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Last Saturday, Sonoran Science Academy Schools once again dominated the MathCounts State Competition.

Per the contest regulations, the top four of the Countdown round form the team to represent the State of Arizona at the National level. Two of our wonderful students came 3rd and 4th at the Countdown round, and two SSA-Tucson students got the 1st and 2nd places. All four members (First row in the picture) of the official AZ team are from Sonoran Schools.

Congratulations to the winners and their coach, Mr. Yalcin:

Zachary Kirch (3rd place)

Oshadha Gunasekara (4th place)

Sonoran Science Academy – Broadway – SARSEF Winners:

·         Jordan Kirch: Producing Biogas, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place, BioFuels Research Check, Broadcom - MASTERS Nomination

·         Kayton Milfay: Film Solar Vs. Crystalline Solar Panel, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 3rd Place

·         Zachary Kirch: Solar Cells And Mirrors, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place, Broadcom - MASTERS Nomination

·         Andrew Marich: Using Consept Of Magnetic Properties To Create Energy, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 1st Place, Broadcom – MASTERS Nomination

·         Chase Kreger: , Kyle Halter: Skateboard Wheels, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place

·         William Sorbe: Musical Math, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place

·         AndrewWaugaman: Biofuels Vs. Fossil Fuels: Heat And Energy, BioFuels Research Check

·         Luis Rasmussen: You're In The Soak Zone!, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 3rd Place, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum Membership

·         Emily Jeanne McFarlin: What Is The Effect Of Wifi On Petunias, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place, Broadcom – MASTERS Nomination

·         Duncan Henry Robbins-Gennerich: Solving The Intermittency Problem, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 1st Place, Arizona Society of Civil Engineers - AZ Branch Certificate + Check, Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) Check, TEP-Renewable Energy Program Check, Broadcom - MASTERS Nomination

·         John Hunter Adams: Play Dough Vs Play Doh, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 2nd Place

·         Walker Kroubalkian: Cyber-dice, SciEnTeK-12 Foundation 1st Place, Cox Communications Check

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The Regional MathCounts competition was held at Cienega High School (2/4/2012). The MathCounts program is sponsored by Raytheon. Nine schools sent teams and individuals to compete in four rounds of math competitions. The Sprint Round and Target Round determined who would face off in the Countdown Round (an exciting head-to-head round where the question is shown on the screen and the student has to buzz in to answer). There was also a Team Round where teams of four Mathletes answered ten questions together.  

Of the top ten individuals, eight of them were from Sonoran Science Academy schools. The First Place Individual went to 8^th grader Oshadha Gunesekara of Sonoran Science Academy – Broadway. (His brother, Lahiru Gunesekara, placed 3^rd individually and is in 6^th grade.) Five students from SSA-Broadway placed in the top 10 including the two mentioned plus Zach Kirch, Samuel Merson, and Zach Hurtado. SSA-Broadway took home the First Place Team award and will automatically advance to the State competition to be held on 3/31/2012.

FLL Robotics

Team Typhoon won an award for its Terrific Creativityon the First Lego League Competition. This year’s concept was   “Keeping Food Safe”, Team Typhoon developed a portable icebox that could keep doughnuts fresh for hours. All Sonoran Science Schools in Tucson got a trophy, furthermore SSA-Tucson got the State Championship and is to represent Arizona at the World Festival in April in St. Louis, Mo.

  SSA-Broadway made the AZ Honor Roll in AMC 8

     AMC8 test on November 16th, 2011. Sonoran Science Academy-Broadway got 68 points the third place in Arizona, first place in Tucson and made the Honor Roll. Three out of four schools, who made the Honor Roll at AMC 8 competition in Arizona, were Sonoran Schools. We would like to congratulate all of our students for their success. While our sister schools Paragon Science Academy took 1^st place (69 pts.) and Sonoran Science Academy-Tucson 4^th (66 pts.) in Arizona. The test results have just been announced on the following link.

http://amc.maa.org/amc8/2011/stats/2011-amc8stats.shtml 

SSA-Broadway Food Drive

With the leadership of Student Council, students from the Sonoran Science Academy Broadway collected more than 2,000 canned foods to donate to the Community Food Bank. The school collected the items over three weeks. We would like to thank to our students and parents for their support for this valuable community support.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Friday January 13, 2012, students in grades kindergarten through 8^th stopped to reflect on the meaning of Civil Rights Day and the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   Students created posters depicting what they felt Dr. King’s message meant to them. With wonderful messages from all students, it was difficult to narrow the posters down into the best three per grade level.

Veteran's Day at SSA-B was celebrated with big USA pride! State Representatives Terri Proud & David Gowan honored us by speaking at our Veteran's Day assembly. Both spoke to our students about the history of Veterans’ Day and the role our veterans have played. It was followed by announcing the winners of the Veterans’ Day Poster Contest and passed out the awards.

 Grandparents Day was on September 12^th and we invited the Grandparents to join the Elementary students for a bagged lunch celebration.  So many Grandparents came to share lunch with the students that the lunch room was too full to fit everyone!  We wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being so involved in the SSA community and with   your wonderful children!

SSA Students Pull Together for Hurricane Irene Victims

Sonoran Science Academy – Broadway’s students are back at it.  Keeping within the generous spirit of the school, the Student Council recently organized a fundraiser focusing on those affected by a devastating hurricane season.  All in all, the school raised $582.80 for Hurricane Irene victims! 

Way to go SSA!  

 

 

SSA-B Grabbed 2nd place!!!   SSA-Broadway has taken 2nd place in the Southern Arizona Chapter of the MATHCOUNTS competition. Of the 10 students on the podium, the 9 in red shirts are SSA students! This is a HUGE achievement!   In competition with over more than 100 students, Team SSA Tucson  won 6 out of the top 10 spots. SSA Broadway team took 2nd place; with 3 individual students in the top ten. SSA Sunset team took 1st place with 6 students in the top ten. That left only 1 spot in the top 10 for a non-SSA student! Way to go Sonoran  students!!!!!                        More...

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