Huntington Expected to Field Strong Science Olympiad Teams

The competition will once again be grueling, but Huntington High School Science Olympiad team members will be up to the challenge. Two dozen top science students on the roster and are expected to make the Blue Devils one of Long Island’s best.

“Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets,” according to the organization’s website. “Each year, a portion of the events are rotated to reflect the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, biology/anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation. Through Science Olympiad, students, teachers, parents, principals and business leaders bond together and work toward a shared goal.”

Huntington’s Science Olympiad club members include Emma Polinsky, Naomi Lyons, Claire Parks, Sena Knopf, Rachel Huth, Audrey Sherwood, Jordana Boxer, Michael Mendikyan, Richard Davis Jr., Jaipreet Singh, Belinda Velasquez Maldonado, Jacob Boxer, Adan Ntambwe, Amani Huq, Ryan DiVico, Ethan Naima, Katherine Bonilla Yanes, Jeremiah Dasque DeLeon, Isis Jezel Jimenez, Jupiter Brown, Elizabeth Fernandez, Illiana Jarmolowski, DeAndre Simmons and Ella Van Horn

Science Olympiad club officers include Emma Polinsky (president), Naomi Lyons (vice-president), Claire Parks (vice-president), Audrey Sherwood (secretary), Sena Knopf (public relations coordinator), Rachel Huth (treasurer) and Jordana Boxer (treasurer).

“This year is definitely one of our best-prepared years,” Mr. Liguori said. “We have put endless hours into our preparation and I have confidence that it will pay off. I hope that we can achieve medal awards in various events and broaden the name of Huntington High School in the Science Olympiads community. We are most definitely in it to win it this year.”

With two dozen club members that are exceptionally strong in science, the Blue Devils are expected to send multiple Science Olympiad teams into competition.

“Founded in 1984, Science Olympiad is the premier team STEM competition in the nation, providing standards-based challenges to 6,000 teams at 425 tournaments in all 50 states,” according to the organization’s website.

“We have an exceptional group of highly prepared students, poised to achieve top scores and remarkable success,” Ms. Knopf said. “Our club advisors, Amelia Saggese and Matthew Liguori have been putting countless hours into the success and training of the scholar students. They have set the club up for success and anticipate good results on the day of competition.”

The Huntington faculty advisors and team members prioritized the group’s needs and resources to best prepare the group for the regional competition scheduled for January 25 at Hauppauge High School.

“We really hit the ground running this year and are honing in on our extra studying and technical engineering for our build events,” Ms. Saggese said. “As advisors, we try our best to help each individual best prepare for their specific events and compete the best they can.”