For the second yr in a row, the Beacon Academy Science Olympiad team earned a bid to the Illinois State competitors on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The occasion was held this previous weekend, with 25 highschool groups in Division A from throughout the state that competed in a collection of occasions which might be a stability between numerous disciplines, requiring information of science ideas, course of expertise, and functions.
The Beacon Academy Trailblazers had an exquisite expertise and carried out properly in their occasions and as a team. The Trailblazers positioned in the next particular person occasions: Codebusters – second place; Fermi Questions – third place; Forensics – second place; Geological Mapping – fifth Place; Microbe Mission – second Place; Robot Tour – fourth Place; Tower – second Place; and Wind Power – first Place.
With unbelievable efficiency throughout all 23 occasions, the Beacon Academy team completed fifth general for Division A. Throughout the complete season they’ve proven constructive attitudes, teamwork, and the power to use their scientific information below strain. Congrats on an exquisite Science Olympiad season.