La Lumiere Science Olympiad Team Places First at Manchester Invitational

manchester-invitational-2013At 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:

la-lumiere-school1st 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