The National Science Olympiad competitions were held at the University of Central Florida and New Jersey champions, High School South placed 10th in the overall competition. Team members include Chaitanya Asawa, Andrew Chen, Yan (Bill) Huang, Bharath Jaladi, Benjamin Lee, Kevin Li, Shaurya Luthra, Angela Mao, Ishan Mazumdar, Pranay Nadella, Guowei (Jason) Shi, Angela You, Aleck Zhao, Yinan Zheng, Alex, Zhou, Tanishq Aggarwal, Dhruva Byrapatna, William Jiao, and Michael Mu. Team coaches are Meenakshi BhattaÂcharÂya and Sunila Sharma.
In addition to the team honor, individual medal winners include: fifth place: Anatomy and Physiology for Angela You and Ishan Mazumdar; second place: Astronomy for Yan (Bill) Huang and Chaitanya Asawa; sixth place: Compound Machines for Kevin Li and Jason Shi; third place: Dynamic Planet for Yan (Bill) Huang and Chaitanya Asawa; first place: Material Science for Andrew Chen and Kevin Li; fourth place: Technical Problem Solving for Chaitanya Asawa and Kevin Li; and first place: Water Quality for Pranay Nadella and Yinan Zheng.
A team of scientifically minded students from Community Middle School competed against 59 teams from across the country at the 2014 Science Olympiad Tournament at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Florida. The team of 19 students included 14 from Community Middle School and five ninth grade students from High School North. They competed at the national tournament and received 16th place overall. Individual honors were received by:
Anatomy: second place for Shannon Weng and Jason Yang, both grade 8; Disease Detectives: second place for Charles Dai and Nick Leung, both grade 9; Heredity: Sixth place for Albert Sebastian, grade 8, and Yash Gupta, grade 7; and Water Quality: First place for Charles Dai and Revanth Gumpu, both grade 9.
The CMS Science Olympiad Team is coached by teachers Kyle Schimpf and Raisa Donnard, and retired CMS principal Arthur Downs, with assistance from CMS teacher Bob Krzyzkowski and other Community Middle School staff.
