User:EastStroudsburg13



EASTstroudsburg13 (me) is currently a student at East Stroudsburg High School South in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. I am a former co-captain of J.T. Lambert Intermediate School. In 2009 and 2010 for states I acted as a student coach for J.T. Lambert, and I was allowed to go with them this way. Currently, I am the acting captain for the East Stroudsburg South team. I am also obsessed with all things Science Olympiad, including scioly.org.

Highlights
For a more detailed event history, see Places of Science Olympiad Events.

Other Activities
I do actually participate in other extracurricular activities outside of Science Olympiad. Here is a list of my activities and a brief (hopefully) description:


 * Chess: I was co-captain and our first varsity board. I won the 9th place medal in our conference as a sophomore but fell short at the tournament as a junior and a senior. I'd have liked to finish a little bit better, but I had a good career and our team got second at the conference tournament so it's all good.
 * Scholastic Scrimmage: Kind of like Quiz Bowl. I wished I was better at this. I was captain in my junior year and our team got 5th in the conference. Then, this past year, we ended up finishing second, and lost by 30 points in the finals to Stroudsburg High School. Though I would have liked to win, I was pleased with the improvement. By the way, our conference has seven teams; this might be helpful in the future.
 * Chorus: I sing tenor. I'd say I sing pretty decently. This brings me to...
 * Choraliers: This is our school's select group. It has ~40 members, and we're a pretty good group. We go to adjudications and stuff. It's also the main reason why I now audition for choral festivals, of which I have participated in County Chorus in 2010, 2011, and 2012, District X Chorus in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and Region V Chorus in 2010 and 2012.
 * Musical: I first did our school's musical in 2011, when it was "Les Miserables". I was cast as the Butler in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" for 2012.
 * Cross Country: This brings me to my sports. I started cross country in the fall of 2010, which was my junior year (a lot happened this year). It was originally as something athletic I could do in the fall, but as the season went on, I began to run decent times. My PR was 20:07, and most of my times were around 21:30. I improved in my senior year, and ran times under 19 minutes, with a PR of 18:17.
 * Tennis: I started tennis in the spring of 2011, again as a junior. I was ranked 9th on our team, and played fourth doubles, mostly. In my senior year I played second doubles.
 * Soccer: I did this in my freshman year. Moving on...
 * Math/Computer Club: We are working on updating our school's website and preparing for the Lehigh University Math Competition and hopefully ARML. The other things we run are the PA Math League and AMC contests. Our school won Monroe County, although we got destroyed by East Stroudsburg High School North, which is in a neighboring county. I have gotten the highest score in my school in the PAML and AMC 12 for three years now, and I got a 96 on the AMC 12 in my junior year and qualified for AIME, where I got a 3.
 * Spelling Bee: I do pretty well in spelling bees. I won our county bee for middle schoolers in eighth grade, qualifying me for nationals, and I won the high school county bee in my junior year. I got fifth this year, misspelling "hecatomb". Should've asked for alternate pronunciations...
 * Geography Bee: I miss the GeoBee. I won our school bee in my seventh and eighth grade years, making states both times. I almost broke the top ten in my eighth grade year but fell short in the tiebreaker (*grumble* lederhosen *grumble*)
 * Envirothon: Envirothon kind of goes along with Science Olympiad in our school. Generally, we don't do well, because it's not highly publicized and nerds tend not to do it. As a sophomore we managed to win Forestry, which was the first win ever in our school's history. In my junior year, I formed a team with a few freshmen and we decided that we actually wanted to work. We finished third in the county as the "Carbon Sequesterers" and won Soils and Current Issue (Estuaries). Our team this year will be the "Flaming Riparian Buffers" and we hope to win the county competition.
 * Go Club: This is a noncompetitive club where we play the Chinese board game go.
 * Physics Club: See Go Club. We do physics stuff.
 * National Honor Society: In my junior year I applied for NHS and made it.

I think that's it.

Places of Science Olympiad Events
Results from 2006-2008 are from J.T. Lambert, and results from 2009 on are from East Stroudsburg South.

NOTE: Each event will only be linked the first time it appears.

2006
I was in 6th grade this year, and was not familiar with the intricacies of SO. Naturally, I struggled a bit, but I managed to get one medal. Our team did not reach states this year.

Regionals
 * Can't Judge A Powder: 4th
 * Dynamic Planet (Glaciers): ?
 * Meteorology: ?

2007
Here, I was a 7th grader. I improved in my studying and was rewarded by two medals at regionals. It left something to be desired, but at least it was an improvement. Our team also improved this year, as we reached states. I was not able to get a medal there, though.

Regionals
 * Meteorology: 3rd
 * Oceanography: 1st
 * Road Scholar: ?
 * Solar System: ?

States
 * Meteorology: ?
 * Road Scholar: ?
 * Solar System: ?

2008
My eighth grade year was my best year by far. I was familiar with all the practices of SO, and was a co-captain of the team. I really mastered my events at regionals, medaling in all my events, 3 of them gold. Our team also improved greatly, and if not for some events where we struggled, we easily could have placed 2nd, instead finishing 4th. At states, I continued to be successful, getting 4 medals, one of them a bronze.

