Science Olympiad Team Finishes Second Place

Candi Ortiz Aguilar, Staff Writer • April 22, 2024

Science Olympiad team members competed at Georgia Tech and took second place. Members included Evan May, Lawson Wingate, Tracie Jackson, Lilly Seay, Hannah Chester, Makayla Hightower, Tabi Hunter, Dulce Mares, Ceci Jeannotte, Tracy Mosley, Addy Jo Poole, Lyra May, Rowan Todd, Talyn Mesner, Jocelyn Guzman, and Jackson Steele.

Gilmer High School participated in the Science Olympiad and placed second. They took part in the 23 STEM-Related competitions. For the projects on microbes, wind power, flying, and forestry, a bronze medal was awarded. The scrambler and write it and do it received a silver medal. A gold medal was obtained for ecological and in air trajectory. Twelve schools, including GHS, advanced to the Georgia Tech state tournament out of the 30 schools that participated in the regionals.

Junior Dulce Mares was asked about her experience going to state and said “ I was kind of nervous because I knew that the material was going to be harder since it was state but I honestly was excited to go back to Georgia Tech and out of all the teams we went against it was crazy we came out in 2nd place overall! With this experience, I am super excited for next year!

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Candi Ortiz Aguilar, Staff Writer

I am a senior, I have been in journalism for four years now. These past few years in journalism have been amazing. I've learned a number of useful skills from journalism, including interviewing and research skills. I have gained quite a bit of knowledge and love for photography within these years. I enjoy taking photos of school’s sports more so soccer as I think it’s an interesting sport.