Baker's Science Olympiad Team places in the top 10

The C.W. Baker High School's Science Olympiad Team placed 7^th out of 37 teams at the Mid-State Regional Science Olympiad Competition held on Saturday, January 25.

Science Olympiad is a competition where teams of students work in small groups (2-3) and compete in 25 various events related to STEM.  Some events are learning and taking a test on topics that are outside of the normal school curriculum, such as astronomy, optics and genetics.

Other events are based on engineering where students build something beforehand and test it against a certain criteria, such as bridge building, gravity powered vehicles, compound machines. 

The team’s 7^th place finish is the 4^th straight Top 10 team finish. There were 13 Top 10 individual event finishes. 

The team is comprised of 9-12 graders. The students that make up this year’s team are: Tyler Blum, Myles Garcia, Emily Gorgievski, Allison Harry, Sheng Huang, Ryan Hulchanski, Allison Hunt, Josie Libbon, Samantha Lucas, Bailey Ludden, Cesar Perez-Marino, Jose Perez-Marino, Owen Penhollow, Rachel Ragonese, Amelia Rhoades and Ethan Viviano. 

The coaches are Rebecca Humphrey and Peter Morgan.