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Monday, May 10, 2010

Dos Pueblos High team competes in the prestigious National Science Bowl

Dos Pueblos High School’s National Science Bowl team at the awards ceremony (left to right): Nicholas Su, Sean Risser, team captain Ilan Goodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Anjian Wu, Felix Li, team coach Chris Jones.

On May 2-3, 2010, 16 high schools and eight middle schools from across the country advanced in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl. Dos Pueblos High School’s team was one of the “Sweet 16” high schools that competed in Washington, D.C. Representing Dos Pueblos at this prestigious event were seniors Sean Risser, Anjian Wu, Nick Su Felix Li, and team captain junior Ilan Goodman.

Dos Pueblos team coach Chris Jones said, “We made it out of pool play in second place which put us in the top 16 of the nation’s 78 best teams. We won $1,000 for the Dos Pueblos Science Department and moved on to the double elimination round. We lost our first match on the 25th question out of 25. We lost our second match next in a close game.”

Coach Jones continued, “The team showed incredible poise and kept their nerves in check by having fun. As the rounds moved on the questions became more and more difficult. By the end, with a B.S. in Biology and 11 years of teaching under my belt, I was only able to answer 25 percent of the biology questions. Yet teams were answering greater than 40 percent of the questions right from: biology, physics, math, chemistry, Earth science, general science, and astronomy. Their dedication toward learning science and math is unparalleled. I couldn't be more proud of our teams’ accomplishments.”