Oak Ridge High School placed third at the U.S. Department of Energy’s annual Tennessee Science Bowl this past weekend. The ORHS team is pictured above. From left to right they are Albert Xue, Ting Wang, Joseph Andress, Adithyan Sujithkumar, and Melissa Yuan. (Photo courtesy DOE)
Oak Ridge High School placed third at the U.S. Department of Energy’s annual Tennessee Science Bowl this past weekend. The ORHS team is pictured above.
The 2016 Tennessee Science Bowl included 60 teams from across the state on Saturday, February 27, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Blount County Campus. As the third-place team, the ORHS team received a $500 prize.
Cedar Springs Homeschool of Knoxville finished first, received a $1,000 cash prize and a first-place trophy, and will advance in an all-expenses-paid trip to the DOE National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., from April 28-May 2. Lausanne Collegiate School finished second, and won a $750 cash prize and trophy, and Brentwood High School finished fourth for a $250 cash prize and trophy.
The Tennessee Science Bowl is the nation’s third largest regional competition. During the annual competition, students answer challenging questions in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space science, and energy. The regional bowl prepares students to compete nationally with other exceptional students from schools across the country.
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Steve Dittner says
So Oak Ridge finishes first in public schools? Seems about right. And we beat Brentwood out of Nashville with a minority population of less than half and serving a financially disadvantaged population of less than half of Oak Ridge High’s? GO ORHS!
Sam Hopwood says
Psst… Steve… I don’t think these ORHS students are among our financially disadvantaged students. Just sayin’ …. But congrats to them anyway. They done good!!
Steve Dittner says
Agreed, but they come from a school with a much more diverse demographic than any of the other schools. This only goes to show how hard the teachers, admins and staff work to ensure a high level of performance overall