Two teams of Hauppauge High School student participated in the Eastern Long Island Regional Science Olympiad, which recently was held at Brentwood High School. The students had the opportunity to compete in different science and technology events; and those students who came in the first 10 places for each event received a special award. The following Hauppauge students were award recipients:
●Shelby Kline & Dan Mitola, 2nd place, Write-It Do-It
●Matt Fortmeyer & John Castro, 4th place, Game On (Trial Event)
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●Reah Vasilakopoulos & Sri Gumudavelli, 9th place, Cell Bio
●Reah Vasilakopoulos & Elise Zhao, 9th place, Forensics
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●Sri Gumudavelli & John Castro, 10th place, Technical Problem
Solving
●Elise Zhao & Kerry Murphy, 10th place, Chem Lab
Christopher Dowd, Briana Jarvis, Dennis Petercsak and Jocelyn Handley-Pendleton were the Science Olympiad team advisers.
The Science Olympiad is one of the premiere science competitions in the nation. In New York, approximately 13,000 students compete each year in 23 regional tournaments across the state. Regional winners go on to compete in the state tournament and state winners compete nationally. Science Olympiad’s ever-changing lineup of events in all STEM disciplines further exposes students to practicing scientists and career choices.
