On Feb. 1, three Science Olympiad teams from the Senior High School competed at the Eastern Long Island Regional Tournament at Hauppauge High School. West Babylon brought home 13 medals for scoring in the top 10 out of 53 teams for individual events. They also placed sixth overall in the region, securing a place at the states in March.  

The district congratulates the following students who medaled in their events: Special recognition goes out to the students who metaled in their events:

• John Lizio and Blake Ung – 10th in Astronomy
• Jazmine Simpson and Dakota Mule – Eighth in Astronomy
• Ryan Marvin and Megan Le – Eighth in Boomilever
• Erin Thompson and Julian Franco – Ninth in Circuit Lab
• Ella Henson, Kyra Duke and Blake Ung – Fourth Experimental Design
• Olivia Golebiewski and Megan Le – Ninth in Forensics
• Ella Henson and Erin Thompson ¬– Sixth in GeoLogical Mapping
• Ryan Marvin and Gokul Ramesh – Fifth in Gravity Vehicle
• Kyra Duke and Ryan O’Sullivan – Third in Machines
• Natalia Niebrzydowski and Olivia Golebiewski – Fourth in Ornithology
• Olivia Golebiewski, Erin Thompson and Natalia Niebrzydowski – Second in Protein Modeling
• Ryan O’Sullivan and Michael Alexiadis – 10th in Sounds of Music
• Olivia Niebrzydowski and Ryan O’Sullivan – Ninth in Green Generation