FSA Science Olympiad Teams Wins First Place at Chattahoochee

Three Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Teams competed in the Chattahoochee Invitational in Johns Creek, bringing home the first and fifth place plaques as a team.

This was the first tournament of the season and included teams from Alabama, Tennessee and the Atlanta area, including rival Dodgen Middle School who placed second in last year’s state tournament and twelfth at Nationals, according to a release from Principal Kenan Sener.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were pleased with the team’s performance.

“This was the first year Chattahoochee has hosted an invitational and you never know what to expect at a new tournament, but our students performed well and we’re very satisfied with the results,” said Mrs. Walsh.

The competition was a reunion of sorts for many former FSA students. Colin Walsh, Stephanie Stathos, Suryabratta Dutta, and Sunny Chen, all members of the 2010 FSA National Science Olympiad Team, and Beyza Akgun, 2012 FSA National Team member, assisted with the tournament by proctoring exams.

Individual awards were earned by the following students:

Anatomy – coached by Mrs. Ambari

3rd Place – Hasan Unal and Araneesh Pratap

5th Place – Sanjeev Uppalari and Avnee Naik

Boomilever – coached by Mr. Seker

5th Place Sule Anik and Kian Najaf

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Lewis

5th Place Sree Sanku and Suraj Chatrathi

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh

5th Place - Aditya Choudhari and Simon Wang

Entomology – coached by Mrs. Butler

2nd Place – Faith Lucas and Aditya Choudhari

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos

1st Place – Simon Wang, Mira Mutnick, and Sule Anik

2nd Place – Maryam Unal, Sruthi Chatrathi, and Sophie Richardson 

Heredity – coached by Ms. Doraiswami

4th Place – Sruthi Chatrathi and Karuna Kumar

Meteorology – coached by Mr. Ambardekar

4th Place – Neel Ambardekar and Sule Anik

Metric Mastery – coached by Ms. Fichter

1st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Vikram Ruppa-Kasani

Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos

3rd Place – Neel Ambardekar and Mira Mutnick

Robo-Cross – coached by Mr. Kaya

4th Place – Yusuf Tas

Rocks and Minerals – coached by Mrs. Walsh

1st Place – Brian Shoffeitt and Jean Moorman

3rd Place – Callie Webster and Soleil Moffitt

Rotor Egg Drop – coached by Mr. Seker

1st Place – Hasan Unal and Kian Najaf

3rd Place – Akash Bhatt and Nadine Haddad

Shock Value – coached by Mr. Wang

2nd Place – Simon Wang and Vikram Ruppa-Kasani

Simple Machines – coached by Mr. Near

1st Place – Araneesh Pratap and Brian Shoffeitt

3rd Place – Julian Hamelberg and Josh White

Solar System – coached by Mrs. Walsh

2nd Place –Jean Moorman and Aditya Choudhari

Sounds of Music – coached by Mr. Yanasak

5th Place – Mira Mutnick and Faith Lucas

Water Quality – coached by Mrs. Butler

1st Place – Jennifer Near and Elaine Wen

2nd Place – Sophie Richardson and Akash Bhatt

3rd Place – Vikram Ruppa-Kasani and Sule Anik

Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos

1st Place – Sophie Richardson and Karuna Kumar