Science Olympiad teams take third and fourth place
Congratulations to Butler District 53’s Science Olympiad teams on their first competition of the season, which was held at the British International School of Chicago on Dec. 9. The Junior Varsity team ranked third overall and the Varsity team placed fourth, out of 16 teams. “The most impressive part of the weekend was watching the students positively support and encourage each other through their events,” said Sponsor Kim Krupicka. “Many event supervisors commented on the support Butler students showed each other.”
The next competition will be held in January and a regional competition will be held in March.
Individual students also earned awards for their performance:
Anatomy and Physiology
- Rohan Tolani and Shivani Rao. - 1st
- Rishab Singh and Jaden Schmidt - 2nd
Battery Buggy
- Rhea Kumar and Arun Lal - 3rd
Disease Detectives
- Serene Safvi and Saanvi Sethi. - 4th
- Natalie Chang and Jenna DSouza. - 1st
Dynamic Planet
- Shiven Shah and Saanvi Sethi - 4th
Fast Facts
- Leeland Zhang and Rohan Tolani - 1st
Herpetology
- Priya Dhananjaya and Aishvarya Godla. - 2nd
- Rhea Kumar and Nazia Kamal -2nd
Hovercraft
- Rohan Kumar and Aasha Atluri - 3rd
Meteorology
- Masa Abboud and Rohan Julka - 2nd
Microbe Mission
- Rishab Singh and Arun Lal - 3rd
- Rama Bhagwat and Raghav Sharma - 3rd
Mystery Architecture
- Rhea Kumar and Arman Akbar - 3rd
Optics
- Arman Akbar and A.J .Smith - 3rd
Road Scholar
- Arjun Siani and Masa Abboud - 2nd
Thermodynamics
- Rohan Shah and Shivani Rao - 3rd
- Rhea Kumar and Nazia Kamal - 3rd
Rocks and Minerals
- Jenna DSouza and Rohan Kumar - 1st
- Sophia Lee and Raghav Sharma - 4th
Rollercoaster
- Rohan Shah and Arjun Saini - 4th
Wright Stuff
- Eshaan Mylavarapu and Rhea Kumar - 2nd
- Rohan Shah and Leeland Zhang - 4th
Write It Do It
- Zaina Karim and Arjun Saini - 3rd
- Morgan Carlson and Aishvarya Godla - 4th
Towers
- Anna Amine and Rohan Kumar - 3rd
