At La Lumiere School, science is cool. It is so cool that the 213 student school fields two Science Olympiad teams. Both teams competed last Saturday at the Manchester University Invitational in North Manchester, IN. The Laker Blue Team took top honors, winning first place in more than half of the events. La Lumiere School will compete in the regional competition at Goshen College on February 9, 2013.
La Lumiere earned medals in the following events:
1st Place
Astronomy – Drew Yarger, South Bend and Patrick Smith, Muncie
Boomilever – Jian (Penfie) Jiao, China
Circuit Lab – Jiayuan (Nicholas) Liu, China and Ian Miner, Ada, Michigan
Designer Genes – Luke Tang, Portage and Neal Patel, Chesterton
Disease Detectives – Neathie Patel, Chesterton and Richy Cains, Michigan City
Dynamic Planet – Ikeadi Ndukwu, Chesterton and Patrick Smith, Muncie
Elastic Launched Glider – Luke Tang, Portage and Jian (Penfie) Jiao, China
Experimental Design – Neathie Patel, Chesterton; Kelly Barr, La Porte; and Marina Walinski, Rolling Prairie
Forensics – Kelly Barr, La Porte and Justine Izah, Crown Point
Magnetic Levitation Vehicle – Luke Tang, Portage and Drew Yarger, South Bend
Thermodynamics – Jiayuan (Nicholas) Liu, China and Suhee (Vesper) Yun, South Korea
Water Quality – Richy Cains, Michigan City and Emily Beach, South Bend
Write it/Do it – Alexa Hicks, La Porte and Drew Yarger, South Bend
2nd Place
Anatomy Physiology – Alexa Hicks, La Porte and Neathie Patel, Chesterton
Boomilever – Xu Hao (Sammy) Huang, China
Chemistry Lab – Luke Tang, Portage and Marina Walinski, Rolling Prairie
Dynamic Planet – Katie Goble, Naperville, Illinois and Sylvia Ogar, La Porte
Fermi Questions – Drew Yarger, South Bend and Richy Cains, Michigan City
Forensics – Luke Tang, Portage and Emily Beach, South Bend
Gravity Vehicle – Jiayuan (Nicholas) Liu, China
Rocks and Minerals – Richy Cains, Michigan City and Ian Miner, Ada, Michigan
3rd Place
Disease Detectives – Katie Goble, Naperville, Illinois and Brittany Hicks, La Porte
Gravity Vehicle – Xu Hao (Sammy) Huang, China and Yiqian (Michael) Wu, China
Remote Sensing – Neal Patel, Chesterton and Patrick Smith, Muncie
Robot Arm – Suhee (Vesper) Yun, South Korea
Technical Problem Solving – Neal Patel, Chesterton and Marina Walinski, Rolling Prairie
Water Quality – Brittany Hicks, La Porte and Sylvia Ogar, La Porte