Monday, January 11, 2016 Daily Announcements
Published on Jan 11, 2016 09:31

Congratulations to the MMS Science Olympiad Teams!  3 teams from the Middle School competed against schools from Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota at the University of Minnesota Science Olympiad Tournament this past Saturday.  The Maroon team finished 3^rd out of 24 teams and earned the 3^rd Place Trophy.  The White and Gold teams were not too far behind at 13^th and 16^th place.

The following individuals earned medals:

3^rd Place Bronze Medals went to:

• Kaden Styer and Zach Foslid in Mission Possible
• Katharine Bendel and Jordan Selchow in Road Scholar
• Kyle Harmer and Carben Weghorn in Fossils
• Anne Price and Ellen Dingwall in Crime Busters
• Chloe Oehler and Elisabeth Woodward in Write It/Do It

2^nd Place Silver Medals went to:

• Carben Weghorn in Air Trajectory, Bridge Building and Elastic-Launched Glider
• Katharine Bendel and Jordan Selchow in Meteorology
• Simon Fichter and Kaden Styer in Wind Power

1^st Place Gold Medals went to:

• Simon Fichter and Vincent Miara in Green Generation
• Simon Fichter and Vincent Miara in Invasive Species

The kids worked really hard preparing for the competition and continue to get better at their events each week!  A fun time was had by all on Saturday.

The students will now start preparing for Regionals which takes place on February 20^th.

A reminder to Science Olympiad members that there will be NO practice today, January 11^th, after school.  Practice will take place on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.  A group photo will be taken during CARES on Wednesday morning, January 13^th, in the Commons at 8:00 am.

Forensics Students – if you have not selected your piece or had your piece okayed by a coach, you must sign up to work with us this week.  Sign-ups are in the cafeteria, near the microwave.