SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM WON 1ST PLACE

The Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team travelled to its first out of state tournament of the season, competing in the Friendship Christian Invitational in Lebanon, Tennessee this past Saturday, January 10, 2015. The team left school on Friday morning and headed to the Adventure Science Center in Nashville where they participated in the “Amazing Reactions” program demonstrating many exciting (and sometimes explosive!) chemical reactions. Afterwards, students explored the museum including the Adventure Tower, Body Quest, and Space Chase exhibits.

The competition began early Saturday morning with students unpacking and calibrating their building devices and making last-minute tournament preparations. After six intense hours of testing-taking and device-testing it was all over and students and coaches anxiously awaited the awards ceremony.

Although there was tough competition with teams from three states and several nationally-ranked teams, Fulton Science Academy students were called up for honors in 21 of the 23 events and was awarded the 1st place team trophy.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were thrilled with the team’s performance. “Out of state tournaments are always a challenge,” said Mrs. Walsh. “Students and coaches really have to work hard prepare. Packing up building devices for travel is tricky as they tend to be somewhat fragile. All in all our kids did great and had a wonderful time.”
Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang
3rd Place – Simon Wang and Andre Hamelberg
4th Place – Christina Wang and Soleil Moffitt

Anatomy – coached by Ms. Doraiswami
2nd Place –Araneesh Pratap and Sanjeev Uppaluri
5th Place – Prajwal Vedula and Sruthi Chatrathi
6th Place – Meghana Raj and Krishna Kumar

Bio Process Lab – coached by Mrs. Uppaluri
1st Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Araneesh Pratap
4th Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti and Ameiya Pednekar

Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Seker
1st Place – Prajwal Vedula and Akash Bhatt
2nd Place – Faris Unal and Karen Pederson

Bridges – coached by Mr. Seker
1st Place – Faith Lucas and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Ameya Rekapalli and Madeline Dressel
4th Place – Sparsh Kudrimoti and Ameiya Pednekar

Can’t Judge a Powder – coached by Ms. Lang
1st Place – Anjali Botcha and Shivani Naraharishetty
6th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang

Crave the Wave – coached by Mr. Wang
4th Place – Simon Wang and Brian Shoffeitt

Crime Busters – coached by Ms. Lang
1st Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal
3rd Place – Maryam Unal and Meghana Raj

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt and Ms. Chirumamilla
2nd Place – Akash Bhatt and Prajwal Vedula
3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Sarah Lucas
5th Place – Neha Marupudi and Bella Sims

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place – Mira Mutnick and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Akash Bhatt and Chance Crigler

Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place – Karuna Kumar and Sophie Richardson
3rd Place – Ameya Rekapalli and Christina Wang

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler
1st Place – Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen
5th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Madeline Dressel
6th Place – Bella Sims

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos
3rd Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Ananya Terala
Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres
3rd Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Faith Lucas
5th Place – Karen Pederson and Bella Sims

Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson
5th Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang
6th Place –Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen

Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh
4th Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Ananya Terala

Picture This – coached by Ms. Fichter
2nd Place – Christina Wang, Soleil Moffitt, and Avinash Pratap
6th Place – Elaine Wen, Ananya Terala, and Sarah Lucas

Robo-Cross – coached by Mr. Kaya
4th Place – Mira Mutnick and Andre Hamelberg

Simple Machines – coached by Ms. Duzyol
1st Place – Karuna Kumar and Araneesh Pratap
2nd Place – Ananya Pottabhathini and Avinash Pratap

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place –Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap
4th Place – Karthikeya Sriamagiri and Rithvik Konda
6th Place – Chance Crigler and Akash Bhatt

Wheeled Vehicle – coached by Mr. Seker
5th Place – Andre Hamelberg and Elaine Wen
6th Place – Akash Bhatt and Sruthi Chatrathi