Braves from both Indian Hill Middle School &

Indian Hill High School prepare to compete

NEWS RELEASE: Heather Higdon, Director of Communications 

INDIAN HILL, OH (April 6, 2022) – The Indian Hill School District announces  teams from Indian Hill Middle School and Indian Hill High School will be advancing to the Science Olympiad State Competition this Saturday, April 9, virtually.

Indian Hill Middle School and Indian Hill High School students advanced to the Science Olympiad State Competition, following an outstanding performance at regionals. (Provided)

Braves advanced following the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament on Saturday March 5 at Xavier University.

“We are incredibly proud of all of our students,” said Indian Hill High School teacher Kaitlin Shurts, who is one of three mentors to the Science Olympiad students. “We look forward to cheering both teams on during the state competition!” 

Indian Hill High School earned an overall regional tournament score of sixth place. Indian Hill Middle School earned an overall regional tournament score of fifth place.

Individual student awards included:

  • 1st Place Write It, Do It – Hannah MacTaggart and Sophia Zou
  • 2nd Place Disease Detectives – Kate McGrath and Sophia Liu 
  • 2nd Place Dynamic Planet – Sarah Grace Brown and Sophia Liu 
  • 3rd Place Anatomy and Physiology – Kate McGrath and Pranav Rastogi 
  • 3rd Place It’s All About Time – Sarah Grace Brown and Sophia Zou
  • 3rd Place Ornithology – Joy On and Claron Wang 
  • 3rd Place Write It, Do It – Caroline Brown and Ashley Lee 
  • 4th Place Detector Building – Sarah Grace Brown and Sophia Liu 
  • 4th Place Environmental Chemistry – Nicole Sichel and Lillian Liu
  • 4th Place Green Generation – Joy On and Elsa Zhou  
  • 4th Place Trajectory – Gulirano Almuratova and Claron Wang 
  • 4th Place Wifi Lab – Connor Coffman and Vinay Ivaturi 
  • 5th Place Remote Sensing – Gulirano Almuratova and Kate McGrath
  • 5th Place Experimental Design – Jessie Chan, Kate McGrath, and Sophia Zou
  • 5th Place Cell Biology – Connor Coffman and Vinay Ivaturi

For more information, please visit www.indianhillschools.org

  • 6th Place Bridge – Hannah MacTaggart and Alex Tran 
  • 6th Place Experimental Design – Marina Oria, Caroline Brown, and Vivian Xu 
  • 6th Place Forensics – Gulirano Almuratova and Pranav Rastogi 
  • 1st Place Bioprocess Lab – Daniel Choi and Hollis Chan 
  • 2nd Place Anatomy and Physiology – Daniel Choi and Hollis Chan 
  • 3rd Place Rocks and Minerals – Daniel Choi and Grace Zhou 
  • 3rd Place Codebusters – Daniel Choi and Raffi Hagopian 
  • 4th Place Experimental Design – Daniel Choi, Hollis Chan, Grace Zhou
  • 4th Place Food Science – Ellie Hambrick and Anne Thomas
  • 5th Place Sounds of Music – Hollis Chan and Grace Zhou 
  • 5th Place Write It, Do It – Raffi Hagopian and Grace Zhou
  • 5th Place Ornithology – Raffi Hagopian and Bradan Kramer
  • 6th Place Road Scholar – Bradan Kramer