SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM WINS 2ND PLACE AT DODGEN INVITATIONAL

On Saturday, January 24, the Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team competed in the Dodgen Invitational, one of the premiere Science Olympiad competitions with teams from five states. FSAPS placed a close second to Piedmont IB School from Charlotte, North Carolina, who finished ninth at Science Olympiad Nationals last year. FSAPS Team members medaled in 19 of the 23 events, demonstrating great consistency. Head coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were proud of the team’s performance. “This was definitely our hardest competition to date and our students really performed well,” said Mrs. Walsh.


Individual awards were earned by the following students:


Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang
3rd Place – Simon Wang and Akash Bhatt


Anatomy – coached by Ms Doraiswami
4th Place –Araneesh Pratap and Sanjeev Uppaluri


Bio Process Lab – coached by Mrs. Uppaluri
2nd Place – Elaine Wen and Araneesh Pratap


Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Seker
4th Place – Andre Hamelberg and Akash Bhatt


Can’t Judge a Powder – coached by Ms. Lang
4th Place – Hasan Unal and Sarah Lucas


Crave the Wave – coached by Mr. Wang
1st Place – Simon Wang and Brian Shoffeitt


Crime Busters – coached by Ms. Lang
1st Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal


Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt and Ms. Chirumamilla
3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Akash Bhatt


Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh
4th Place – Mira Mutnick and Sanjeev Uppaluri


Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh
3rd Place – Karuna Kumar and Andre Hamelberg


Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler
2nd Place – Isabella Sims and Madeline Dressel


Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos
2nd Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Ananya Terala


Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres
1st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Faith Lucas


Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson
2nd Place – Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen


Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh
3rd Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Ananya Terala


Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos
1st Place – Mira Mutnick and Karuna Kumar


Simple Machines – coached by Mrs. Duzyol
3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap


Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh
3rd Place –Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap


Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos
2nd Place – Mira Mutnick and Karuna Kumar