Student Success at the Iowa State Science Olympiad

Holmes Junior High science efficianados recently took part in the Iowa State Science Olympiad and placed third overall as a school.

The Science Olympiad is a nationwide competition where students compete in 23 events that include earth science, biology, chemistry, and other science fields. The Science olympiad is designed to increase student interest in STEM fields and to provide recognition for outstanding achievements in team events!

The Individual medalists were as follows:

Param Sampat and Pranav Kota, 1st place in Anatomy and Physiology

Nadia Patel and Abby Sliwinski, 1st place in Heredity

Pranav Kota and Nadia Patel, 1st place in Disease Detectives

Param Sampat and Sana Tabei, 1st place in Food Science

Spencer Shores, 2nd place in Boomilever

Abby Sliwinski and Nadia Patel, 2nd place in Fossils

Pranav Kota and Param Sampat, 2nd place in Density Lab

Pranav Kota and Nadia Patel, 2nd place in Game On

Param Sampat and Nadia Patel, 2nd place in Crimebusters

Sana Tabei and Zoe Zylstra, 3rd place in Ornithology

Abby Sliwinski, Anna Tidwell, and Summer Lim, 3rd place, Experimental Design

Abby Sliwinski and Param Sampat, 3rd place in Meteorology

James Peng and Nadia Patel, 3rd place in We've Got Your Number

Holmes is happy to have such an outstanding showing this year!