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'''Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School''' is located in East Setauket, [[New York]] on Long Island. Because of their location, they compete in the Eastern Long Island Regional Tournament, which is held in February or March each year. They have gone to States many times in the past decade.
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'''Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School''' is a [[Division B]] team in the [[Eastern Long Island Regional|Eastern Long Island]] region of [[New York]]. Gelinas has qualified NY States tournament many times in the past two decades, with the team forming in the early 1990s. Gelinas has gone to the National tournament 17 times in the last 19 years, place top ten in '06, '07, '08, '10, '11, '13, '15, '16, '17, and '19. From 2000 - 2021, Gelinas had a 21 year streak of heading to Nationals, which was broken after placing 4th in States 2022. They placed 1st in New York State in the 2023 season.  
  
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The team formed in the early 1990's, and went to States at least twice before their current streak from 2000 - 2019. In 2000, after Mr. [[Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School#Gary Vorwald|Gary Vorwald]] became the new coach, the team qualified for States for the first time in nearly 10 years, and placed 6th, winning the Best Performance of a New School Award. Their most notable achievement is being the NY state champions ten times since 2006 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) and placing 2nd in 2009,  2011, 2012, and 2017. They have gone to the National tournament in 16 of the last 17 years, placing in the top ten in '06, '07, '08, '10, '11, '13, '15, '16, '17, and '19. They have a sibling school, [[RC Murphy]], which has placed in the top ten at the state tournament in the past four years. Gelinas had the best year in their history in 2010, getting 95 points for a first-place win at States and winning third place at Nationals, just 30 points behind [[Solon Middle School]], the top team.
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=== School Info ===
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Pronounced juh-lee-nas (this is very important), Paul J. Gelinas is a Junior High School with about 700 students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Therefore, the Science Olympiad team is composed of only 7th, 8th, and 9th graders, and competes in [[Division B]]. The school has a sister Junior High School, [[R.C. Murphy]], and both feed into [[Ward Melville High School]], which also has a nationally ranked Science Olympiad team.
  
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Mr. Vorwald retired at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, however, the group has tried very hard to continue to be the team that they originally were. He will be greatly missed and the teams hope that his name and the legacy he has left behind continues. Recently, the team has adopted the motto, "All Hail Gary V, Our Lord and Savior" in honor of their former coach. Mr. Vorwald was an Earth Science, General Science, and Science research teacher, who won many teaching awards in his career. The new head coach is Mr. Marotta, who has worked hard to keep the Gelinas traditions alive. He is ably assisted by Mrs. Cutting. He led the team to an 11th place finish at Nationals in 2018 and an incredible 9th place finish in 2019.  The team's score in 2019 of 333 points is their best since 2010 when the team placed 3rd with a score of 276.
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The Science Olympiad team at Gelinas had a wonderful coach (Mr. Vorwald) who always pushed the students to do their best. The new coaches (since 2020) are Ms. Demartino, Mr. Marotta, and Mr. Mutter, and they also push the students to perform their very best while having fun. The technology coaches are Mr. Broadhurst and Mr. Rieckhoff. Additionally, alumni from the high school team, [[Ward Melville High School]], and members' parents, regularly come to help mentor the team. Those who have helped the team includes Mrs. Cutting, Mrs. Ouzonian, Mr. Schuchman, Mrs. Guarascio, Mr. Maloney, Mr. Suesser, Mrs. Flanagan, and Mrs. Yang.   
  
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==School Info==
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The school colors are green and gold, and the school's mascot is the Patriot (same as Ward Melville). Gelinas formerly had the Vikings as their individual school mascot.  
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Paul J Gelinas is a Junior High School with about 900 students in grades 7, 8, and 9, which competes in [[Division B]]. Therefore, the Science Olympiad team is composed of only 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The school has a sister Junior High school, RC Murphy, and both feed into [[Ward Melville High School]], which also has a nationally ranked Science Olympiad team. The Science Olympiad team at Gelinas had a wonderful coach (Mr. Vorwald) who always pushed the students to do their best. The new head coach is Mr. Marotta, along with Mrs. Cutting as an assistant coach. The technology coaches are Mr. Broadhurst and Mr. Rieckhoff.  Several other teachers also help out, such as Mrs. Ecker, Mr. Schuchman and Mrs. Ouzonian. Additionally, a number of alumni from the high school team, Ward Melville HS, regularly come to help mentor the team.  Many others have helped the team in the past such as Mrs. Guarascio, Mr. Maloney and Mr. Suesser. The school colors are green and gold, and the school's mascot is the Patriot (the same as Ward Melville). Gelinas formerly had the Vikings as their individual school mascot. Gelinas also has an excellent theater program, which puts on very large scale musicals every year.
 
