It was great to see so many students and parents at meet your teacher today. I look forward to starting the new year this Monday. Even though I am “new” to Windy Ridge, it was awesome to see familiar faces from Science Olympiad, and yes we will have a Science Olympiad team this year. Look for more information about that in September.
See you all very soon!
Here’s a quick recap of our 2009 Science Olympaid Journey:
On February 28, 2009 thirty-four bright and intelligent middle school students from Windy Ridge Middle School had the opportunity to represent the Central Region at the state Science Olympiad competition hosted at The University of Central Florida Campus.
These talented children competed against 63 other brilliant schools in various science competitions ranging from robotics, engineering, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. The outcome was a first place victory for our Windy Ridge Scientists and then, the bad news, a scoring error put Windy Ridge at second place. The kids were of course disappointed, but being good sports took it all in stride and moved on.
On April 23, Windy Ridge got the news.. Windy Ridge has an opportunity to go to Nationals…. so, in three short weeks, the kids got busy learning their divisions, the parents got busy fundraising and we all left Orlando on May 14 for the time of our life experiences. Overall we were 41st at the National Competition, with our best placement of 7th for Elevated Bridge.
It has been my honor to watch the journey, the children, the parents all bond through this experience. Feel free to go on the blog for favorite moments from parents and students, visit the photos and maybe, just maybe, we can all do this again next year! A very special thank you to each and every parent for bringing their gifts to the team, the teachers for the encouragement they gave and the students for working so hard under pressure. And let not forget the sponsors for making it possible. It will be wonderful seeing our Science Olympiad Flag raised in the Windy Ridge School…… because we all know, our students are America’s future. Congratulations Science Olympiad Team 2008/09 you did it!