GMS Science Olympiad Team Makes It To States!

(top left: Ayesha Gulzar and Gavin Tilock studying for Disease Detectives. top right: Diana and Laura Prudius competing for Bridges at Regionals. bottom left: Science Olympiad team testing for study events on Regionals day. bottom right: Yonathan Abeje and Aaron Naidan testing Ping Pong Parachute.)
Along with study events, many members did build events such as building a catapult and a parachute. Amanuel Gebremeskel, an 8th grader at Glasgow, along with Yonathan Abeje an 8th grader shared their experiences with build events. “There were a lot of restrictions for the device that I was building. This pushed me to research more about my device so that I could make it as effective as possible,” said Amanuel. Yonathan explained that, “The main challenge for both of my events was knowing how to start. When compared to study events, build events require a different approach. After knowing how to start, everything gets easier from there.”
The Glasgow Science Olympiad team’s success wouldn’t have been possible without their coaches, Teresa and Tucker Trissell. Tucker, a 9th grader at Justice HS, started the Glasgow team because, “I just felt that Science Olympiad was a really positive experience in my life for the four years that I have done it, and I wanted to let everyone else experience it the same way I did.” Upon reflecting on Science Olympiad as a whole, Teresa Trissell felt that, “It’s been awesome! You guys are smart, inquisitive, polite, engaged, and I love sharing science, and geeky math things with you all.”
Overall, this group of smart, and talented students created a community of scientists. Throughout the past few months, they’ve grown close and become a very tight knit group of friends. They can inspire others (and hopefully future Glasgow students) to join the Science Olympiad team, and make this community of science lovers grow.

Ayesha Gulzar (she/her) is an 8th grader at Glasgow Middle School. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan but was raised in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a passionate creative person who loves to write, draw, bullet journal, and do calligraphy. In her free time, she likes to learn new things or organize because she is a true neat freak at heart.

Brooke Ehmann - Jones (she/her), an 8th grader at Glasgow MS has been a writer for the Panther Post since the 2020 school year. She has lived in Northern Virginia all of her life and plays on a soccer team, loves playing music on her saxophone and the piano, enjoys reading, writing, cooking, and painting, and loves spending time outdoors on the many hikes she and her family have been on. Brooke is also very passionate about the environment and enjoys learning about nature, and volunteering to protect it. She has two cats at home, and loves traveling to national parks with her family.
maura
Mar 25, 2022 at 8:48 am
Good work!
Charlotte
Mar 24, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Nice work you guys!
Nathan
Mar 25, 2022 at 8:28 am
Yeah, Glasgow is very proud to have you all on our team!