Congrats to our Science Olympiad competitors!

The Kennedy Science Olympiad team placed 7th and Jefferson placed 15th at the state Science Olympiad competition out of 33 teams! Congrats to all the individual students who placed in the top 10 in their categories:

Kennedy:
Dillon Ackerman - 1st place in Dynamic Planet, 4th place in Microbe Mission
Ella Anderson - 2nd place in Mission Possible, 3rd place in Write it - Do it
Jessica Gremont - 1st place in Dynamic Planet
Gunnar Anderson - 2nd place in Mission Possible
Phil Malacek - 3rd place in Rocks and Minerals
Ben Griesel - 3rd place in Rocks and Minerals
Savannah Salato - 4th place in Microbe Mission
Madison Chesky - 3rd place in Write it - Do it

Jefferson:
Zoe Gabrielson and Adeline Vacura - 7th place Mission Possible
Freddy Alonzi and Ryan Martz - 8th place Mousetrap Vehicle
Ryan Martz and Joseph Pham - 8th place Remote Sensing
Hannah Pham and Amy Wang - 9th place Towers
Mary Haddad and Daria Weinzierl - 10th place Write It Do It

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