SHA Science Olympiad
Middle School & High School 2011
2011 Middle School Team
Preparing for State
SHA Science Olympiad teams are busy preparing for state finals to be held at MSU Saturday, April 30th. Competitions go from 8:45-4:00 and are held in the following buildings: North and South Kedzie, Psychology, Natural Science, Business College, Demonstration Hall, Intramural Fields and a few others. The awards ceremony takes place in the Auditorium at 6:30. There are 48 middle school and 48 high school teams competing. Good luck students!!
March 19th update
The Science Olympiad teams traveled to Greenville High School on March 19th to compete in the regional competition. There were 17 high school and 9 middle school teams competing and Sacred Heart finished first in both divisions. The teams have qualified for the state finals, which will occur on Saturday, April 30th at Michigan State University.
Division B (6th-9th Grades)
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
1st Place
Anatomy – Siri Sarvepalli & Katharine Janes
Awesome Aquifers – Katharine Janes & Lauren Janes
Battery Buggy – Ayush Mohan & Meredith Predum
Meteorology – Jimmy English & Siri Sarvepalli
Microbe Mission – Keerthana Raju & Siri Sarvepalli
Optics – Meredith Predum & Kate Velguth
Can’t Judge a Powder – Keerthana Raju & Jimmy English
Compute This – Swara Sarvepalli & Katharine Janes
Disease Detectives – Jimmy English & Keerthana Raju
Road Scholar – Ishan Vashishta & Ian Marsh
Solar System – Siri Sarvepalli & Jimmy English
Shock Value – Ayush Mohan & Ishan Vashishta
Ecology – Katharine Janes & Keerthana Raju
Experimental Design – Swara Sarvepalli, Lauren Janes & Katharine Janes
Fossils – Jack Stack & Mark Johnston
Storm the Castle – Linde Bolle & Garrett Borchard
2nd Place
Crime Busters – Jimmy English & Siri Sarvepalli
Ornithology – Jack Stack & Mark Johnston
Write It, Do It – Kate Velguth & Meredith Predum
3rd Place
Junkyard Challenge – Lauren Janes & Ian Marsh
Towers – Swara Sarvepalli & Keerthana Raju
4th Place
Bottle Rocket – Ishan Vashishta & Kate Velguth
Dynamic Planet – Ian Marsh & Ishan Vashishta
Division C (10th-12th Grades)
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
1st Place
Helicopters – Natalie Zimmerman & Kathleen Guytingco
Mission Possible – Kyle Stansberry & Katelyn Maylee
Remote Sensing – Katelyn Maylee & Andrea Guytingco
Tech Problems – Andrea Guytingco & Deane Zimmerman
2nd Place
Anatomy – Deane Zimmerman & Joel Parker
Astronomy – Josephine Sepanski & Aubry Hire
Experimental Design – Shubha Vedula, Aubry Hire & Kelly Starry
Forensics – Kathleen Guytingco & Aubry Hire
Microbe Mission – Parul Vashishta & Shubha Vedula
Mousetrap Vehicle – Kelly Starry & Margo Predum
Protein Modeling – Andrea Guytingco, Kyle Stansberry & Katelyn Maylee
Wind Power – Joel Parker & Willi Sheahan-Stahl
Write It, Do It – Katelyn Maylee & Kyle Stansberry
3rd Place
Fossils – Lilly Maloney & Margo Predum
Ornithology – Joel Parker & Willi Sheahan-Stahl
Sumo Bots – Joel Parker & Deane Zimmerman
4th Place
Sounds of Music – Lilly Maloney & Natalie Zimmerman
5th Place
Chemistry Lab – Andrea Guytingco & Kyle Stansberry
Towers - Margo Predum and Kelly Starry
Ecology - Lilly Maloney & Josephine Sepanski
Feb. 12, 2011 Update
The high school Science Olympiad team traveled at the Frankenmuth Invitational on February 12th. The Irish competed against 41 teams, some of them being top teams in the state and the country.
The following are top finishers for the day:
Natalie Zimmerman and Kathleen Guytingco--2nd place in Helicopters
Shubha Vedula and Parul Vashishta--4th place in Microbe Mission
Sheridan Ervin and Courtney Fracassi--7th place in Write It, Do It
Lilly Maloney and Michelle Johnston--8th place in Sounds of Music
Joel Parker and Kristin Fracassi--8th place in Ornithology
Kathleen Guytingco and Parul Vashishta--8th place in Disease Detectives
Kyle Stansberry, Katelyn Maylee and Andrea Guytingco--10th place in Protein Modeling
Joel Parker and Deane Zimmerman--12th place in Anatomy
The teams will travel to Greenville High School on Saturday, March 19th to compete in the regional competition.
Jan. 15, 2011 Update
The middle school Science Olympiad team traveled to Laingsburg on Saturday, January 15th to compete in a 28-team invitational. Thirty-six students in grades 6-9 competed and the team came home with 17 medals and ribbons in various events.
Finalized results:
1st Place
Meteorology – Jimmy English and Siri Sarvepalli
Anatomy—Katharine Janes and Siri Sarvepalli
Microbe Mission – Siri Sarvepalli and Keerthana Raju
Can’t Judge a Powder – Jimmy English and Keerthana Raju
Ecology – Keerthana Raju and Katharine Janes
2nd Place
Solar System – Siri Sarvepalli and Jimmy English
3rd Place
Disease Detectives – Skylar Nelson and Keerthana Raju
Microbe Mission – Katharine Janes and Jimmy English
4th Place
Compute This – Katharine Janes and Swara Sarvepalli
Awesome Aquifers – Katharine Janes and Lauren Janes
5th Place
Crime Busters – Siri Sarvepalli and Jimmy English
6th Place
Experimental Design – Swara Sarvepalli, Kate Velguth, Lauren Janes
Disease Detectives – Siri Sarvepalli and Jimmy English
7th Place
Experimental Design – Nathaniel Smith, Katharine Janes, Skylar Nelson
Fossils – Jack Stack and Nathaniel Smith
8th Place
Solar System – Ishan Vashishta and Rahul Sahay
Storm the Castle – Garrett Borchard and Linde Bolle
Other notable finishes
9th Place Microbe Mission – Ishan Vashishta and Ayush Mohan
9th Place Shock Value – Ishan Vashishta and Ayush Mohan
9th Place Dynamic Planet – Ian Marsh
10th Place Crime Busters – Cristina Guytingco and George Ronan
11th Place Battery Buggy – Meredith Predum and Lauren Janes
11th Place Storm the Castle – Garrett Borchard and Linde Bolle
12th Place Fossils – Matthew Jenkins and Mark Johnston
12th Place Ecology – Ian Marsh and Jacob Starry
13th Place Storm the Castle – Michelle Johnston and Megan English
14th Place Solar System – Megan English and Emily Roberts
14th Place Ornithology – Matthew Jenkins
14th Place Battery Buggy – Mark Johnston and Matthew Jenkins
15th Place Can’t Judge a Powder – Devin Humphreys and Rahul Sahay
15th Place Compute This – Megan English and Erika Campbell
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