Wednesday, March 6, 2013
What will Grayslake school students come up with at Saturday's Regional Science Olympiad at the College of Lake County?
About 700 middle and high school students, including those from Grayslake Central and North high schools, Grayslake Middle School, Frederick School, Park School and St. Gilbert Catholic School, will demonstrate their creativity and science skills at the 2013 Grayslake Regional Science Olympiad at the College of Lake County on Saturday, March 9. With event titles such as "Disease Detectives," "Designer Genes," "Rotor Egg Drop" and "Mission Possible," the events allow students to do cool science experiments and participate in heated competitions. The Oympiad runs from 8 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., Saturday with an awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m. The competitions will be held at locations throughout the CLC Grayslake campus at 19351 W. Washington St. …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Students at Frederick School took home 11 medals out of 26 events in the State competition, including first place overall.
Frederick Intermediate School’s Science Olympiad team participated in the State finals at the Univeristy of Illinois in Champaign on Saturday, April 14th. Science Olympiad is a team-based sport where groups of two to four students compete in events pertaining to specific scientific topics such as earth science, biology, chemistry, and engineering. The events are scored individually, and then scored as a whole for a team score. The team from Frederick, a District 46 school serving fifth- and sixth-grade students, went up against schools serving sixth- through eighth-grade students from across the state. Frederick students took home individual medals in 11 of the 26 events, and First Place overall in Class A, a first for the school. The…
Grayslake students earned the chance to compete in the Global Destination Imagination competition matching up against teams from the US, Brazil, China, India and more, if they can raise enough funds for the trip.
The Community Consolidated School District 46 Education Foundation is proud to announce that the Elementary Destination ImagiNation® (DI) Structural Challenge State Champions are D46 students. DI is designed to allow students to learn and experience creativity, teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving, organizers said. It is a global program that fosters a dynamic skill set necessary for future success and cultivates student development into world-class innovators and critical thinkers. “Sizzling Bacon,” a team of seven D46 students in grades 3 and 4, chose “Hold It!,” the Structural Challenge. The Challenge required the team to accomplish the following: The team comprised of students from Woodview and Prairieview Schools took …
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Students learn that science can be exciting through Illinois Science Olympiad competitions.
Science can be a tricky subject in school. While some kids love the experiments and problem solving, others struggle with the details of DNA, the galaxy and everything in between. Illinois Science Olympiad (ISO) is an organization that helps kids get excited about science through hands-on events. Competitions are held in all areas of science including chemistry, biology, earth science and physics. Grayslake schools have been involved in ISO for years, recently competed at the invitationals in Crystal Lake. Coach Dan Cahill, a physics teacher at GCHS for the past nine years, said the varsity team won third place in the Robot Ramble. This is an event where two students demonstrate the capabilities of a working remote-controlled robot they …
Ralf Landmesser
11:05 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
A follow up article would be great. St. Gilbert, GMS, and Frederick all advanced to the state competition April 20 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. more ›