On Saturday, March 1, 2025, 30 SPHS students in two teams competed at the Los Angeles-Rio Hondo College Regional Science Olympiad Tournament. Among the 60 teams that competed from 39 schools, the SPHS teams placed 3rd and 4th overall. SPHS has now qualified for the third year in a row to go to the Southern California State Tournament on April 12, 2025 at Caltech! Science Olympiad students competed in six invitational tournaments since September, working hard after school and on the weekends to practice and prepare for competition.
Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers.
Congratulations to the following students and their coach, Science teacher Benjamin Ku. Full results of the competition may be found here.
- Air Trajectory - #6 Lisa Zhang, Youhan Liu
- Anatomy and Physiology - #1 Anson Fong, William Chang
- Astronomy - #2 Alexa Chang, Wings Zhang
- Chemistry Lab - #4 Evan An, Gihan Van Kerkhove
- Codebusters - #5 Christine Xu, Kai Tilley, Richard Zhang
- Disease Detectives - #5 Alestor Law, Clare Maurer
- Experimental Design - #4 Alexa Chang, Clare Maurer, Wings Zhang
- Forensics - #1 Michael Lee, William Chang
- Fossils - #2 Qiran Liu, Solana Singer; #5 Christine Xu, Kai Tilley
- Geologic Mapping - #1 Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ty Yue
- Helicopter - #6 Emi Fong, Ty Yue
- Material Science - #2 Lucca Huang, Michael Lee; #3 Sophia Liu, William Hsieh
- Microbe Mission - #2 Anson Fong, William Chang; #3 Sophia Liu, Youhan Liu
- Optics - #3 Qiran Liu; Solana Singer; #4 Christine Xu, Peter Dickinson
- Robot Tour - #2 Peter Dickinson, Richard Zhang
- Tower - #3 Christine Xu, Richard Zhang; #5 Lacie Zhou, Qiran Liu
- Wind Power - #2 Lucca Huang, Michael Lee
- Write It Do It - #6 Evan An, Paxton Kim-Tang
Go, Tigers!
For more information, contact: South Pasadena Unified School District, [email protected].