Manchester's Science Olympiad team competes at county level

3rd Grade Water Rockets Team. Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

Manchester's Elementary Science Olympiad team competed at the the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad on Saturday held at Pioneer High School against 39 other schools in 4 categories in the largest Elementary Science Olympiad competition in the country.

Head coaches Lynn Miller and Jill Noble along with coaches Jeff White, Kent Miller, and Holy Majorprice lead ten 2nd - 4th grade Manchester students in the topics of astronomy, rockets, aerodynamics and engineering.

Manchester's roster:

Second grade:
Emerson Martin-On Target
Joshua Gregory - Infinity and Beyond
Landon Clark- On Target, Infinity and Beyond

Third Grade-
Chloe Majorprice- pasta bridges
Claire Gaydosh-water rockets
Carter Gallinat- on target, water rockets
Memphis Conklin- infinity and beyond, water rockets

Fourth grade-
Curtis Krasue-Bean- on target, infinity and beyond, water rockets
Bodi Foulke- water rockets
Oliver Bushaw-water rockets

In the end, Manchester brought home a medal. Third grader Cater Gallinat placed 5th for On Target!

Memphis holds Manchester's banner. Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

Awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

Carter and Coach Jeff: Carter took 5th place in "On Target". Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

4th Grade Water Rockets Team walking into Awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

Head Coaches and Coaches during awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

Photo courtesy of Lynn & Kent Miller.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.