Regionals
 * Crave the Wave: 4th
 * Meteorology: 1st
 * Metric Mastery: 1st
 * Oceanography: 1st
 * Reach for the Stars: 2nd

States
 * Disease Detectives: 4th
 * Meteorology: 5th
 * Oceanography: 4th
 * Reach for the Stars: 3rd
 * Science Word: 11th

2009
This year was my first year competing at the C level. As my first year competing with C, I was not entirely sure how I would stand up to the rest of the teams. I managed to get medals in two of my events. My team, however, was not as successful, and we failed to reach the state round. On the other hand, my old middle school team again reached states, finishing 4th, so that was some consolation.

MVC/LVC Tournament

I had never participated in this tournament, as it is only open to C. Only 5 teams from our conference competed, so 3rd is not as good as it seems.


 * Health Science: 4th MVC
 * Picture This: 3rd MVC

Regionals
 * Astronomy: 3rd
 * Disease Detectives: 11th
 * Dynamic Planet: 2nd
 * Experimental Design: 14th
 * Picture This: 16th

2010
This year, I had more experience in C and knew what to expect. Thus, my results were slightly better. The team was also more balanced and competitive than last year, but there was still something left to be desired. The MVC Tournament was not held this year due to weather problems.

Regionals
 * Astronomy: 2nd
 * Dynamic Planet: 3rd
 * Physics Lab (Wind Power): 3rd
 * Remote Sensing: 2nd
 * Write It Do It: 5th

2011
I had very high hopes for this year. Our team was stronger and I hoped that we can reach the state level for the first time in school history. Unfortunately, our team came up short. The fact that we attended the Athens Invitational this year gives others practice, but unfortunately I could not attend.

MVC/LVC Tournament

This was my second time participating in this small competition. 5 teams from the MVC participated, and 14 teams were there overall.


 * Chemistry Lab: 1st MVC, 4th overall
 * Ecology: 2nd MVC, 4th overall

Regionals

I had less medals this year than last year at regionals, but I was less familiar with these topics. I did attain my first C Division gold medal in Remote Sensing.
 * Astronomy: 2nd
 * Chemistry Lab: 11th
 * Ecology: 7th
 * Protein Modeling: 4th
 * Remote Sensing: 1st

2012
2012 will be my last year competing in Science Olympiad and my last chance to reach states as a high schooler.

Athens

This was my first time attending an official invitational. I looked at this as the closest I may ever get to competing at nationals. I performed better than i expected in most of my events, and considering the level cof competitiveness of the tournament, I am quite pleased with my results. Not satisfied, but pleased.
 * Astronomy: 9th
 * Dynamic Planet: 8th
 * Forensics: 11th
 * Protein Modeling: 7th
 * Remote Sensing: 3rd

Tiger

This was my second invitational. Although I did well, the two sixth places make me annoyed (the top 5 got medals)


 * Astronomy: 3rd
 * Chemistry Lab: 11th
 * Protein Modeling: 6th
 * Remote Sensing: 5th
 * Technical Problem Solving: 11th
 * Water Quality: 6th

MVC/LVC Tournament

Once again, my three main events are not being held. For the tournament that decides the conference champion, I would prefer if there was more balance: there are no earth science events. Nevertheless, I still hope to do well, and hopefully in college I may be able to write a test for one of these events, which would help to more accurately crown the winner.


 * Chemistry Lab: 1st MVC, 1st overall
 * Disease Detectives: 2nd MVC, 4th overall

Regionals

Regionals in my senior year was what I considered my "last stand". If we did not make states, my Science Olympiad career would be over, so I did everything in my power to get myself and my team ready. Regionals went without any major problems, and at the awards ceremony I knew that I could replicate the feat from eighth grade and medal in all five events. As my events were called, I realized that I had gotten first in everything. At this point, a second in Water Quality was mildly disappointing; even though I did very well considering it did not fall in one of my main interest groups, a full set of five golds would have been very nice. XD I'm very happy with how it went, and I'm glad that this is how i will be remembered.


 * Astronomy: 1st
 * Remote Sensing: 1st
 * Protein Modeling: 1st
 * Chemistry Lab: 1st
 * Water Quality: 2nd

States

States for the first time in my high school career was the icing on the cake. It was the first time I had a conflict between Astronomy and Remote Sensing, so I had to choose Astronomy, and Water Quality also had a conflict with those two events, but I was able to get 5 total events. I also placed relatively well in these events, which I saw as a fitting end to my career, even though I was one place away from medaling in two events.


 * Astronomy: 3rd
 * Disease Detectives: 8th
 * Dynamic Planet: 6th
 * Protein Modeling: 10th
 * Technical Problem Solving: 6th

Favorite Events
As you could probably see, I'm partial to study events. Here is my list of top events for B and C, both present and past.

Division B
Since I participated at this level for 3 years, I got to try many different events. Here are the events that I painstakingly ranked into a top 5.


 * 1) Reach for the Stars/Solar System: 2 medals
 * 2) Road Scholar: 0 medals
 * 3) Dynamic Planet/Oceanography: 3 medals
 * 4) Crave the Wave: 2 medals
 * 5) Meteorology: 3 medals

Division C
I also have top 5 in Division C. Predictably, most of these events are comparable to my Division B list.


 * 1) Astronomy: 6 medals
 * 2) Remote Sensing: 5 medals
 * 3) Protein Modeling: 2 medals
 * 4) Dynamic Planet: 2 medals
 * 5) Chemistry Lab: 3 medals