  
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==Gary Vorwald==
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=== Gary Vorwald ===
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Gary Vorwald was a former Science teacher at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School located in Setauket, New York. '''''He retired in the 2017-2018 school year'''''.
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Gary Vorwald was a former Earth Science teacher, General Science teacher, Science Research teacher, and Science Department Chair at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School. He retired in the 2017-2018 school year, but continues to be involved with Science Olympiad by writing and supervising Rocks and Minerals and Fossils at the [[Eastern Long Island Regional]] and [[New York|New York State Tournament]]. He is also the national event supervisor for [[Division C]] Rocks and Mineral and previously Fossils.
  
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Gary Vorwald is Gelinas Science Olympiad's "lord and savior", according to the Science Olympiad team. He was considered by many to be the reason behind SciO's success. His spirit remains eternally entombed in his old classroom and office where they mourn his departure every day. Although he is not with them anymore, they still strive to achieve and become better in his honor. Gary V was hands down the greatest coach ever, according to many team members. If Gelinas Science Olympiad makes it to Nationals again, their banner will be a life-size picture of this amazing person.  
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Gary Vorwald is Gelinas Science Olympiad's "lord and savior", according to the Science Olympiad team. He was considered by many to be the reason behind SciO's success. His spirit remains eternally entombed in his old classroom and office where they mourn his departure every day. Although he is not with them anymore, they still strive to achieve and become better in his honor. Gary V was hands down the greatest coach ever, according to many team members. If Gelinas Science Olympiad makes it to Nationals again, their banner will be a life-size picture of this amazing person.
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==History==
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== Results ==
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=== Tournament History ===
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Gelinas have gone to States many times in the past 2 decades.
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The team was formed in the early 1990's, and went to States at least twice before 2000. In 2000, after Mr. [[Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School#Gary Vorwald|Gary Vorwald]] became the new coach, the team qualified for States for the first time in nearly 10 years, and placed 6th, winning the Best Performance of a New School Award. Their most notable achievement is being the NY state champions 12 times since 2006 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) and placing 2nd in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2017. They have gone to the National tournament in 17 of the last 19 years, placing in the top ten at Nationals.
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Gelinas have a sibling school, [[R.C. Murphy Junior High School]], which has consistently placed top 5 in the [[New York]] State Tournament, and also qualified for the [[Arizona State University 2021|National Tournament in 2021]]. Gelinas had the best year in their history in 2010, getting 95 points for a first-place win at States and winning third place at Nationals, just 30 points behind [[Solon Middle School]], the top team.
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[[Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School#Gary Vorwald|Mr. Vorwald]] retired at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, however, the group has tried very hard to continue to be the team that they originally were. He will be greatly missed and the teams hope that his name and the legacy he has left behind continues. The team has adopted the motto, "All Hail Gary V, Our Lord and Savior" in honor of their former coach. Gelinas finished in 11th place at Nationals in 2018 and 9th place in 2019. The team's score in 2019 of 333 points was their best since 2010 when the team placed 3rd with a score of 276.
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=== '''Official Tournaments''' ===
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!Year!!Regionals!!States!!Nationals
 
!Year!!Regionals!!States!!Nationals
 
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|2000||3rd||6th||N/A
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|2000||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal3}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal6}}||N/A
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|2001||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal6}}||N/A
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|2002||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal4}}||N/A
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|-
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|2003||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(84)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}}||17th (487)
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|2004||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal4}}||N/A
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|2005||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (226)||21st (580)
 
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|2001||'''1st'''||6th||N/A
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|2006||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal6}} (387)
 
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|2002||'''1st'''||4th||N/A
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|2007||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(29)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (140)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal9}} (394)
 
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|-
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|2003||'''1st''' (84)||2nd||17th (487)
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|2008||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(49)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (183)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal10}}(409)
 
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|2004||'''1st'''||4th||N/A
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|2009||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (54)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (211)||11th (390)
 
