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Science Olympiad |
Smoky
Mountain High
Science Olympiads,
from left, (back
row) Brent Lance,
team coach, Sammy
Matthews, Jason
Frizzell, David
Ford, Connor Davis;
(front row) Matt
Dougherty, Annelise
Davis, Caitie
Stehling and Emily
Butcher.
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Smoky Mountain High School’s
Science Olympiad team competed
in the 2009 Science Olympiad
regional competition recently
at UNC-Asheville. The team
is supported in part through
the assistance of Southwestern
Community College’s
GEAR UP program, which focuses
on helping students become
college-ready. Smoky Mountain
was one of eight high school
teams participating in the
competition and this was the
school’s second year
competing. The following team
members received medals for
competitive events: 1st in
Forensics to seniors Caitie
Stehling and Emily Butcher,
1st in Physics to Caitie Stehling
and senior Sammy Matthews,
2nd in Dynamic Planet to freshman
Connor Davis and sophomore
Kaysie Allen, 3rd in Experimental
Design to Caitie Stehling
and Emily Butcher, 3rd in
Remote Sensing to senior Matt
Dougherty and Connor Davis,
and 3rd in Trajectory to Matt
Dougherty and Sammy Matthews.
Team members Annelise Davis,
David Ford, Jason Frizzell,
and Chelsea White also participated.
Brent Lance, Science Olympiad
coach, attended summer and
fall training institutes to
prepare for the competition.
For more information, or to
find out how to get involved,
contact Lance or Jennie Ashlock,
GEAR UP Coordinator for Jackson
County, at 586-2177.
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Last
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5/5/09
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