariam Akthar & Angela Liao
6th Sohyla Ahmed & Alex Chestnut
Fossils
2nd Logan Day & Jason Yao
6th Alex Chestnut & Mahreen Ahmed
Gravity Vehicle
2nd Owen Schwartz & Sophia Gospodinov
Machines
5th Mackenzie Proper & Sophia Gospodinov
Ornithology
1st Jason Yao & Rachel Lin
5th Andrea Schlegel & Josh Sawin
Ping Pong Parachute
2nd Leonardo Gutierrez & Casey Yu
5th Abram Alvarado & Amaar Nadeem
Sounds of Music
1st Sophia Gospodinov & Connor Hayes
Write it Do it
5th James Parente & Katie Medley
Wright Stuff
1st Jason Yao & Connor Hayes
2nd Rea Yoza & Clark Bellomy
6th Danny Know & Hannah Chong