Culver Science Olympiad Team Going To State

The Culver School Science Olympiad team recently competed in a regional competition at the College of DuPage.  The team has been preparing for this event since September, and their hard work paid off this month when they brought home 18 medals. Our Varsity team placed 6^th, which qualifies them for state, and our JV team placed 4^th. Our Students will be traveling to ISU April 20^th to compete with other teams across the state.  Medalists include the following:

Varsity medals:
1st place - Crime Busters  ( Claire Embil / Leah Steinfeld)
2nd place – Boomilever ( Bryan Long / Kyle Steinfeld)
2nd place - Write It/Do It ( Emily Athanisou / Lejla Vojnikovic)
3rd place - Experimental Design ( Sedra Khan, Lejla Vojnikovic, Emily Athanisou)
4th place – Helicopters (Kyle Steinfeld/ Gianna Mahoney)
4th place  - Keep the Heat (Jimmy Brocar / Leah Steinfeld)
4th place – Anatomy (Sedra Khan/ Thomas Prieto)
6th place - Disease Detectives (Claire Embil / Jenny Pineda)
6th place - Food Science (Emily Athanisou / Lejla Vojnikovic)
6th place - Road Scholar (Kyle Steinfeld / Jenny Pineda0

JV medals:
1st place - Write It/Do It (Yourtana Suliman / Ronak Gandhi)
2nd place - Metric Mastery ( Megan Lay / Grace Ngo)
3rd place - Experimental Design (Rida Yousif, Yourtana Suliman, Kashish Charania)
3rd place – Heredity (Kashish Charania, Rida Yousif)
3rd place - Food Science ( Yourtana Suliman, Kasish Charania)
3rd place - Shock Value( Kathy Trieu, Jemarie Singson)
3rd place - Road Scholar (Javier Espinsoa, Franklin Moy)
3rd place – Boomilever (Franklin Moy, Maha Ali)

This could not have taken place without the support of the coaches, parents and a community volunteer. Listed below are the volunteers and staff members.

Community Volunteer:

Mark Johnson

Parents (4):

Jenny Steinfeld

Joy Athanisou

Mariza Mando

Janet Wasilewski

Staff (8):

Michelle Baum

Beth Polich

Allie Barry

Michelle Ross

Megan Beam

Sarah Miller

Gigi Garbanzos

Gina Sutter

Congratulations to all of the Science Olympians and a big thank you to our 13 teachers/ parents that helped coach events! We wouldn’t have been able to make this season a huge success without all their hard work!

Varsity –

1. Elmina Alic

1. Emily Athanisou

1. Jenni Balliu

1. Jimmy Brocar

1. Claire Embil

1. Sedra Khan

1. Bryan Long

1. Gianna Mahoney

1. Jenny Pineda

10.  Thomas Prieto

11.  Kyle Steinfeld

12.  Leah Steinfeld

13.  Nicholas Stochmal

14.  Valentina Sulaiman

15.  Lejla Vojnikovic

Alternate : Iga Szelag

Junior Varsity-

1. Maha Ali

1. Kashish Charania

1. Javier Espinosa

1. Kathleen Flores

1. Ronak Gandhi

1. Megan Lay

1. Maria Elena Mando

1. Franklin Moy

1. Grace L Ngo

10.  Alyssa Sarilarp

11.  Jemarie Singson

12.  Yourtana Sulaiman

13.  Sabrina Tran

14.  Kathy Trieu

15.  Rida Yousef

Alternate: Samar Garbanzos