FSA Won 1st Place in 2013 Chattahoochee Science Olympiad Competition

On Saturday, November 16, 2013,  three Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Teams competed in the Chattahoochee Invitational in Johns Creek. This was the first tournament of the season and included teams from Alabama, Tennessee and the Atlanta area, including rival Dodgen Middle School who placed second in last year’s state tournament and twelfth at Nationals. The FSA teams brought home the 1^st place and 5^th place plaques as a team.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were pleased with the team’s performance. “This was the first year Chattahoochee has hosted an invitational and you never know what to expect at a new tournament, but our students performed well and we’re very satisfied with the results,” said Mrs. Walsh.

The competition was a reunion of sorts for many former FSA students. Colin Walsh, Stephanie Stathos, Suryabratta Dutta, and Sunny Chen, all members of the 2010 FSA National Science Olympiad Team, and Beyza Akgun, 2012 FSA National Team member, assisted with the tournament by proctoring exams.

Congratulations to all of these students, parents and our wonderful coaches. 

Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Anatomy – coached by Mrs. Ambari

3^rd Place – Hasan Unal and Araneesh Pratap

5^th Place – Sanjeev Uppalari and Avnee Naik

Boomilever – coached by Mr. Seker

5^th Place Sule Anik and Kian Najaf

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Lewis

5th Place Sree Sanku and Suraj Chatrathi

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh

5^th Place - Aditya Choudhari and Simon Wang

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler

2nd Place – Faith Lucas and Aditya Choudhari

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos

1^st Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Sule Anik

2^nd Place – Maryam Unal, Sruthi Chatrathi, and Sophie Richardson

Heredity – coached by Ms. Doraiswami

4^th Place – Sruthi Chatrathi and Karuna Kumar

Meteorology – coached by Mr. Ambardekar

4^th Place – Neel Ambardekar and Sule Anik

Metric Mastery – coached by Ms. Fichter

1^st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Vikram Ruppa-Kasani

Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos

3rd Place – Neel Ambardekar and Mira Mutnick

Robo-Cross – coached by Mr. Kaya

4^th Place – Yusuf Tas

Rocks and Minerals – coached by Mrs. Walsh

1^st Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Jean Moorman

3^rd Place – Callie Webster and Soleil Moffitt

Rotor Egg Drop – coached by Mr. Seker

1^st Place – Hasan Unal and Kian Najaf

3^rd Place – Akash Bhatt and Nadine Haddad

Shock Value – coached by Mr. Wang

2^nd Place – Simon Wang and Vikram Ruppa-Kasani

Simple Machines – coached by Mr. Near

1^st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Brian Shoffeitt

3^rd Place – Julian Hamelberg and Josh White

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh

2^nd Place –Jean Moorman and Aditya Choudhari

Sounds of Music – coached by Mr. Yanasak

5^th Place – Mira Mutnick and Faith Lucas

Water Quality – coached by Mrs. Butler

1^st Place – Jennifer Near and Elaine Wen

2^nd Place – Sophie Richardson and Akash Bhatt

3^rd Place – Vikram Ruppa-Kasani and Sule Anik

Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos

1^st Place – Sophie Richardson and Karuna Kumar