Port Jefferson Science Olympiad Team Heads To State Competition

Port Jefferson NY

21 March, 2022

12:17 PM

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Press release from the Port Jefferson School District: March 21, 2022 The Port Jefferson Middle School Science Olympiad team came in third place at the Suffolk County Regional Division B Science Olympiad Competition, held at Candlewood Middle School. Students from grades 6-9 competed against 30 teams in events which tested their study skills in earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and scientific problem-solving. The students did extremely well, receiving a total of 29 medals between the A, B and C teams. The Science Olympiad team will be competing on April 8 and 9, in the state competition at East Syracuse Minoa Central High School in Syracuse. The team is coached by Adam Bouchard, the middle school earth science and science 8 teacher. "Every student was highly motivated and showed a lot of hard work in preparing for their events," Bouchard said. "It truly showed this year with the team's all-around terrific performance." Medal Winners:1st Place, Dynamic Planet – Max Joyner and Marco Puopolo1st Place, Mousetrap Vehicle – Kieran Casey and Ruuman Khan1st Place, Rocks and Minerals – Kristina Shterengas and Tucker Stanton2nd Place, Bridge Building – Max Joyner and Ruuman Khan2nd Place, Crime Busters – Alice Snyder and Emily Snyder2nd Place, Ornithology – Jonah Boerboom and Kenshin Sugimoto2nd Place, Road Scholar – Max Joyner and Talin Bajaj3rd Place, Ping Pong Parachute – Ruuman Khan and Mari Fukuto3rd Place, Solar System – Benjamin Batter4th Place, Anatomy – Maru Sugimoto and Joshua Kwon5th Place, Anatomy – Christopher Nam and Kristina Shterengas5th Place, Food Science – Max Joyner and Marco Puopolo5th Place, Green Generation – Max Joyner and Talin Bajaj5th Place, Mission Possible – Mari Fukuto and Evan Monaghan5th Place, Ornithology – Evan Monaghan and Kevin Hong5th Place, Crave the Wave – Maru Sugimoto and Kenshin Sugimoto6th Place, Bridge Building – Benjamin Batter and Dasha Zakharova6th Place, Meteorology – Luca Caltagirone and Joshua Kwon7th Place, Disease Detectives – Skylar Biehl and Lucas Sweeney7th Place, Food Science – Olivia Andriani and Deia Colosi7th Place, Meteorology – Christopher Nam and Kristina Shterengas8th Place, Bio Process Lab – Talin Bajaj and Tucker Stanton8th Place, Disease Detectives – Christopher Nam and Kevin Hong8th Place, Electric Wright Stuff – Kieran Casey and Ruuman Khan8th Place, Food Science – Mahati Sistla and Medini Sistla8th Place, Rocks and Minerals – Jonah Boerboom and Benjamin Batter8th Place, Solar System – Alice Snyder and Emily Snyder9th Place, Mission Possible – Brian Hyrycz and Oliver Rhame9th Place, Road Scholar – Luca Caltagirone This press release was produced by the Port Jefferson School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.