Science Olympiad tournament

This past Saturday thirteen students from Neuse Charter School participated in Science Olympiad at Campbell University, Buies Creek. They competed in twenty three events against twenty five teams from other schools. I am proud of our team for many reasons - first, our team spent time and effort outside of school to prepare their events, sometimes with parent volunteers to learn the material. Only five schools competed in all events - Neuse Charter School was one of them. Third, it was our first year in this competition, and students maintained a positive attitude in the face of adversity. Our students competed in both academic and design events and engineered everything from helicopters, towers, trebuches (catapults), Rube-Goldberg devices, and mousetrap vehicles, to bottle rockets. Academic events included everything from Crime Busters to Food Science to Reach for the Stars. Kennith Raba won fourth place in forestry. Even though we did not qualify for State this year, I believe Neuse Charter School cougars will be back! Congratulations to all students who participated for making it the success it was.