Science Olympiad: Millburn Students Take Home 1st Place Trophy

Millburn, NJ - Millburn High School took first place in the Regional Science Olympiad held Jan. 11 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, winning a trophy and the right to compete in an upcoming statewide Science Olympiad.

According to a release, during the event, about 700 middle and high school students from Northern New Jersey competed in 13 contests, from firing water-bottle rockets to launching elastic gliders to building bridges.

The teams worked on their projects in NJIT classrooms and labs, exposing them to a college campus, school officials stated.

Contest supervisors included NJIT professors and students, as well as representatives from companies such as UPS, PSEG and Northrop Grumman Corp.

The winner teams in the middle school division were:

• 1st Place: Montgomery Upper
• 2nd Place: Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter #1
• 3rd Place: Rising Star Academy

Winners in the the high school division were:

• 1st Place: Millburn
• 2nd Place: Morris Hills
• 3rd Place: Hillsborough #1

“All of the students from the competing schools did an excellent job and demonstrated that you can learn and have fun at the same time,” said Suzanne Berliner Heyman, director for program operations and outreach at the Center for Pre-College Programs, which organized the competition.

File photo by the National Eye Institute via flickr

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