Science Olympiad Invitational held at Northmont

CLAYTON — Northmont Division B Science Olympiad Team, including the Northmont Middle School and the Englewood Elementary competition teams, opened their season participating in the Northmont Science Olympiad Invitational held at the middle school on Saturday, Jan. 14.

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Northmont’s top middle school team finished 6th out of 24 teams participating, while the first year Englewood team finished 15th.

Students competed in pairs for 23 events throughout the day, with some of the events being study events, some being build events, and some being hands-on lab events. Northmont took home medals or ribbons – the top eight – in 14 of the 23 events; while Englewood placed in six of the events.

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The Northmont Division B Science Olympiad Team includes 45 students, divided into two Middle School and one Englewood Elementary competition teams. The Middle School teams are made up of any Northmont students in grades six through freshmen in high school; while the Englewood team is current sixth grade Englewood students, plus alumni up through eighth grade.

For more information www.nmscienceolympiad.com

CASEY LAUGHTER

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