Tuesday, November 22, 2005

St. Bede Science Olympiad Teams Receive Top Honors at Competition



Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School’s St. Bede Campus Science Olympiad Teams participated in a competition on Saturday, November 12 held at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, AL. There were two teams of twelve 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students coached by their teachers Miss Melanie Grayson, Mr. Nick Bourke, and Mr. Larry Meiers. Team Blue claimed First Place overall and Team Gold was named Second Place team overall. Individual students were also recognized with ribbons for their events. The St. Bede Science Olympiad Team members were Slade Eiland, Amanda Logan, Mallyna Sessions, Megan Padilla, Kevin Norris, Wheeler Ronan, Patrick Foran, Zach Hulcher, Giselle Simms, Jarrett Mason, James Sherman, Tara Bourke, Ben Crocker, Megan Foran, Josh Stark, Dominic Godwin, Forrest Phillips, Ian Ginnaty, Chase Forshey, Broghan Freeland, David Norris, Kristina Vanella, and Clay Ronan. Some of the “hands-on” competition events were Egg Drop, Pasta Bridge, Scavenger Hunt, and Tangram Tangle. A few of the study events were “Name the Scientist,” “Leaf and Tree Finder”, “No Bones About It,” and “Extinction is Forever.”