Dalton News

Dalton Science Olympiad Team Earns 3rd Place and Advances to State Tournament

Congratulations to the Science Olympiad team for their success at the NYC regional competition!  Dalton was the third place school, due to Team A's amazing 4th place showing. The team now qualifies to move on to the state tournament.  Most importantly, everyone had a lot of fun at the competition on Saturday, February 7, 2014.
The top seven schools who advanced to States were: 1. Townsend Harrris, 2. Stuyvesant, 3. Dalton, 4. Brooklyn Tech, 5. Archbishop Molloy, 6. Collegiate, and 7. Trinity.

Dalton sent three teams of 15 students each to compete in 24 different events. Each student competed in three to four events. There were 60 teams at the competition. Our teams were lead by captains Celine Guan ‘15, Chris Pardee ‘15 and Jake Multer ‘16.

Dalton earned 23 medals for top-ten finishes:

9th: Anatomy and Physiology
Karina Shah ‘16 and Brian Zhao ‘15 (Team A)
3rd: Astronomy
Chris Pardee ‘15 and Meet Patel ‘15 (Team A)
8th: Bridges
Sitoe Thiam ‘15 and Elias Oakes ‘16 (Team C)
3rd: Bungee Drop
Celia Heath ‘18 and Caroline Silver ‘17 (Team B)
4th: Bungee Drop
Jake Multer ‘16 and Zach Buttenwieser ‘15 (Team A)
3rd: Cell Biology
Brian Zhao ‘15 and Alia Richardson ‘15 (Team A)
10th: Chemistry Lab
Teddy Katz ‘15 and Brian Zhao ‘15 (Team A)
4th: Compound Machines
Celine Guan ‘15 and Dillon Azzam ‘15 (Team A)
2nd: Experimental Design
Karina Shah ‘16, Celine Guan ‘15, Emily Cohen ‘15 (Team A)
1st: Game On
Kira Weinberg ‘17 and Annabelle Buttenwieser ‘18 (Team C)
6th: Game On
Zach Buttenwieser ‘15 and Ella Tessier-Lavigne ‘16 (Team A)
5th: Geologic Mapping
Zach Buttenwieser ‘15 and Ella Tessier-Lavigne ‘16 (Team A)
4th: Invasive Species
Matthew Bartlett ‘18 and Samantha Haas ‘17 (Team C)
2nd: It's About Time
Pendulum built by Teddy Katz ‘15 and Chris Pardee ‘15; Testing by Chris Pardee ‘15 and Dillon Azzam ‘15 (Team A)
4th: Mission Possible
Maisie Fisher ‘17 and Swarup Dhar ’18 (Team B)
1st: Protein Modeling
Alia Richardson ‘15, Brian Zhao ‘15, and Karina Shah ‘16 (Team A)
6th: Protein Modeling
Elias Oakes ‘16, Kira Weinberg ‘17 and Lauren Eisner ’15 (Team C)
4th: Scrambler
Teddy Katz ‘15 and Emily Cohen ‘15 (Team A)
7th: Scrambler
Caroline Silver ‘17 and Carisa Shah ‘18 (Team B)
10th: Scrambler
Elias Oakes ‘16 and Sara Pardee ‘18 (Team C)
4th: Wright Stuff
Celine Guan ‘15 and Jack O'Brien ‘16 (Team A)
1st: Write It Do It
Meredith Manson ‘16 and Erin Paglione ‘17 (Team B)
2nd: Write It Do It
Alia Richardson ‘15 and Eleanor Seiler ‘17 (Team A)
 
I am especially proud of the freshmen, sophomores and SciO novices on Teams B and C whose outstanding effort allowed them to earn some of the highest placements at the competition!

Thank you to all of the teachers who helped mentor the students during the course of their preparation.

A special thanks to Charlie Forster, Vance Condie, Gordie Campbell, Jerry Francischelli, and Joaquin Ramsey for spending all day Saturday running events and chaperoning the team. This event wouldn't run without their efforts.

Story and photos provided by Dr. Jennifer Hackett, High School Science Teacher
Back
(Grades K-3) 53 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
General: (212) 423-5200 | Admissions: (212) 423-5463
General: info@dalton.org | Admissions: fpadmissions@dalton.org

(Gr. 4 Dalton East & PE Center) 200 East 87th Street
New York, NY 10128
General: (212) 423-5200 | Admissions: (212) 423-5262
General: info@dalton.org | Admissions: admissionsmshs@dalton.org

(Grade 5-12) 108 East 89th Street
New York, NY 10128
General: (212) 423-5200 | Admissions: (212) 423-5262
General: info@dalton.org | Admissions: admissionsmshs@dalton.org