On Saturday, January 24, the Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team competed in the Dodgen Invitational, one of the premiere Science Olympiad competitions with teams from five states. FSAPS placed a close second to Piedmont IB School from Charlotte, North Carolina, who finished ninth at Science Olympiad Nationals last year. FSAPS Team members medaled in 19 of the 23 events, demonstrating great consistency. Head coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were proud of the team’s performance. “This was definitely our hardest competition to date and our students really performed well,” said Mrs. Walsh.

Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Air Trajectory – coached by Ms. Tang

3rd Place – Simon Wang and Akash Bhatt

Anatomy – coached by Ms Doraiswami

4th Place –Araneesh Pratap and Sanjeev Uppaluri

Bio Process Lab – coached by Mrs. Uppaluri

2nd Place – Elaine Wen and Araneesh Pratap

Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Seker

4th Place – Andre Hamelberg and Akash Bhatt

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

4th Place – Hasan Unal and Sarah Lucas

Crave the Wave – coached by Mr. Wang

1st Place – Simon Wang and Brian Shoffeitt

Crime Busters – coached by Ms. Lang

1st Place – Sarah Lucas and Hasan Unal

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

3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Akash Bhatt

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh

4th Place – Mira Mutnick and Sanjeev Uppaluri

Elastic Launch Glider – coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place – Karuna Kumar and Andre Hamelberg

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler

2nd Place – Isabella Sims and Madeline Dressel

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos

2nd Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Ananya Terala

Fossils – coached by Ms. Beres

1st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Faith Lucas

Green Generation – coached by Ms. Larson

2nd Place – Faith Lucas and Elaine Wen

Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place – Sanjeev Uppaluri and Ananya Terala

Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos

1st Place – Mira Mutnick and Karuna Kumar

Simple Machines – coached by Mrs. Duzyol

3rd Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place –Brian Shoffeitt and Araneesh Pratap

Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos

2nd Place – Mira Mutnick and Karuna Kumar