‘March’ing Into The Finals . . . Of A Competition Like No Other

Regional competitions for the Department of Energy's National Science Bowl are continuing. Thousands of middle- and high-school students are competing in 120 regional events all across the country, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Winners will earn a full-paid trips to the National Finals in D.C. on April 25-29^th.

Twenty-five more teams made it to the Finals this past weekend including:

High Schools:

BASIS Scottsdale from Scottsdale, AZ, winner of the Arizona Regional High School Science Bowl;
Baton Rouge Magnet High School from Baton Rouge, LA, winner of the Louisiana Regional High School Science Bowl;
Maine School of Science and Mathematics from Limestone, ME, winner of the Maine Regional High School Science Bowl;
Bethlehem Central High School from Delmar, NY, winner of the New York State Capital District High School Science Bowl;
Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School from Syracuse, NY, winner of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers Northeast Regional High Science Bowl;
Mira Loma High School from Sacramento, CA, winner of the Sacramento High School Science Bowl;
STEP South Side High School from Rockville Centre, NY, winner of the STEP High School Science Bowl on Saturday; and
Hunter College High School from New York, NY, winner of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) High School Science Bowl.

Middle Schools:

Meridianville Middle School from Hazel Green, AL, winner of the Alabama Middle School Science Bowl;
Great Neck South Middle School from Great Neck, NY, winner of the Brookhaven National Laboratory/Long Island Middle School Science Bowl;
The Harker School from San Jose, CA, winner of the California West/South Bay Area Middle School Science Bowl on Saturday;
Haut Gap Middle School from Johns Island, SC, winner of the Carolina Middle School Science Bowl;
The Friendly Isotopes Science Club from Unionville, CT, winner of the Connecticut Middle School Science Bowl;
The Science Infinity Club from Bellevue, WA, winner of the Inland Northwest Middle School Science Bowl;
Takoma Park Middle School from Silver Spring, MD, winner of the Maryland Middle School Science Bowl;
Robert H. Sperreng Middle School from St. Louis, MO, winner of the Missouri Middle School Science Bowl;
Bethlehem Central Middle School from Delmar, NY, winner of the New York State Capital District Middle School Science Bowl;
Albuquerque Academy from Albuquerque, NM, winner of the New Mexico Middle School Science Bowl;
Nathaniel Rochester Community School from Rochester, NY, winner of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Eastern Regional Middle Science Bowl;
Jonas Clarke Middle School from Lexington, MA, winner of the Northern New England Middle School Science Bowl;
Hyde Park Middle School from Las Vegas, NV, winner of the Nevada Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Falcon Cove Middle School from Weston, FL, winner of the Space Coast Science Education Alliance Middle School Science Bowl;
Canyon Vista Middle School from Austin, TX, winner of the Texas A&M Junior Middle School Science Bowl;
Nysmith School from Herndon, VA, winner of the Virginia Middle School Science Bowl; and
Allendale Columbia School from Rochester, NY, winner of the Western New York Middle School Science Bowl

Winners for the weekend of February 22-25 were:

High Schools:

Kelly Walsh High School from Casper, WY, winner of the Wyoming High School Science Bowl;
Hanford High School from Richland, WA, winner of the Pacific Northwest High School Science Bowl;
North Hollywood High School from North Hollywood, CA, winner of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power High School Science Bowl;
Summit High School from Spring Hill, TN, winner of the Tennessee High School Science Bowl;
University Preparatory High School from Redding, CA, winner of the Redding High School Science Bowl;
Shanley High School from Fargo, ND, winner of the North Dakota High School Science Bowl;
Carmel High School from Carmel, IN, winner of the Indiana/Michigan High School Science Bowl;
Tokay High School from Lodi, CA, winner of the Central Valley High School Science Bowl;
Walton High School from Marietta, GA, winner of the Georgia High School Science Bowl;
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South from Princeton Junction, NJ, winner of the New Jersey Regional High School Science Bowl;
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School from Lexington, KY, winner of the Greater Cincinnati High School Science Bowl;
Paul M Dorman High School from Roebuck, SC, winner of the DOE Savannah River High School Science Bowl;
Evanston Township High School from Evanston, IL, winner of the Chicago High School Science Bowl;
Amarillo High School from Amarillo, TX, winner of the Pantex High School Science Bowl; and
Science Academy of South Texas from Mercedes, TX, winner of The University of Texas-Pan American High School Science Bowl.

Middle Schools:

Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School from Bridgewater, NJ, winner of the New Jersey Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Central Lee Middle School from Donnellson, IA, winner of the Iowa Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
BASIS DC from Washington, D.C., winner of the Washington D.C. Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Colegio Catolico Notre Dame from Caguas, PR, winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) Middle School Regional Science Bowl;
Hopkins Junior High School from Fremont, CA, winner of the Sandia National Laboratories/Las Positas College Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Mahtomedi Middle School from Mathomedi, MN, winner of the Minnesota Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Oxford Middle School from Oxford, MS, winner of the Mississippi Regional Middle School Science Bowl; and
Marvin P. Baker Middle School from Corpus Christi, TX, won The University of Texas-Pan American Middle School Science Bowl.

