La Lumiere School’s Science Olympiad Team competed for the 23rd consecutive year in the Indiana Science Olympiad State Tournament on Saturday, March 19 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. The team placed 12th overall out of 36 schools and competed in 23 events covering the fields of biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, engineering, and problem solving.
La Lumiere medaled in three events and had 10 top-10 finishes. Medal winners include:
Fifth Place, Bridge Building: Janice Baek, Ulsan, South Korea; Yuyang (Peter) Zhang, Beijing, China
Fifth Place, Dynamic Planet: Janice Baek, Ulsan, South Korea; Yuyang (Peter) Zhang, Beijing, China
Fifth Place, Trial event – Aerial Scramble: Isaac Houston, Niles, Mich.; Nolan Grieger, La Porte, Ind.
The 2015-2016 La Lu Science Olympiad team:
Row 1, from left: Qingyuan (Season) Wu, Zoe Surma, Haley Harkness, Rowena Quinn, Haohao (Maggie) Chen, Sean Russell, Shivani Patel, and Mr. Bryan Smith. Row 2, from left: Mr. Tim Earles, Zifei (Vincent) Chen, Tucker Magill, Megan Gillen, Janice Baek, Yang (Kathy) Kong, Yifan (Iven) Jiang, Natalie McGuckin, Mr. Tom Falcone. Row 3, from left: Mr. Brett Balhoff, Shunzhang (Lee) Li, Zicheng (Tom) Ren, Nolan Grieger, Yuyang (Peter) Zhang, Luyuan (Andy) Hang, Hasan Nasar, Mr. Don Snedden, and Mr. Ken Andert. Row 4, from left: Noah Schuster, Matt Peters, Bozhao (Connor) Zhang.