Stanislaus County’s Regional Science Olympiad competition for junior high and high school students was held on Saturday, March 3rd at Modesto Junior College. For the second year in a row, Turlock Junior High School placed first overall for the middle school level in their fourth year competing as a team in recent years. TJHS medaled in 18 out of 23 total events, and all 15 team members medaled in at least one event, details of which are below:
1st place: Anatomy and Physiology, Sufia Birmingham and Megha Saini
1st place: Ecology, Jacqueline Maggard and Alice Stessman
1st place: Fast Facts, Sufia Birmingham and Julia Carlson
1st place: Optics, Joel Carrillo and Zach Coughlin
1st place: Potions and poisons, Hannah Sahota and Maya Salvador
1st place: Road Scholar, Julia Carlson and Hannah Sahota
1st place: Solar System, Sufia Birmingham and Julia Carlson
2nd place: Dynamic Planet, Sufia Birmingham and Joel Carrillo
2nd place: Experimental Design, Hannah Sahota, Maya Salvador and Pavit Saini
2nd place: Write it, Do it, Jacqueline Maggard, Alice Stessman
3rd place: Herpetology, Amelia Bettencourt, Pavit Saini
3rd place: Hovercraft, Partaap Bains, Sam Carlsen
3rd place: Microbe Mission, Zach Coughlin and Russell Olvera
3rd place, Thermodynamics, Amelia Bettencourt and Partaap Bains
3rd place: Battery Buggy, Amelia Bettencourt and Sam Carlsen
3rd place: Disease Detectives, Claire Ahlem and Russell Olvera
3rd place: Wright Stuff, Claire Ahlem and Russell Olvera
3rd place: Roller Coaster, Jacqueline Maggard and Alice Stessman
Good luck at the Sate competition which will be held on April 11th at CSU, Stanislaus!