La Lumiere School’s Science Olympiad Earns Spot at State Competition for the 24th Consecutive Year

La-Lumiere-SchoolOn 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.