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|2005||'''1st'''||2nd (226)||21st (580)
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|2010||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(39)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (95)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal3}}(276)
 
|-
 
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|2006||'''1st'''||'''1st'''||6th (387)
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|2011||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (47)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (159)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal7}}(368)
 
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|2007||'''1st''' (29)||'''1st''' (140)||9th (394)
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|2012||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (60) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (108)||14th (441)
 
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|-
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|2008||'''1st''' (49)||'''1st''' (183)||10th (409)
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|2013||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (35) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (119)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal8}}(351)
 
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|2009||'''1st''' (54)||2nd (211)||11th (390)
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|2014||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}' (44) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(102)||11th (421)
 
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|-
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|2010||'''1st''' (39)||'''1st''' (95)||3rd (276)
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| 2015||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (60) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (108)||10th (348)
 
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|2011||2nd (47) ||2nd (159) || 7th (368)
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|2016||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (40) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (103)||10th (372)
 
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|-
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|2012||'''1st''' (60) || 2nd (108) || 14th (441)
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|2017||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (44) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}}||10th (373)
 
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|2013||'''1st''' (35) ||'''1st''' (119) || 8th (351)
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|2018||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}}(140) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (126)||11th (350)
 
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|2014||'''1st''' (44) ||'''1st''' (102) || 11th (421)
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|2019||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (131) ||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (100)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal9}}(333)
 
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|2015||'''1st''' (60) ||'''1st''' (108) || 10th (348)
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|2020||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(154) ||[[Effect of COVID-19 on the 2019-20 season|Cancelled]]||[[Effect of COVID-19 on the 2019-20 season|Cancelled]]
 
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|2016||'''1st''' (40) ||'''1st''' (103) || 10th (372)  
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|2021||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal5}} (129)<sup>1</sup>||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (72)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal10}} (324)
 
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|2017||'''1st''' (44) || 2nd  || 10th (373)
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|2022
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (47)
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| {{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal4}} (277)
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|N/A
 
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|2018||2nd (140) ||'''1st''' (126) || 11th (350)
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|2023
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (93)
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (161)
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|23rd
 
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|2019||'''1st''' (131) || '''1st''' (100) || 9th (333)
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|2024
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (41)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal3}} (129)
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| N/A
 
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[[Category:Team Pages]]
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<sup>1</sup>: Gelinas was disqualified in 4 events and received participation points in 1 event as a result of New York STAR Program technical issues.   
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==='''Invitational Tournaments'''===
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!Year!!LISO!!Rustin!! Cornell!!Blue Dragon!!Rickards!!HUSO-BSO!!Eagle!!BirdSO
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!UCO
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!High Desert
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!DSM
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!Stemboost
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|2013|| -||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (139)||-||-||- ||-||-||-
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|2014||-||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (67)|| -|| -||-||-||-||-
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|2015||-|| {{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (183)|| -||-||-||-||-||-
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|2016|| -||2nd (189)||-||1st (37)|| -||-||-||-
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|2017||-||-||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (63)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(54)||-||-||-|| -
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|2018|| {{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}||3rd (157)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (78)||-||-||-||-||-
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| -
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|2019||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (80)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}} (206)||2nd (157)||-||-||-||-||-
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| -
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| -
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|  -
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|2020||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (70)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}}(154)||1st (71)||-||-|| -||-||-
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| -
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|2021||-||-||-||-||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal2}}(68)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal4}} (160)||8th (397)||{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal4}} (202)
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| -
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| -
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|2022
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| -
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|6th (292)
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| -
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| -
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|17th (628)
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|2nd (158)
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|2nd (229)
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| -
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|2023
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (149)
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| -
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|{{User:Sciolyperson1/Template:Medal1}} (66)
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| -
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| 8th (333)
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| -
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|2024
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| 4th (120)
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| -
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| -
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| 12th (457)
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| 33rd (1162)
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==Former Captains==
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'''Committee 24-25:''' e
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'''Committee 23-24:''' [[User:Kokonattsu|R. Qiu]], [[User:Kiri|J. Kim]], V. Ye, A. Liang, E. Liu, C. Hu, B. Ma, J. Haase, S. Wu
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===Past Captains===
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As of the 23-24 season, Gelinas abandoned their captains system, and implemented a "SciO Committee" leadership system.
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'''22-23''' - R. Xu, [[User:AnnaX|A. Xing]], [[User:Tx358|T. Xing]], K. Dong, B. Haase
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'''21-22''' - K. Duong, J. Zhao, [[User:DLiang2019|D. Liang]], S. Syritsyna
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'''20-21''' - [[User:Vye904|V. Ye]], A. Duan, S. Carpino
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'''19-20''' - [[User:Dwu1011|D. Wu]], R. Sangwan
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'''18-19''' - [[User:IvanGe|I. Ge]], [[User:Swagmcswag1223|N. Carpino]], [[User:Wzhang5460|W. Zhang]], D. Liang, G. Choi 
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'''17-18''' - [[User:Nicksalanitri|N. Salanitri]], J. Segal, A. Cutting
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[[Category:Division B teams]]
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[[Category:Division B teams in New York]]

