Kennedy Science Olympiad emerged victorious again as the 2023 National Champions!
Kennedy Middle School recaptured our 2021 National Championship title at the 2023 National Tournament!
The Kennedy Science Olympiad team won First Place at the 2023 National Science Olympiad Tournament, making this our back-to-back in-person National Championships and our five-time national win since 2018. Congratulations!
At the fiercely competitive national tournament, our Kennedy team showcased exceptional talent, earning a total of 17 medals: 4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze, 4 fourth medals, 3 fifth medals, 2 sixth medals. Our impressive achievements include securing top ten finishes in 21 events and ranking within the top fifteen in 25 events. With a remarkable national team score of 146, we even surpassed our previous in-person national record of 148 set in 2019.
You can find the official press release, results and your official winner photo here:
https://www.soinc.org/2023-national-tournament
https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/FINAL_2023_NatlTournPost_Release_052123.pdf
We won:
Our team members are:
Event Captain of Earth & Physical Sciences and Cryptology: Takuji Kubota
Event Captain of Engineering: Rachael Jin
Event Captain of Life and Earth Sciences: Shamali Rewari
Team Coach: Queen-Lee Foo
Team Faculty Advisor: Mr. Hamby Aochi
Thank you to Mr. Nuno, Ms.Orvick, Mr. Noguera, CUSD, PTA for all their support.
Most of all, to all the parents, coaches, and mentors who have dedicated numerous hours and put in tremendous efforts to maintain our first-class team.
Once again, congratulations to each member of our team for their unwavering dedication, skill, and hard work. Their commitment to excellence has brought us this remarkable success!
The Kennedy Science Olympiad team won First Place at the 2023 National Science Olympiad Tournament, making this our back-to-back in-person National Championships and our five-time national win since 2018. Congratulations!
At the fiercely competitive national tournament, our Kennedy team showcased exceptional talent, earning a total of 17 medals: 4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze, 4 fourth medals, 3 fifth medals, 2 sixth medals. Our impressive achievements include securing top ten finishes in 21 events and ranking within the top fifteen in 25 events. With a remarkable national team score of 146, we even surpassed our previous in-person national record of 148 set in 2019.
You can find the official press release, results and your official winner photo here:
https://www.soinc.org/2023-national-tournament
https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/FINAL_2023_NatlTournPost_Release_052123.pdf
We won:
- Gold (First Place): Codebusters, Dynamic Planet, Sounds of Music, Solar Power (Trial)
- Silver (Second Place): Can't Judge a Powder, Disease Detectives, Rocks & Minerals
- Bronze (Third Place): Write It CAD It (Trial event)
- Bronze (Fourth Place): Anatomy & Physiology, Experimental Design, Flight, Write It Do It
- Bronze (Fifth Place): Forestry, Roller Coaster, Solar System
- Bronze (Sixth Place): Bio Process Lab, Meteorology
- Seventh Place: Road Scholar
- Eighth Place: Crave the Wave, Storm the Castle
- Ninth Place: Bridge
- Twelfth Place: Wheeled Vehicle
- Thirteenth Place: Green Generation, Agricultural Science (Trial)
- Fourteenth Place: Crime Busters
Our team members are:
- Alicia Xie - Disease Detectives, Storm the Castle, Sounds of Music, Write It Do It, Bio Process Lab (b)
- Anish Vuppala - Can’t Judge A Powder, Crime Busters, Experimental Design, Coderbusters (b)
- Bryan Fu - Meteorology, Solar System
- Elaina Pan - Codebusters, Experimental Design, Write It Do It, Fast Facts (b), and Anatomy & Physiology (b)
- Harvey Lei - Dynamic Planet, Forestry, Road Scholar, Rocks and Minerals
- Joel Lee - Anatomy & Physiology, Flight, Forestry
- Nimal Kumar - Can’t Judge a Powder, Crime Busters, Green Generation, Solar System, Experimental Design (b)
- Owen Liu - Anatomy & Physiology, Bio Process Lab
- Pragya Rama - Crave the Wave, Disease Detectives, Dynamic Planet, Rocks and Minerals
- Rachael Jin - Bridge, Roller Coaster, Storm the Castle, Wheeled Vehicle
- Rehan Babu - Bio Process Lab, Codebusters, Fast Facts, Solar System (b)
- Samarth Kashyap - Bridge, Flight, Roller Coaster, Wheeled Vehicle
- Shamali Rewari - Fast Facts, Meteorology, Anatomy & Physiology (b)
- Sohum Uttamchandani - Crave the Wave, Road Scholar
- Takuji Kubota - Codebusters, Experimental Design, Green Generation, Sounds of Music
- Vihaan Gope - Agricultural Science, Bio Process Lab (b), Can’t Judge A Powder (b)
- Neha Bashyam - Write It CAD It
- Bryan Ge - Agricultural Science, Solar Power
- Derek Liu - Write It CAD It
- Natalie Yao - Solar Power
Event Captain of Earth & Physical Sciences and Cryptology: Takuji Kubota
Event Captain of Engineering: Rachael Jin
Event Captain of Life and Earth Sciences: Shamali Rewari
Team Coach: Queen-Lee Foo
Team Faculty Advisor: Mr. Hamby Aochi
Thank you to Mr. Nuno, Ms.Orvick, Mr. Noguera, CUSD, PTA for all their support.
Most of all, to all the parents, coaches, and mentors who have dedicated numerous hours and put in tremendous efforts to maintain our first-class team.
Once again, congratulations to each member of our team for their unwavering dedication, skill, and hard work. Their commitment to excellence has brought us this remarkable success!