Winners for the weekend of February 15-17 were:

High Schools:

John Foster Dulles High School from Sugar Land, TX, winner of the Booz Allen Hamilton Regional High School Science Bowl;
Rapid City Central High School from Rapid City, SD, winner of the South Dakota Regional High School Science Bowl;
Baldwin School of Puerto Rico from Bayamon, PR, winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez High School Regional Science Bowl;
Rancho Bernardo High School from San Diego, CA, winner of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers San Diego Regional Science Bowl;
Blue Valley West High School from Overland Park, KS, winner of the Kansas High School Science Bowl;
For Zumwalt South High School from St. Peters, MO, winner of the Missouri High School Science Bowl; and
Los Alamos High School from Los Alamos, NM, winner of the New Mexico High School Science Bowl

Middle Schools:

Calloway County Middle School from Murray, KY, winner of the Western Kentucky Regional Middle School Science Bowl;
Hector Garcia Middle School from San Antonio, TX, winner of the San Antonio Area Regional Science Bowl;
Creekside Middle School from Carmel, IN, winner of the Indiana Regional Middle School Science Bowl; and
Edison Computech 7-8 from Fresno, CA, winner of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Region 1 Regional Middle School Science Bowl

Winners for the weekend of February 8-10 were:

High Schools:

Woodrow Wilson Senior High School from Washington, D.C., winner of the Washington D.C. High School Science Bowl;
Northwest Early College High School from El Paso, TX, winner of the El Paso Community College Regional High School Science Bowl;
Tehachapi High School from Tehachapi, CA, winner of the Kern County Regional High School Science Bowl;
Bellarmine College Preparatory from San Jose, CA, winner of the SLAC Regional High School Science Bowl; and
Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science from Bowling Green, KY, winner of the Western Kentucky Regional High School Science Bowl

Middle Schools:

Roosevelt Middle School from River Forest, IL, winner of the Argonne National Laboratory Regional Science Bowl;
Treasure Valley Math and Science Center from Boise, ID, winner of the Idaho Middle School Science Bowl; and
Dumas Junior High School from Dumas, TX, winner of the Pantex Middle School Science Bowl

Winners for the weekend of February 1-3 were:

High Schools:

Alma Bryant High School from Irvington, AL, winner of the Alabama High School Science Bowl;
Helena High School from Helena, MT, winner of the Big Sky High School Science Bowl;
Mountain View High School from Vancouver, WA, winner of the BPA High School Science Bowl;
The Illinois Math and Science Academy from Aurora, IL, won the Illinois High School Science Bowl;
Harrison High School from West Lafayette, IN, winner of the Indiana High School Science Bowl;
Pullman High School from Pullman, WA, won the Inland Northwest Regional Science Bowl;
University High School from Irvine, CA, winner of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Los Angeles Regional Science Bowl;
Palo Alto High School from Palo Alto, CA, winner of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Regional High School Science Bowl;
The North Carolina School of Science and Math from Durham, NC, winner of the North Carolina High School Science Bowl;
Lincoln East High School from Lincoln, NE, winner of the Nebraska High School Science Bowl;
The Meadows School from Las Vegas, NV, winner of the Nevada High School Science Bowl;
Ridgeview Classical Schools from Fort Collins, IN, winner of the Rocky Mountain High School Science Bowl;
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology from Alexandria, VA, winner of the Virginia High School Science Bowl; and
Parkersburg High School from Parkersburg, WV, winner of the West Virginia High School Science Bowl on Saturday

Middle Schools:

Will James Middle School from Billings, MT, winner of the Big Sky Middle School Science Bowl;
Edward Hurley Elementary School from Chicago, IL, winner of the Chicago Regional Middle School Science Bowl; and
The Blount Home Education Association from Maryville, TN, winner of the East Tennessee Middle School Science Bowl

Winners for the weekend of January 25-27 were:

High Schools:

Southside High School from Fort Smith, AR, winner of the Arkansas High School Science Bowl;
Huntington High School from Huntington, NY, winner of the Brookhaven National Laboratory/Long Island Regional High School Science Bowl;
Lakewood High School from Lakewood, CO, winner of the Colorado High School Science Bowl;
Maui High School from Kahului, HI, winner of the Hawaii High School Science Bowl;
Pleasant Valley High School from Bettendorf, IA, winner of the Iowa High School Science Bowl;
St. Paul Central High School from St. Paul, MN, winner of the Minnesota High School Science Bowl;
The Mississippi School for Math and Science from Columbus, MS, winner of the Mississippi High School Science Bowl;
Deer Creek High School from Edmond, OK, winner of the Oklahoma High School Science Bowl;
The Mission San Jose from Fremont, CA, winner of the Sandia National Laboratories/Las Positas High School Regional Science Bowl;
James Madison Memorial High School from Madison, WI, winner of the Wisconsin High School Science Bowl

Middle Schools:

Olde Middle School/Team Atom from Bellevue, WA, winner of the BPA Middle School Science Bowl;
Eagle Rock Junior High School from Los Angeles, CA, winner of the California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) Middle School Science Bowl;
The Alice Buffet Magnet Middle School from Omaha, NE, winner of the Nebraska Middle School Science Bowl

Winners for the weekend of January 18-20 were:

Rockville High School from Rockville, MD, the winner of the Maryland High School Science Bowl;
LISA Academy from Little Rock, AR, the winner of the Arkansas Middle School Science Bowl;
Wesleyan School from Norcross, GA, the winner of the Georgia Middle School Science Bowl;
Monte Cassino Middle School from Tulsa, OK, the winner of the Oklahoma Middle School Science Bowl

Regional competitions conclude the weekend of March 9^th. So stay tuned to this site for updates on your favorite teams.

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