Elementary Science Olympiad: 2016 Final Facts

Announcing the 2017 Team Winners
Columbia Elementary (Madison) earned medals in 17 of 28 events including 7 first place finishes to win its first-ever overall team title in the 2017 Elementary Science Olympiad at Jacksonville High School on Saturday, February 18th. Kitty Stone Elementary (Jacksonville) finished in 2nd and Clanton Intermediate (Clanton) took third. Clay Elementary (Clay) was 4th, followed by Donoho (Anniston) in 5th, and Bryan Elementary (Morris) in 6th in the overall team standings.

2017 Award Winners
Gold, Silver, and Bronze... The event-by-event list of over 320 individual medalists from Elementary Science Olympiad 2017 at Jacksonville High School.

Competition and Awards Ceremony Photos
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Spellers team up to spell & define words in How Do You Spell Science?	Hueytown, Columbia, and Donoho participants in Weather or Not.


A builder at work in Write It, Do It.	Columbia & McAdory teams build their contraptions in Write It, Do It.

The Big Individual Winners
Clay's Sofian Laouzai and Elly Morris each took home 4 medals to lead award winners. 12 other students earned 3 total medals each including Bryan's Caleb Thompson, Clanton's Campbell Easterling, Clay's Anna Morris and Brady Spencer, Columbia's Will Bagwell, Neha Chopade, and Neil Sethi, Donoho's Claire Hillman, Excalibur's Caleb Abrantes, Kitty Stone's Jada Giddings and Caroline Tomlin, and Snow Rogers's Brandon Troung.


Silver medalists Erik Wu and Tucker Magonigal from Columbia test their bridge in Bridging the Gap.	The Warrior Elementary team prepares its bridge for measurement in Bridging the Gap.


Going Green participants are tested on their knowledge of the environment.	Teams record their measurements in Geometrics.

Celebrating 24 Years of ESO at JHS
Jacksonville High School celebrated its 24th year of hosting Elementary Science Olympiad competitions with 33 participating teams. From just 4 schools in 1993 to over 30 registered each year since 2010, ESO's impact on education in Alabama is bigger than ever. Over 600 students participated in events in 2017 including students from Adamsville, Brookville, Bryan, Chalkville, Charles Brown, Clanton, Clay, Columbia, Concord, Corner, Crumly Chapel, Donoho, Erwin, Excalibur Christian, Fultondale, Gresham, Hillview, Hueytown, IMSA, Jefferson Christian, Kermit Johnson, Kitty Stone, Lipscomb, McAdory, Minor, Mt. Olive, North Highland, Oak Grove, Snow Rogers, Thompson, Warrior, and West Jefferson. Thanks for helping make ESO 2017 yet another success!


Over 300 medals are lined up for the afternoon awards ceremony.	Competitors watch their contraption parachute to the ground in Free Fall.


It's another crowd over 1,000 at the afternoon awards ceremony.	Columbia Elementary (Madison) celebrates its team championship.

Updated: September 4, 2017.