GO FOR THE AU SCHOOL SCIENCE TEAM HEADED FOR STATE CONTEST.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Joe Walker Middle School students are going to a state science competition after placing second at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Science Olympiad Science olympiad may refer to:
The 15-member team of seventh- and eighth-graders competed against 25 other middle school teams in 23 events, placing first in six categories. Only two members had ever competed before. ``I think they did really well for it being a really young team,'' said coach Wes Thomas. ``We were very proud of their achievement. I think they worked really hard. ... They have a lot of achievement ahead of them.'' The win guarantees Joe Walker a place at the state competition, to be held March 29 at California State University Enrollment  , Long Beach. The top seven teams from the regionals go on to compete at the state competition. ``Since about 1995, we've been either first or second. ... We've been in the top two for eight years or so,'' Thomas said. In order to be chosen for the team, students had to attend practices at the school, then participate in a classroom competition. Thirty or 40 students try out each year. ``If they have skills that are very, very strong in two or four different events, then they are chosen,'' said Thomas. The members of the Joe Walker team were chosen in early December and have worked together since then to prepare for the competition. They have less than a month to refine their skills for the state competition against teams from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Orange County, elsewhere in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. . Over the past six years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time team hasn't placed lower than fifth in the state competition but has yet to make it past second. ``The potential is always there that if you win state then you can go to a national tournament. We've never been able to do that, so it's a goal, a pretty lofty goal,'' said Thomas. The national competition will take place May 9-10 at Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. . The team is coached by Sonja Squires, eighth-grade teacher; Kathy Seargeant, sixth-grade teacher; Jennifer Hulsey; and Paula Sour, assistant principal. Team members are Joey Burleson, Clark Crane, Samantha Donelson, Travis Jaqua, Ken Kelly, Ian Lagaspi, Kasiri Landon, Louis Lucero, Michelle Rudney, Kyle Saylor, Jamie Simmons, Amanda Stuart, Ben Tran, Emily Thompson, David Vernor and alternates Jake Arnold and Amber Lucido. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) The members of the Joe Walker Middle School science team are preparing for the state science competition March 29. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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