SHS Science Olympiad Team

The SHS Science Olympiad Team hosted the third Southeastern Massachusetts Science Olympiad League competition of the year on December 17, 2009. The team performed extremely well and won the meet, which lifts Stoughton into first place in the league standings. Four events were held at this meet and the team earned a total of twelve medals.

Shaul Kushinsky and Alex Kniazev earned gold medals in the event "Elevated Bridge," in which they designed and constructed the most efficient structure.

Bronze medals were earned by Danielle Amaral and Nicole Hayner in this event.

Kara Morse and Tim McGrath earned gold medals in the event "It's About Time," in which students constructed a timing device and set it to complete a variety of functions.

Silver medals were earned by Andre Tran and Dennis McCormick in the "Physics Lab" event where students designed and constructed a working wind powered generator.

In the final event, Amy Siegel and Sarah Nitenson earned silver medals while Erica Greene and Justin Rodrigues took home bronze medals in the event, "Forensics," where a crime scene was analyzed for evidence.

The team's next competition is at Dedham on February 4, 2010.