Congratulations to the WHMS Science Olympiad Team!  The team is composed of fifteen 6th through 9th grade students and 2 alternates that compete in 23 different events related to all areas of science.   All of the events required a great deal of preparation.  Some are very content oriented whereas others require the student to build a device that will be tested, and others require performance of skills related to a field of science.   All events have strict rules as to how the work must be completed. High school teacher, Kelly O’Neill, and middle school teacher, Karen Martin, coach the team.  At the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional competition held on March 12th, the team placed 5th and qualified for the State Competition on April 26th at Penn State Altoona.  This is the 13th year in a row that the Wayne Highlands Middle School has qualified for the state event. 

The following students earned medals in their events:

Elise Foley and Ivan Thol-2nd Place in Ecology
Ivan Thol and Clark Roden-2nd Place in Dynamic Planet
Gavin Kerwin and Ivan Thol-3rd Place in Microbe Mission
Ivan Thol and Elise Foley-3rd Place in Air Trajectory
Gavin Kerwin and Brody Acker-4th Place in Entomology
Addison Sislo and Elise Foley-4th Place in Meteorology
Jackson Sasso and Mason Moody-4th Place in Fossils
Clark Roden and Gavin Kerwin-4th Place in Metric Mastery
Cody Peterson, Fin Fleischman, and Vraj Patel-4th Place in Experimental Design

Congratulations to the whole team and good luck as you prepare for the state competition in April at Penn State Altoona!!