On Saturday, February 14, the La Lumiere Science team competed in the Goshen Regional of the Indiana Science Olympiad. The Lakers finished fourth out of 13 teams to earn a trip the State Finals held at Indiana University, Bloomington on March 21.
The following students medaled:
First Place
Dynamic Planet – Oceanography: Janice Baek and Peter Zhang
Wright Stuff – Airplanes: Andy Hang and Eric Zhou
Second Place
Cell Biology: Megan Gillen and Noah Schuster
Experimental Design: Emily Beach, Maggie Chen, and Rowena Quinn
Geologic Mapping: Maggie Chen and Sean Russell
It’s About Time: Ian Miner and Michael Wu
Scrambler: Shivani Patel and Michael Wu
Wright Stuff: Lee Li and Ian Miner
Third Place
Forensics: Megan Gillen and Shivani Patel
Fourth Place
Entomology: Noah Schuster and Max Zaccone
Protein Modeling: Megan Gillen, Shivani Patel, and Noah Schuster
Scrambler: Zorba Chen and Eric Zhou
About La Lumiere School
La Lumiere School is a premier college preparatory boarding and day school located on a spectacular 190-acre campus 25 miles west of South Bend, 8 miles from La Porte, 7 miles from New Buffalo and about an hour southeast of Chicago. Academic excellence characterizes the entire curriculum and helps to prepare its students to attend some of the best colleges in the country including Stanford University, Northwestern University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Notre Dame, Wake Forest University, Middlebury College, Georgetown University, Cornell University, Colgate University, University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. For additional information, go online to lalumiere.org. La Lumiere School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA).
More information about La Lumiere School can be found at lalumiere.org.