Science Olympiad Team Wins a Place in the State Competition!

After months of preparation, three teams of Marcellus students competed at the Midstate Science Olympiad competition on Saturday, March 5th at North Syracuse Jr HS. There were 23 teams competing. Our students performed amazingly. 

Our first team (15 students grades 7 -9) competed for individual medals and contributed to a team score.  They must compete in all 25 events for a team score.  They earned medals in 21/25 of the events, placed 4th overall, and qualified for the State Competition that will be held April 8,9 at ESM.

  

Our other two teams are made up of mostly 6th graders, but also includes students from grades 7-9 as well.  These students compete for individual medals in their events, but don't worry about competing in all the events.  It gives inexperienced students the opportunity to concentrate on 1 or 2 events (instead of 3 or 4).  These students did very well, and received medals in 9 events!

Here is a list of the winning events:

1st   Food Science- Emily Falge, Amy Francesconi

2nd  Disease Detective - Jeff Shi, Ryan Lundrigan

        Elastic Launched Glider - Nate Sonnacchio, Jaiden Capozzi

3rd   Optics - Ryan Moses, Ryan Worden

        Anatomy & Physiology - Jeff Shi, Ryan Lundrigan

        Elastic Launched Glider - Jeff Shi

4th   Bio-Process Lab - Emily Falge, Amy Francesconi

        Bottle Rocket - Ethan Ciota, George West

        Picture This- Emma Roseboom, Brielle McShane

5th   Crime Busters - Sophie Spitzer, Delaney Manahan

        Green Generation -Jonah Kwasnowski, Ryan Worden

        Mission Possible - Jonah Kwasnowski, George West

6th   Experimental Design - Sophie Spitzer, Delaney Manahan

        Reach for the Stars - Jonah Kwasnowski, Ryan Worden

        Road Scholar - Nick Roseboom, Ryan Lundrigan

        Bottle Rocket - Becca Grinnell, Emily Grinnell

7th   Picture This - Eve Chapman, Chloe Mack

        Write It, Do It - Emily Moses, Maddie Vetsch

8th   Bridge Building - Emma Murphy, Grady Germain

        Crave the Wave - Ryan Moses, Ryan Lundrigan

        Invasive Species - Jonah Kwasnowski, Nick Roseboom

        Meteorology - Emily Falge, Amy Francesconi

        Bottle Rocket - Gabe Hoag, Grady Germain

9th   Air Trajectory - Ben Watling, Ethan Ciota

        Scrambler - Ryan Worden, George West

        Food Science - Maggie Strempel, Faith Norstad

10th Dynamic Planet - Ryan Moses, Ben Watling

        Green Generation - Pat Morocco, Kaitlyn Worden

        Wind Power - Grady Germain, Gavin Ciota​

Robotics in DMS

7th and 8th grade students spend time during their FACS and Technology classes working with Sphero Robots.  Students had to program the robots to travel through mazes.  Students learned a little about ALEX, our humanoid robot.  It was a fun day for all!

DMS Community Dinner

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Annual DMS Community Dinner on Tuesday, March 1st.  We had a very fun night and served aver 200 people!  Our theme this year was "Reading Opens Doors" and we connected our dinner to our PARP week.  Author, Alicia Klepeis joined us throughout the day and also came to dinner as well!

Thanks to all the students and adults who helped make this dinner a huge success again this year.  Special thanks to Mrs. Turner and the DMS Jazz Band for providing our entertainment for the evening.

DMS Drama Club Presents Music Man, Jr.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Music Man Jr.  7th and 8th grade students did an amazing job with their recent performance.  Great job to our directors, Mrs. Reiffler, Ms. O'Meara and Mrs. Peenstra!  Bravo!!!!