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Arizona Science
Olympiad
Maricopa Community College
March 1, 2008
1st
Place Winner: Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson
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Back Row: Rod Thompson, White Team Coach,
Biafra Ahanonu, Janelle Wallace, AniketMaitra, Ravi Ram, Ofer Fass,
Jimmy Larson, Jonathan D'Gama, Alice Cai, Katie Cunningham First
Row: Jessica Hung, Jeff Brown, Sang Moon, Michael Tringali (behind
Eva), Eva Nichols, Mary Wang (Kiki Moore) Biafra just joined the
photo for fun and will be on the Washington DC Team.
The Science Olympaid, held at Glendale Community College on Saturday
March 1, 2008, was a real success again this year. ACESA, as usual,
participated again with members, Ray Quackenbush, Gary Campbell &
Everett Greenli supervising 3 of the main events. Ray also received an
outstanding service award. There were over 27 schools competing with 1 or
more teams in each of the 26 events. Prizes were given for 1st to 7th
place, plus the winning school trophy.
Ev Greenli, ACESA Prisident,
stated: " It was a great event and the
students were excited about participating and competing."
Twenty nine teams competed at this year's
state tournament (Division C). Here are the overall rankings
of the top three finishing teams.
- Catalina Foothills Blue (Tucson) -
coached by Kiki Moore; they will represent the state at the
National tournament in Washington DC, early this summer
- University HS - Black (Tucson) -
coached by Thomas Tobin
- Saguaro HS - Black (Tucson) - coached by
Chris Brandt
The Hoyt Spirit Award went to McClintock High
School (Tempe) coached by Ivan Barkdoll and the Rookie Team of the
Year was Marana High School coached by AnnMarie Stafford (Tucson).
Karen Ann Conzelman, Site Director, tells us "As you can see
most of the teams come from Tucson, Scottsdale and the east
Valley. We also have teams from Douglas, Holbrook, Tec Nos Pas
that make the long trek to compete. The only teams from the
west side of town this year were two teams from Moon Valley HS and
one from Sunrise Mountain HS."
Conzelman added "Our sponsors for this year include SRP,
the Employee Community Fund of Boeing Mesa, Glendale Community
College, and Southwest Gas. Any one who is interested in
getting more info should look at our website http://www.gccaz.edu/biology/so."
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Kiki Moore Catalina
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Ev Greenli, judge from
ACESA, Arizona Council of Engineering and Scientific Associations,
evaluates a teams 'coin counting machine' produced for the 'junkyard
challenge'
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McClintock High School Red
Team Chang Yin and Rachel Lee.
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McClintock High School Red
Team Chang Yin and Rachel Lee.
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Judge
Gary Campbell from ACESA Arizona Council of Engineering and
Scientific Associations and Desert
Vista HS - Blue team members Ivy
Lin and Wenhao
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Ray Quackenbush, from
ACESA Arizona Council of Engineering and Scientific Associations
receives an award from Science Olympiad for his many years of
service.
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Learn More About
The Arizona Science Olympiad
The Sponsors
Follow
this link to see our sponsors.
The Goals
The Science Olympiad is devoted to
improving the quality of science/math education, increasing student
interest in science/math and providing recognition for outstanding
achievement in science/math education by both students and teachers.
We hope to achieve these goals through participation in Science
Olympiad tournaments, classroom activities and summer training
institutes for teachers. We also hope that our efforts can bring
academic competition to the same level of recognition and praise
normally reserved for athletic competitions in this country.
Click
here to access a downloadable color brochure about the Science
Olympiad program.
The Tournament
Science Olympiad tournaments are
held on local, state and national levels. These interscholastic
competitions consist of a series of individual and team events that
encourage learning in biology, earth science, chemistry, physics,
problem solving and technology.
History of the Arizona Science
Olympiad
In the spring of 1982 Hugh
Forshier, science teacher at Shadow Mountain High School of the
Paradise Valley District with help of fellow teachers, Lois Blondeau
and Dick Dutton conducted a Science Olympiad Contest utilizing the
basic sciences – Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
Awards of plaques and trophies were presented courtesy of the
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
In the summer of 1988, Dr. Charles
Y. Hoyt, started the High School Division C Science Olympiad
program. The Arizona Alliance for Mathematics, Science and
Technology Education has sponsored the Science Olympiad program from
the beginning until 2004.
In April of 2005 after the
dissolution of the AZA the Arizona Science Olympiad Division C
became an affiliated organization of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of
Science.
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