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The Grover Cleveland High School Science Olympiad team poses with their awards
Ridgewood’s high school wins
big at regional science olympiad
BY MAX PARROTT
mparrott@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Grover Cleveland High School hosted
the 2020 Regional Science Olympiad on
Saturday, Feb. 8, and its team came away
with a host of awards.
Th e Grover Cleveland team competed
against 48 teams from around the
region. Th e school’s top 10 medal winners
are Alan Pinto and Mayra Rojas
in Boomilever and Sudeep Kandel and
Emily Liu in Geologic Mapping.
Emily Liu, Sudeep Kandel, Adam Mock,
Saiman Rai, Aldijana Hot and Shafi qur
Khan came in the top third of schools
in their Dynamic Planet, Gravity Vehicle
and Ping Pong Parachute projects. In
doing this, they overcame Stuyvesant,
Townsend Harris and numerous specialized
high schools.
Science Olympiad is one of the largest
STEM competitions in the country held
on the regional, state and national levels.
Schools from each region compete
for a spot at state and national contests.
Students compete in 24 diff erent STEM
events from written to hands-on assignments,
including anatomy and physiology,
disease detective, fossils, experimental
design and wright stuff model airplane.
Grover Cleveland has been a host
since 2003.
Th e Grover Cleveland team’s members
are Stephanie Alvarado, Amy Alvarado,
Sonam Sherpa, Emily Liu, Dilsanelys
Minaya, Sudeep Kandel, Kenny Lin,
Saiman Rai, Eman Megally, Aldijana Hot,
Nischal Th apa, Shafi qur Khan, Kabita
Dahal, Pranish Ojha, Sanskritri Khadka,
Adam Mock, Anisha Th apa, Niva KC,
Erick Guerrero, Kabita Dahal, Mayra
Rojas, Alan Pinto, Jeff rey Mendoza and
Nicole Arizaga.
Stuyvesant, Staten Island Tech,
Townsend Harris, Brooklyn Technical,
Leon Goldstein and Forest Hills High
Schools will be represented at the state
competition in March.
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