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Eastvalley Elementary School Wins Cobb Science Olympiad
Elementary school teams from Sedalia Park, Mt. Bethel, East Side, Ford, and Kincaid also qualify for the state competition in May.
Patch Staff Report
Eastvalley Elementary School recently won first place overall out of 30 teams in the Cobb County Regional Science Olympiad competition.
Eastvalley got the highest overall score with 412 total points, followed by Sedalia Park, Mt. Bethel, East Side, Ford, and Kincaid.
Those six teams will move on to the state competition in May.
Elementary Science Olympiad events take advantage of the natural curiosity of each child, and allow for in-depth hands-on experiences.
The Eastvalley individual winners included:
1st Place medals:
Grab a Gram: Jared Loncar and AJ Mattox
Paper Rockets: Westby Slade and Aubrey Ward
3rd Place Medals:
Starry Starry Night: AJ Mattox and Leo Jokay
Water Rockets: William Hestad, Devon Walcott, and Austin Norman
4th Place Ribbons:
Deep Blue Sea: Rain Koay and Austin Norman
Don’t Bug Me: Leo Jokay and Amanda Guitierrez
6h Place Ribbons:
Bridge Building: Sam Bowers and Akio Shipton
Disease Detectives: Scarlett Favro and Jake Jones
7th Place Ribbons:
Weather or Not: Aubrey Ward and Rhea Baghel
Straw Tower: Jared Loncar and Amanda Gutierrez
Map Reading: Rhea Baghel and Charlie Waugaman
9th Place Ribbons:
Simple Machines: Armstrong Tang and Matthew Hestad
What Went by: Armstrong Tang and Matthew Hestad
10th Place Ribbons:
Rock Hounds: Rain Koay and Scarlett Favro
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