Science Olympiad

Grace and Lauren had their regional science olympiad competition this past weekend in Huntsville. We woke up at 5:30am, left at 6:15 and arrived at the campus by 7:30am.  

After a long and grueling day, we left the campus at 5:30pm and got home at 7. We are so proud of their hard work at this very challenging competition. You know, when a school has "Boeing" and "AdTran" listed at the top of a long roster of sponsors, and when that team's school happens to be located approximately two miles from the Huntsville Space Center, they probably take their science and space exploration seriously. They set the bar, and we can only congratulate them.  

Regardless, we are incredibly proud of Grace and Lauren for working hard to master the categories they were given to study, and they learned a lot.  

Science Olympiad

What is better than a science olympiad tournament on the weekend? 

Back-to-back science olympiad county tournaments! After spending last Saturday with George's SO team, we thought it would be fun to spend this Saturday with Lauren and Grace's team.  

Grace had strong third place finishes for Fossils and Reach for the Stars, while Lauren finished second for Dynamic Planet and third for Reach for the Stars.  

So proud of how hard they have worked!

Science Olympiad

Today was George's first county Science Olympiad competition. With Robotics, our family has been true novices, having never experienced Robotics previously. However, we have a few years of science olympiad experience and knew what too expect.

George, though, was new too competing. He has an awesome coach, and Grace and Lauren helped coach him at home. However, it is hard to know what to research and study, and it's difficult to know if you are preparing adequately. And then, the girls told him there's nothing like finding a classroom in a big school you've never seen and sitting down with your partner to take a test.

George did GREAT. He and his partners were prepared, and they proudly earned fourth place finishes for their events. Competing for the first time as a third grader against other 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, this was a fantastic finish, and we couldn't be more proud!

We cannot wait for regionals at Auburn!

Band Performance + Science Olympiad

We had a great morning at Lauren and Grace's middle school for the third annual Veteran's Day Program (fun fact: their school has been open four years). 

They did an awesome job!

William George also had a fun morning. He was inadvertently booked for two separate field trips -- one to a hands on museum in Huntsville and another one as part of the Science Olympiad team going to McWane.  George had a tough decision, but ultimately opted to accompany the SO team as they are building an exhibit at the museum. They did a little work, and then got to explore the museum and play. Touching the stingrays was his favorite part. 

We can't wait to see the finished product!