Scarsdale Students Excel at Science Olympiad and Upstate Science and Humanities Symposium

The Scarsdale Middle School Science Olympiad Team participated in the 2012-13 Lower Hudson Valley Regional Tournament on Saturday, March 2, 2013. The 38 members of the team have been practicing their individual events since last October, and neither super storm Sandy nor the ensuing blizzard could deter their progress. This year there were 32 teams from 22 middle schools participating at the tournament, which was hosted by the Scarsdale Middle School. The competition was composed of 20 events, some where the students had to build and bring a device to operate, some where students studied techniques (like laboratory skills) and then were asked to use these skills in the event and some where the students studied information and took a written exam. Two of Scarsdale's 3 teams placed in the top 5, with one team taking 4th place and one taking 1st. As a result of the showing at the regional level, the Scarsdale team will now go on to represent the region at the state tournament on April 12 and 13 in Syracuse. SMS has participated in Science Olympiad since the 2001-2002 school year and every year since then has earned the privilege to represent the region at the state level. This year the SMS team will be joined at the state competition by Ardsley Middle School, H.C. Crittenden Middle School, Pearls Middle School and South Orangetown Middle School.

The team is coached by Jay Gandelman, Cristine Gilliland, Ken Raff, Laurie Ciccone and Jeff Tuttle. Additional coaching support was provided this year by Jeff Williams and Travis Richards.

This year's team consisted of the following students:
Anika Agarwal, Joie Liew, Daniel Beitler, Jonathan Lin, Maya Bharara, Ben Mayer, Mois Bourla, Alex Mayer, Derek Chi, Adina Mistry, Conde Philip, Milena Nutrobkina, Dey Sneha, Megumi Ohara, Dhuri Shamika, Keshav Rastogi, Claire Gillespie, Zara Ridgway, Michelle Glantz, Riina Nola, Daniel Goldstein, Arvind Sindhwani, Eric Hansen, Nakul Srinivas, Ben Hezi, Isabella Stewart, Sara Hezi, Omar Thenmalai, Sally Ho, Ken Tomita, Mel Holmes, Ambika Venkatakrishnan, Ryan Jacobowitz, Joe Weintraub, Jonathan Koenig, Yaseen Grant, Robert Koenig, Zhao Maxwell and Rhea Kothari.

SHS Science Research Students Take Home Awards at Upstate Symposium

On Wednesday March 13, 2013 two Scarsdale Research Students advanced to the 28th annual Upstate Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted by the University at Albany. Students from 33 schools from all over upstate New York attended this event. In the Speaker Sessions, Kathryn Evans placed 2nd in Biology and in the Poster session, Jamie Tanzer took 2nd place overall in her group. Congratulations to the students for participating in this very exciting day.