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Paul J Gelinas Science Olympiad 9th grade and Senior Captain and pretty much a nerd, and also pretty much a failure Events I have competed in: Meteorology: Severe Storms, Climate, Everyday Weather. Reach for the Stars. Dynamic Planet: Plate Tectonics. Fast Facts. Anatomy and Physiology: Digestive, Respiratory, Immune, and Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Excretory. Circuit Lab. Elastic Launched Glider and Wright Stuff Trials: Science Quiz Bowl

About Me
2016-2017 season/7th grade

The Three Village School District is structured differently from most schools, it has middle schools as 7th-9th grade and high school as 10th-12th grade. This meant that in 6th grade I had absolutely no clue what Science Olympiad was and could not compete in 6th grade. When I got to Gelinas, I still had no clue what Science Olympiad was but my general science teacher happened to be Mr. Vorwald. If you don't know already, Mr. Vorwald had been the head coach of Gelinas Scio for more than a decade and was probably the most influential figure for Long Island Science Olympiad schools. I had always been interested in science and decided to join the club, and Mr. Vorwald gave me a brief overview of Scio one day in class. I went to the first few meetings and decided what events I was going to do. I went to the classes we had after school everyday and I ended up doing exceptionally well at tryouts. I was able to qualify for the varsity team. I don't mean to brag but, "For Gelinas, a 7th grader on the the varsity or A team was very rare," as told to me by Mr Vorwald. I was really happy to get on A team and was excited to go our first tournament, Rustin. Unfortunately, we could not go to Rustin due to weather, which was disappointing. We then hosted a mock tournament with the tests from Rustin and I took the tests with my partners and as a school we would have gotten 3rd. Next we had Blue Dragon which was the first invitational that were actually able to go to, and as a school we got 1st. One of the best experiences I had was the next invitational at Cornell. It was an amazing experience to see the campus and take the tests in actual classes. We also got to stay overnight which was a great experience to have because I had never gone on an overnight school trip. It was my favorite tournament but unfortunately the power went out on campus during the award ceremony and we had to leave. I found out later that I got 1st in Dynamic planet, 1st in fast facts, 1st in meteorology, and 2nd in reach for the stars. Even through all the mishaps, I really enjoyed scio as a club and because of what I learned and experienced

2018-2019 Achievements
Rustin Invitational

LISO Invitational

2017-2018 Achievements
Nationals

States

Regionals

Cornell Invitational

Islip Invitational

Rustin Invitational

2016-2017 Achievements
Ohio National Tournament

New York State Competition

Eastern Long Island Regional Competition

Cornell Invitational

Blue Dragon Invitational does not remember

Rustin Invitational did not go but took the tests from it and failed epicly