Latest revision as of 01:08, 18 April 2024

Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School
Location 25 Mud Rd
Setauket-East Setauket, NY, 11733
State Flag of New York.svg New York
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Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School is located in New York
Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School
Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School

Coordinates: 40°56′20″N 73°07′21″W / 40.938910°N 73.122400°W / 40.938910; -73.122400

Information
Member of SO since 1990
Colors      Gold,      Green
Feeds to Ward Melville High School
Results History
Best regional 1st Place- 2001-2010, 2012-2017, 2019-2020, 2022-2024
Best state 1st Place- 2006-2008, 2010, 2013-2015, 2018-2019, 2021, 2023
Best nationals 3rd Place- 2010

Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School is a Division B team in the Eastern Long Island region of New York. Gelinas has qualified NY States tournament many times in the past two decades, with the team forming in the early 1990s. Gelinas has gone to the National tournament 17 times in the last 19 years, place top ten in '06, '07, '08, '10, '11, '13, '15, '16, '17, and '19. From 2000 - 2021, Gelinas had a 21 year streak of heading to Nationals, which was broken after placing 4th in States 2022. They placed 1st in New York State in the 2023 season.

School Info

Pronounced juh-lee-nas (this is very important), Paul J. Gelinas is a Junior High School with about 700 students in grades 7, 8, and 9. Therefore, the Science Olympiad team is composed of only 7th, 8th, and 9th graders, and competes in Division B. The school has a sister Junior High School, R.C. Murphy, and both feed into Ward Melville High School, which also has a nationally ranked Science Olympiad team.

The Science Olympiad team at Gelinas had a wonderful coach (Mr. Vorwald) who always pushed the students to do their best. The new coaches (since 2020) are Ms. Demartino, Mr. Marotta, and Mr. Mutter, and they also push the students to perform their very best while having fun. The technology coaches are Mr. Broadhurst and Mr. Rieckhoff. Additionally, alumni from the high school team, Ward Melville High School, and members' parents, regularly come to help mentor the team. Those who have helped the team includes Mrs. Cutting, Mrs. Ouzonian, Mr. Schuchman, Mrs. Guarascio, Mr. Maloney, Mr. Suesser, Mrs. Flanagan, and Mrs. Yang.

The school colors are green and gold, and the school's mascot is the Patriot (same as Ward Melville). Gelinas formerly had the Vikings as their individual school mascot.

Gary Vorwald

Gary Vorwald was a former Earth Science teacher, General Science teacher, Science Research teacher, and Science Department Chair at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School. He retired in the 2017-2018 school year, but continues to be involved with Science Olympiad by writing and supervising Rocks and Minerals and Fossils at the Eastern Long Island Regional and New York State Tournament. He is also the national event supervisor for Division C Rocks and Mineral and previously Fossils.

Gary Vorwald is Gelinas Science Olympiad's "lord and savior", according to the Science Olympiad team. He was considered by many to be the reason behind SciO's success. His spirit remains eternally entombed in his old classroom and office where they mourn his departure every day. Although he is not with them anymore, they still strive to achieve and become better in his honor. Gary V was hands down the greatest coach ever, according to many team members. If Gelinas Science Olympiad makes it to Nationals again, their banner will be a life-size picture of this amazing person.

