High School Science Olympiad Places 10th at State, Middle School Places 13th

Congratulations to both our High School and Middle School Science Olympiad Teams! 

High School

The 2019 Allendale High School Science Olympiad Team reached a milestone at the end of their season.   On Saturday, April 27th, the team traveled to Michigan State University to compete in the State Tournament.  The team’s goal at the beginning of the season was to make it to States and earn a place among the top ten.  After a long day of competing, the Falcons reached that goal! Out of 60 teams at the State tournament, your Falcons placed 10th overall and came in 3rd  for Class B schools. The first seven places went to Class A schools.

The Falcons were led to victory by the seven seniors on the team. Their leadership throughout the season helped secure a fun and successful season.  The captains, Sam Brovont and Zach DuCharme, deserve a special shout out for their dedication and hard work over the past several months. They went above and beyond throughout the entire season and will be missed next year.

The Falcons scored in the top 10 in six out of the 23 events.  However, It takes a whole team to pull off a victory. The rest of their team pulled the weight by scoring in the upper half in 21 out of 23 events. All members should be proud of their accomplishments!  

Here is a list of our top 10 winners:

Cameron Elzinga and Jay Francis State Champions in Astronomy

Sam Brovont and Hannah Bekius 2nd in Forensics

Zach DuCharme, Jay Francis and Nick Heaton 7th in Code Busters

Zach DuCharme and Aston Marks 7th in Write It, Do It

Aston Marks and Jay Francis 10th in Dynamic Planet

Aric Suboski and Bridget Rozema 10th place in Mission Possible

Middle School

Congratulations on the Middle School Science Olympiad team on their 13th place finish at State.  Only 60 teams qualified out of 300, so it was a priviledge just to get there and our students were awesome.

All-State awards go to Jacob Williams and Matthew Brovont in Fossils

Nolan Lehman, Mae Wittlief and David Smith were also All-State in Experimental Design.

Grace Scholten and Mae Wittlief were 1th in Crime Busters.

Also placing high were Lily Schmucker, Mia Placzek, Katie Holthof, Jack DeHaan, Corey Rozema, Jaden DuCharme, Liam Reynolds and Andrew Kurmas in various events.