Science Olympiad Team brings home 2nd Place from Chattahoochee Invitational

On Saturday, Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team competed in the Chattahoochee Invitational in Johns Creek. This was the first tournament of the season and included teams from throughout the metro Atlanta area, including rival Dodgen Middle School. The FSA team took first place and many FSAPS students earned medals in their events.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were pleased with the team’s performance. “This early in the season it’s difficult to be prepared for each of the 23 events. Many of the building events require much trial and error. Students were calibrating their devices all week and to have a working device for each event this early in the season is quite an accomplishment,” said Mrs. Walsh.

Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang

1st Place – Sruthi Chatrathi and Saad Maan

Anatomy – coached by Ms. Doraiswami

3rd Place – Hasan Unal and Araneesh Pratap

Bio Process Lab – coached by Mrs. Uppaluri

4th Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Faith Lucas

5th Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Vihan Karnala

Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Seker

1st Place – Prajwal Vedula and Akash Bhatt

2nd Place – Andre Hamelberg and Sophie Richardson

3rd Place – Faris Unal and Karen Pederson

Bridges – coached by Mr. Seker

1st Place – Faith Lucas and Sophie Richardson

2nd Place – Akash Bhatt and Ananya Pottabhathini

Can’t Judge a Powder – coached by Ms. Lang

1st Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal

3rd Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang

Crime Busters – coached by Ms. Lang

2nd Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt and Ms. Chirumamilla

1st Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap

2nd Place – Akash Bhatt and Saad Maan

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place – Mira Mutnick and Sophie Richardson

4th Place – Akash Bhatt and Christina Wang

Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place – Karuna Kumar and Avinash Pratap

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler

2nd Place – Soleil Moffitt and Will Mutsch

4th Place – Bella Sims and Maddie Dressel

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos

3rd Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Ananya Terala

5th Place – Karen Pederson, Krishna Kumar, and Shreya Puvvula

Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres

2nd Place – Araneesh Pratap and Faith Lucas

5th Place – Karen Pederson and Ameya Rekapalli

Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson

1st Place – Faith Lucas and Sarah Lucas

3rd Place – Soleil Moffitt and Christina Wang

Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh

1st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Ananya Terala

5th Place – Saneev Uppaluri and Callie Webster

Picture This – coached by Ms. Fichter

4th Place – Sophie Richardson, Ananya Terala, and Avinash Pratap

5th Place – Katherine Li, Kayti Duchiene, Sanjeev Uppaluri

Robo-Cross – coached by Mr. Kaya

4th Place – Mira Mutnick and Hasan Unal

Simple Machines – coached by Ms. Duzyol

1st Place – Karuna Kumar and Araneesh Pratap

5th Place – Krishna Kumar and Destiny Abbey

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh

4th Place –Brian Shoffeitt and Andre Hamelberg

Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos

2nd Place – Katherine Li and Vihan Karnala

3rd Place – Sedat Akgun and Faris Unal