Bristol and Warren students were among the state’s best during the Rhode Island State Science Olympiad held this past Saturday at Rhode Island College.
Kickemuit Middle School placed third overall statewide, beating 21 other middle schools from across the state in categories designed to challenge their science and engineering skills. Along the way, they took home two first place, five second place, one third place and four fourth place awards, and finished no lower than 11th in every event.
Mt. Hope students also did well in competition against 24 other teams. The school tallied one first place, two second place and one third place finish.
Here are the results:
Kickemuit Middle School
The team includes Fiona Sharp, Lucien Chidester, Keaton Fisher, Olivia Bullard, Otto Kallfelz, Ben Bartoszuk, Shivani Mehta, Priya Enjeti, Evan Daniel, Millie Piper, Alexander Calvert, Cloe Simmons, Janilette Rodriguez, Hailey Peters, Abbie Lanctot, Zoe Gorman, Nathan Macedo, Bryce Chace and Chase Jackson.
* Third place overall
* Second place in the “Boomilever” contest
* Second place in the “Crime Busters” category
* Fourth place in “Disease Detectives”
* First place in “Elastic Launched Glider”
* Second place in “Experimental Design”
* Third place in “Fossils”
* First place in “Hereditary”
* Fourth place in “Meteorology”
* Second place in “Mystery Architecture”
* Second place in “Potions and Poisons”
* Fourth place in “Roller Coaster”
Mt. Hope High School
The team includes students Aditi Mehta, Alice Grantham, Allyson Devine, Brandon Nelson, Carly Ferreira, Emilie Signore, Gianna Zompa, Hayley Borsey, Isabelle Sharp, Jacob Perry, Joshua Moore, Lila Saye, Lucas Shears, Nicholas Januario and Samantha Phillips; and advisors Kristin Davis and Linda Stockdale.
* First place in “Wright stuff”
* Second place in “Experimental Design”
* Second place in “Water Quality”
* Third place in “Dynamic Planet”
Science Olympiad is a national organization that promotes interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields. Students practice after school to cross train for events and work in teams of two during the competition. This was only Kickemuit Middle School’s third team in recent memory. The team is run by head coach Kerri Krawczyk. Baylee DiMarco, a mathematics teacher at KMS, served as assistant coach, and there were several parent volunteers as well.
The after school program is funded by the Bristol Warren Educational Foundation. Each year the head coach completes a grant application in order to receive funding for supplies and other essentials.