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It seems like forever since I have blogged! I have had a lot of things going on and to add to that my photo editor has been acting funky and Jeff hasn't had time to fix it, so I decided to just post the pictures as is. I will try to be better at posting in he future. :0)
So, a few weekends ago, the Science Olympiad team had it's Regionals meet. Depending on how they did here, depended on whether they got to go to State in April or not. (Spoiler alert, they do!!) :0)
They sent two teams to regionals. The Presenting Team, which is the team that will go to State and hopefully Nationals. They also sent the Invitational Team which is the kids who are not going to State or nationals, but they are just as important because they help the school's overall score which helps them get to State. Zach was very lucky as one of only 3 6th graders who was chosen to be on the presenting team!! We are so proud of him!! He won third place in his event; Crave the Wave.
All Saints won 1st Place overall!!!!
Here is the Presenting Team:
Here is the entire team:
Taby was on the Invitational Team and she won 1st Place in her event; Anatomy!!
State is on April 4th, so Zach has some more studying to do! We know he can do it!
For some reason, my new computer is not letting metype anywhere but under all of the pictures for this post, sorry!
Anyway, Zach and the rest of the All Saints Science Olympiad team had their first invitational last Saturday. Zach was in three events this year, Bottle Rockets, Anantomy, and Crave the Wave. I don't have pictures of Anatomy or Crave the Wave because they are tests, and I can't go in the room and take pictures. ;0)
I was able to take a picture of Zach & Eisen's (his partner) bottle rocket go off. It went SO far!! The other All Saints team placed 1st though and they only let one team per school place. But it was still a win for All Saints, so yeah!!
Anatomy was a hard test for all of the students in that event, but now Zach knows what to expect, so he feels like he can get better prepared next time. :0)
Crave the Wave is the event he is strongest in. When he came back from the test, he was SO excited!! He said he knew everything but one question! So, it wasnt a suprise when he & his partner Hannah came in first!!
Zach was so happy & we are so proud of him.
They have one more invitational in December, then Regionals in February. If he keeps doing well, then he will be on the team to go to State in April and then hopefully on to Nationals!!
Last Saturday in the very, very, early morning (3:45) we got to All Saints to help load up the bus for the trip to Shawnee Mission, KS for the Science Olympiad Invitational.
Zach was all ready to get on the bus with his book & pillow.
Jeff & I opted to drive. :0)
When we got there, we unloaded everything, finally found the room reserved for us, and I got breakfast set out for all of those hungry 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th graders!
Everyone was told when & where their event was, and that they needed to study before their event. Most of the kids had more than one event, but the 5th graders could only do one this year, so Zach only had to do his, which is Shock Value. (circuits, electricity, etc.)
Here he is (in a very bad picture) taking the test:
After all of the kids were done & had eaten lunch, we loaded the bus back up & waited in the auditorium for the awards to start.
Jeff is the coach for Zach's team, but he was also a judge that day for the robotics event.
The awards were supposed to start at 2:30, but they didn't actually start until 4:00!! That is a LOOONG time for all of those kids to sit and do nothing.
Our school won in 12 different awards in the individual events!! We were SO excited!!
Then our entire school won third place overall in the entire invitational!!!
Zach did not win an award, but we knew that the chances of him (or any of the 5th graders) to win one was pretty slim since this was their first event. They do the invitationals for the experience & now Zach has a better idea of what he is supposed to do. He had a lot of fun, and learned a lot though!!
After the awards, we went to dinner at a place called Power Play. It has a buffet & then a huge game room. The kids were so excited!!
After Zach was out of tokens, we headed back home in our car. I was glad we didn't have to ride the bus home since we were all super tired & just wanted to get home!
We picked Lily & Riley up from my parents house (Thank you mom & dad for keeping them over night!!!) and then headed home to bed!
Now we need to get ready for the next invitational in December!
