General George S. Patton once said that "If a man does his best, what else is there?" Since I believe that quote to be true, then this year's Science Olympiad team is made of kids who do their best…and man , did they show it Saturday at the Cobb County Competition!!!
The 18 member team competed against 23 other Cobb County teams in events ranging from A is for Anatomy to Wildlife Safari.
Team members dedicated many hours of practice prior to the event, and should be congratulated for all their hard work.
Our 5th grade team members are Kip Butcher, Shawn Doss, Andrew Huffman, Pranav Khorana, Lindy Madsen, Ted Niemi, Ishaan Rischie, and Seo Young Yoo. Our 4th grade team members are Peter Jacobson, Grant Jenson, William Kim, AJ Miller, Keshav Shenoy, Jared Turk, and Daniel Zhou. Our 3rd grade team members are Ava Autera, Katie Huffman, and Henry Tegethoff.
At the competition, we scored 6th place in Crime Busters, 5th place in Name the Scientist and Rock Hound, 4th place in Mystery Architecture, 3rd place in Grasp a Graph and Large Number Estimation, 2nd place in Disease Detectives, and AMAZINGLY, we were the Cobb County Champs in A is for Anatomy, Categories, Deep Blue Sea, Don’t Bug Me, Simple Machines, Which Way is North, and Wildlife Safari.
Our official overall school results came in Monday morning. Out of all the schools participating, Shallowford Falls is the COBB COUNTY CHAMPS!!! That’s right, first place overall with a total of 349 points! We are so so so thrilled!
Shallowford Falls students showed sensational sportsmanship, excellent enthusiasm, and awesome achievement. Congratulations to all students, coaches, parents, grandparents, and other members of the school community! We would also like to give a big shout out to the Foundation for sponsoring Shallowford Falls Science Olympiad!
Now, on to the mega State of Georgia competition on May 14th at Kennesaw. If Saturday’s results are any indication, we are set up for a big win!
Mr. Puckett & Mrs. Goodman
Science Olympiad Co-chairs