Science Olympiad 2007-2008
Manistee Middle School
Exploring the World of Science
STATE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD COMPETITION
On Saturday, April 26th, members of the Manistee Middle School Science Olympiad team traveled to the State Science Olympiad Competition held at Michigan State University in East Lansing. This is the 12TH year in a row that Manistee Middle School has attended the state tournament!!
The MMS Science Olympiad team was formally sent off to the state tournament by the entire MMS staff and student body who lined the hallways and sidewalk to wish the team good luck. It was so awesome to have so much support!
There were 23 events. Our team did very well that day.
1st Place RoboCross Ben Tomaszewski/Nick Williams. Coached by Vern Robinson, Greg WIlliams and Andy Anderson
2nd Place Scrambler Kienan Kowalski and Ben Tomaszweski Coached by Vern Robinson and Andy Anderson
2nd Place Road Scholar Kienan Kowalski and Brian Fisk
Coached by Charles Showalter
5th Place Metric Mastery Kaitlin Oleniczak/Chris Blevens
Coached by Glen Greene
8th Place Two places from a medal BioProcess
Kalee Engstrom/Chris Blevens
12th Place Science of Crimebusters Heather Hansen and Ashley Bauman. Coached by Mike Meagher
16th Place Disease Detectives Kalee Engstrom/Andrew Solberg
Coached by Kathy Shoenberger
18th Place Crave the Wave Chris Blevens and Nate Leino-Jones
19th Place Amphibians/Reptiles Logan Dobis/Ben Tomaszewski
20th Place Tower Building Stephanie Linke and Nate Leino-Jones Alternate help from Oliva Barkholz and Bonnie Greene. Event coached by Laurie Blevens.
REGIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD COMPETITION
On March 22, 2008, members of the Manistee Middle School Science Olympiad team traveled to the Regional Science Olympiad competition at Mid-Michigan Community College in Harrison. Each student participated in two to four of the 23 events available at the regional competition. The events run the gamut from anatomy to robo-cross, and the students have been studying, building, and testing in preparation for this competition. A lot of time and work goes into preparing for Science Olympiad.
We would like to thank our community and parent volunteers for helping with our team. Thank you also to Mr. Kieffer and Ms. Raddatz for their support, and a BIG thank you to our coaches, Mrs. Michelle LaPrad and Mr. Matt Phillips!! GO CHIPS!!
MMS placed first in the following 11 events:
Bio Process Lab Chris Blevins/Kalee Engstrom.
Crave the Wave Nate Leino-Jones/Chris Blevins
Metric Mastery Kaitlin Oleniczak/Chris Blevins
Oceanography Ashley Bauman/ Logan Dobis
Road Scholar Brian Fisk/ Kienan Kowalski
Robo-Cross Nick Williams/ Ben Tomasewski
Science Word Brian Fisk/Nate Leino-Jones
Scrambler Ben Tomasewski/Kienan Kowalski
Towers Stephanie Linke/Nate Leino-Jones
Trajectory Brian Fisk/ Michael Bond
Mystery Architecture Nick Williams/Kienan Kowalski
Second place finishes for the following:
Amphibians and Reptiles Logan Dobis/Ben Tomasewski
Anatomy Andrew Solberg/Heather Hansen
Disease Detectives Kalee Engstrom/Ashley Bauman
Ecology Madelynn Edmonson/Andrew Solberg
Food Science Heather Hansen/Madelynn Edmonson
Meteorology Kaitlin Oleniczak/Andrew Solberg
Reach for the Stars Kaitlin Oleniczak/Ashely Bauman
Rocks and Minerals Michael Bond/ Logan Dobis
Simple Machines Michael Bond/Andrew Solberg
Write It Do It Kalee Engstrom/Madelynn Edmonson
4th Place
Science of Crimebusters Heather Hansen/Ashely Bauman
5th Place
Balloon Launch Glider Heather Hansen/Stephanie Linke
We had a JV team compete in 8 events this year too. It was a neat to be able to have all of our team members participate in the competition this year. The JV team consists of Bonnie Greene, Olivia Barkholz, Nichole Rybicki and Annie DeVoe. The JV team scores on their events were not factored into the Varsity team, but their work ethic helped to make both teams very competitive.
We would like to thank the city police for the wonderful escort back into town, and to our parents and families and friends for the wonderful welcome home! It was incredibile seeing the posters and excited supports along the route back to Manistee Middle School. The faces on the students during our ride back into town was awesome. They were so excited and proud of themselves. It was very heartwarming to be received back home in such style!
We want to extend more thank-yous to our coaches Vern Robinson, Greg Williams, Charles Showalter, Dave Stewart, Bob Buck, Laurie Blevins, Kathy Schoenberger, Mike Meagher and Kathy Meagher for all of your time and patience in working with the students.
Our community involvement & sponsorship includes:
Millwright Services, Inc.
2079 Snyder Rd
Wellston, MI 49689
(231) 848-4172
Mr. Phillips' website with SO links!