GORHAM — On Saturday, March 26, the Belfast Area High School Science Olympiad Team traveled to the University of Southern Maine in Gorham to compete in the Maine State Science Olympiad Tournament. Teams from 17 private and public high schools from throughout Maine participated including Yarmouth, Falmouth, Waynflete and much more. Students, working in pairs, competed in 22 different rigorous science and engineering events throughout the day.

BAHS students took home seven Olympic medals and placed sixth overall at States. Waterville placed first and will represent Maine at the National Tournament at the University of Wisconsin in May.

Gold Medal First Place Winners
Bridge Building — Katy King
Green Generation — Michael Samsel and Zach Sheafe
Disease Detectives — Alison Walker and Alexis Racioppi

Silver Medal Second Place Winners
Experimental Design — Katy King, Kristina Walker, and Dejaleen Charbonnier
Write It Do It — Katy King and Kristina Walker

Bronze Medal Third Place Winner
Dynamic Planet — Alexis Racioppi and Dejaleen Charbonnier
Wright Stuff (plane) — Katy King and Sam Davis

Fourth Place
Invasive Species — Zane Bielenberg and Zach Sheafe
It's About Time — Alison Walker and Caleb Hall-Arnett

Fifth Place
Game On — Kyle Brown and Corey Deschamps

Sixth Place
Astronomy — Trevor Martell and Caleb Hall-Arnett
Geologic Mapping — Hannah Greene and Alexis Racioppi
Green Generation — Hannah Greene and Leah Taylor
Invasive Species — Dejaleen Charbonnier and Ashley Flanders

BAHS thanks community members and teachers who helped mentor students, including Professor Johanna Evans (MMA), Richard Podolsky, Susan Walker, David Sprague, Beth Baker (co-coach), David Thomas (co-coach), Steve Groening and Ted Pellerin. Thanks also go to team parents for their support of their children's endeavors.

BAHS are seeking adult mentors with a background in science and engineering interested in working with high school students on specific events. The BAHS Science Olympiad Program relies heavily on community mentors for its success. We are especially in need of engineers. If interested, please contact Jacquie Gage Kahn, Science Olympiad Team Head Coach, at jkahn@rsu71.org

The National Science Olympiad program is dedicated to improving the quality of K-12 science education, increasing student interest in science, creating a technologically-literate workforce and providing recognition for outstanding achievement by both students and teachers. The International Science Olympiad program has been recognized as a model science and engineering program applauded by Presidents of the United States and Canada's Prime Minister. For more information on the Science Olympiad program see soinc.org