“Representing the Cincinnati region, the Lions went head to head against the 39 best teams in the state for a chance to reach the National Competition,” said NRMS Science Olympiad coach Josh Grischow. “The Lions were the highest placing Cincinnati-area school, besting fellow regional competitors Summit Country Day and St. Aloysius."
New Richmond Middle School students Griffin Mulvaney and McKenzie Lauver prepare their rocket for the bottle rocket competition at the 2011 Ohio Science Olympiad at The Ohio State University.
Grischow was assisted by New Richmond Middle School science teachers Tina Grippa, Pam Hughes and Doug Smiddy.
The state Science Olympiad was won by Solon Middle School.
Competing for the Lions in the 6th-9th grade competition were 8th graders Marie Bezold, Audrey Feiler, Matt Graham, Alex Grooms, McKenzie Lauver, Griffin Mulvaney, Jenny Roberts, Lindsay Slone, Ian Wahoff, Eric Williams, and Leah Wolfer, and Freshman Paige Anderson, Abby Jewell, Jessica Nazareth, and Michaela Nordyke.
Placing in the top 20 in the state for the Lions were Alex Grooms and Eric Williams in Junkyard Challenge, Paige Anderson and Michaela Nordyke in Dynamic Planet, Paige Anderson and Jenny Roberts in Shock Value, Audrey Feiler and Matt Graham in Compute This, Audrey Feiler and Marie Bezold in Ecology, and Abby Jewell and Jessica Nazareth in Microbe Mission.
The Science Olympiad is a national nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition of outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers.
The Science Olympiad Tournaments are academic interscholastic competitions, which consist of a series of 23 individual and team events students prepare for during the year.