Results

Tournament History

Gelinas have gone to States many times in the past 2 decades. The team was formed in the early 1990's, and went to States at least twice before 2000. In 2000, after Mr. Gary Vorwald became the new coach, the team qualified for States for the first time in nearly 10 years, and placed 6th, winning the Best Performance of a New School Award. Their most notable achievement is being the NY state champions 12 times since 2006 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) and placing 2nd in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2017. They have gone to the National tournament in 17 of the last 19 years, placing in the top ten at Nationals.

Gelinas have a sibling school, R.C. Murphy Junior High School, which has consistently placed top 5 in the New York State Tournament, and also qualified for the National Tournament in 2021. Gelinas had the best year in their history in 2010, getting 95 points for a first-place win at States and winning third place at Nationals, just 30 points behind Solon Middle School, the top team.

Mr. Vorwald retired at the beginning of the 2017/18 season, however, the group has tried very hard to continue to be the team that they originally were. He will be greatly missed and the teams hope that his name and the legacy he has left behind continues. The team has adopted the motto, "All Hail Gary V, Our Lord and Savior" in honor of their former coach. Gelinas finished in 11th place at Nationals in 2018 and 9th place in 2019. The team's score in 2019 of 333 points was their best since 2010 when the team placed 3rd with a score of 276.

Official Tournaments

Year Regionals States Nationals
2000 3rd 6th N/A
2001 1st 6th N/A
2002 1st 4th N/A
2003 1st(84) 2nd 17th (487)
2004 1st 4th N/A
2005 1st 2nd (226) 21st (580)
2006 1st 1st 6th (387)
2007 1st(29) 1st (140) 9th (394)
2008 1st(49) 1st (183) 10th(409)
2009 1st (54) 2nd (211) 11th (390)
2010 1st(39) 1st (95) 3rd(276)
2011 2nd (47) 2nd (159) 7th(368)
2012 1st (60) 2nd (108) 14th (441)
2013 1st (35) 1st (119) 8th(351)
2014 1st' (44) 1st(102) 11th (421)
2015 1st (60) 1st (108) 10th (348)
2016 1st (40) 1st (103) 10th (372)
2017 1st (44) 2nd 10th (373)
2018 2nd(140) 1st (126) 11th (350)
2019 1st (131) 1st (100) 9th(333)
2020 1st(154) Cancelled Cancelled
2021 5th (129)1 1st (72) 10th (324)
2022 1st (47) 4th (277) N/A
2023 1st (93) 1st (161) 23rd
2024 1st (41) 3rd (129) N/A

1: Gelinas was disqualified in 4 events and received participation points in 1 event as a result of New York STAR Program technical issues.

Invitational Tournaments

Year LISO Rustin Cornell Blue Dragon Rickards HUSO-BSO Eagle BirdSO UCO High Desert DSM Stemboost
2013 - 1st (139) - - - - - - - - - -
2014 - 1st (67) - - - - - - - - - -
2015 - 1st (183) - - - - - - - - - -
2016 - 2nd (189) - 1st (37) - - - - - - - -
2017 - - 1st (63) 1st(54) - - - - - - - -
2018 1st 3rd (157) 1st (78) - - - - - - - - -
2019 2nd (80) 2nd (206) 2nd (157) - - - - - - - - -
2020 1st (70) 1st(154) 1st (71) - - - - - - - - -
2021 - - - - 2nd(68) 4th (160) 8th (397) 4th (202) - - - -
2022 - - - - 6th (292) - - 17th (628) 2nd (158) 2nd (229) -
2023 1st (149) - 1st (66) - - - - - - - 8th (333) -
2024 - - 4th (120) - - - - - - - 12th (457) 33rd (1162)

Former Captains

Committee 24-25: e

Committee 23-24: R. Qiu, J. Kim, V. Ye, A. Liang, E. Liu, C. Hu, B. Ma, J. Haase, S. Wu

Past Captains

As of the 23-24 season, Gelinas abandoned their captains system, and implemented a "SciO Committee" leadership system.

22-23 - R. Xu, A. Xing, T. Xing, K. Dong, B. Haase

21-22 - K. Duong, J. Zhao, D. Liang, S. Syritsyna

20-21 - V. Ye, A. Duan, S. Carpino

19-20 - D. Wu, R. Sangwan

18-19 - I. Ge, N. Carpino, W. Zhang, D. Liang, G. Choi

17-18 - N. Salanitri, J. Segal, A. Cutting

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