St. Thomas More will once again partipate in Science Olympiad as an after school program. Science Olympiad gives students the opportunity to compete with other area students using their skills in problem solving, creative thinking, design and engineering, as well as their knowledge of various topics. As a team, students construct devices to meet specific criteria, and work together to prepare for different academic challenges.
North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to attract and retain the pool of K-12 students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees and careers in North Carolina. Every year NCSO hosts tournaments on university, community college, and public school campuses across the state. These tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions that consist of a series of different hands-on, interactive, challenging and inquiry-based events that are well balanced between the various disciplines of biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology.
We will once again have a middle school team compete at UNC-G in February. We are currently looking for students 6-8 who are interested in competition. We are also looking for willing parents to help us as assistant coaches.