Clarkton School of Discovery’s JV and Varsity Science Olympiad teams competed in the regional Science Olympiad competition held at UNC-W on March 4th. This was CSD’s second year competing with Coach Jordan Raynor. The varsity team placed in in the top ten in 9 events, and the JV team placed in the top ten in 19 events among teams from 26 other area schools. Teams from across North Carolina annually take part in the rigorous academic competition, which hosts 23 events in the fields of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology.
“This is my second year coaching the CSD Science Olympiad team and I’m so proud of how well our students competed” said Jordan Raynor, 6th grade math and science teacher and head coach of CSD’s Science Olympiad team. “I definitely couldn’t do all of this alone, we (CSD) have our Principal, Stephanie Norris, a Science Olympiad veteran, who’s been a great leader and mentor for myself and the students. We also have lots of parental and community support of which we are extremely grateful.”
“We have something special here in Bladen County,” Raynor continues. “With so much emphasis now being placed on providing STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) opportunities for today’s students to help them become competitive in this global world, we at Clarkton School of Discovery are way ahead of the curve. Not only are our students understanding the content taught, they are taking that knowledge and applying it to practical situations. This is an outstanding group of students who demonstrated what they are capable of. We hope the best is yet to come!”
Varsity individual award winners are as follows: 3rd place Bottle Rocket- Garrett Melvin & Nick Norris; 3rd place Towers- Andrew Cahn & Nick Norris; 3rd place Wright Stuff- Garrett Melvin & Nick Norris; 6th place Road Scholar- Andrew Cahn & Jackson Bostic; 7th place Scrambler Car- Jackson Bostic & Jacob Priest.
Junior Varsity individual award winners are as follows: 1st place Mission Possible- Sophia Masaid & Skylar Suggs; 2nd place Disease Detectives- Hannah Davis & Natalie Spears; 2nd place Dynamic Planet- Connor Britt & Luke Barber; 2nd place towers- Luke Barber & Sam Inscoe; 4th place Microbe Mission- Denitsa Dimova & Weslyn Hall; 4th place Wright Stuff- Emma Turbeville & Skylar Suggs.
Varsity Team Members: Jackson Bostic, Lauren Bowen, Jacob Bryan, Andrew Cahn, Marley Fletcher, Sara Gargala, Will Hester, Weston Hodge, Sammi Jiang, Sabrina Johnson, Garrett Melvin, QuaDasia Monroe, Nick Norris, Malaci Oxendine, Jacob Priest, and Tara Rogers
JV Team Members: Luke Barber, Connor Britt, Hannah Davis, Lilly Davis, Denitsa Dimova, Weslyn Hall, AnnaGrey Heustess, Sam Inscoe, Hunter Lockamy, Sophia Masaid, Karli Priest, Hayden Sasser, Derik Spears, Natalie Spears, Skylar Suggs, Alex Todd, Emma Turbeville, and Walker Ward.
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