Academy science students showed their smarts and skills at the annual regional Science Olympiad at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.  The Junior Team placed second among ten teams and qualified for April’s state competition in Hammond.  Seventeen teams on the junior squad placed in a variety of events.  Five of those teams earned first place awards.

The Senior Team placed seventh overall among 17 teams, and nine teams on this squad placed in various events.

Here’s a listing, by team, of students and the competitions in which they placed or earned medals:

SENIOR TEAM:
5th place: Protein Modeling--Vigna Patel and Tina Phan
5th Place: Sounds of Music--Bettina Bausa and Lauren Barrios
5th Place: Fossils--Kathy Le and Josie Grace Bridges
3rd Place: Forensics--Jennifer Kenyon and Deaven Armand
3rd Place: Optics--Melissa Palmisano and Bettina Bausa
3rd Place: Dynamic Planet--Cecilia Estep and Josie Grace Bridges
3rd Place: Astronomy--Katie Silva and Lauren Barrios
2nd Place: Mission Possible--Kaleigh Cotton, Lauren Barrios, Katie Silva
1st Place: Helicopters--Deaven Armand and Jennifer Kenyon

JUNIOR TEAM
5th Place:  Storm the Castle--Emily Oncale and Dawn DuPont
4th Place: Ornithology--Emily Fettet and Emily Oncale
4th Place: Towers--Leah Williamson and Brooke Juneau,
4th Place: Compute This--Pauline Tu and Ashley DiSalvo
4th Place: Bottle Rocket--Jenna Melerine and Alison Chartier
4th Place: Crime Busters--Alison Chartier and Taylor Smith
3rd Place: Optics--Leah Williamson and Emily Oncale
3rd Place: Junkyard Challenge--Taylor Smith and Jenna Melerine
3rd Place: Ecology--Emily Fettet and Jenna Melerine
3rd Place: Fossils--Cierra Williams, Dawn Dupont
2nd Place: Can’t Judge a Powder--Emily Fettet and Maddie Fettet
2nd Place: Meteorology--Cydney Menina and Taylor Smith
1st Place: Shock Value--Meghan Kenyon and Ashley DiSalvo
1st Place: Dynamic Planet--Cydney Menina and Dawn Dupont
1st Place: Awesome Aquifers--Pauline Tu and Cierra-- Williams
1st Place: Experimental Design--Brooke Juneau, Meghan Kenyon, Cydney Menina
1st Place: Microbe Mission--Leah Williamson and Maddie Fettet