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Primera Generación Estudiante Americana Compite en las Olimpiadas de Ciencias
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First Generation American Student Competes in Science Olympiad Pensacola—On Saturday, Feb. 21, the University of West Florida hosted students from Northwest Florida’s public and private schools in the Florida Panhandle at the fourth annual Northwest Regional Florida Science Olympiad. The event was held at the UWF College of Science, Engineering and Health. Florida Science Olympiad is an official state chapter of Science Olympiad, Inc. The goal of Science Olympiad is to improve the quality of science education through competitions similar to sporting events. Just as students are motivated to compete in various sporting activities, students compete as a team against other schools in 23 different events that range the spectrum of science subjects. Annie Laguer, whose mother is from Peru and father is Puerto Rican, attends Jim Bailey Middle School and competed in the regional event held at UWF in Febuary. Laguer’s team qualified to go to the state competition in Orlando on March 21. Out of 294 middle school teams that entered the competition, 42 schools were invited to the state competition and competed in 23 events. Each team consists of 15 students. Bailey Middle School’s “A” team finished 15th and their “B” team 38th. This is Annie’s first time attending this type of event. “She is a straight-A student while attending Science Olympiad meetings after school two to three days per week,” said Annie’s mother, Rocio Laguer. “She is a remarkable student and athlete. She also dedicates most of free time to the swim team, running club, archery club, Battle of the Books team, Welcome Committee, and the debate team. She is also fully bilingual in English and Spanish.” Annie recently won a scholarship to attend the National Academy at NAS in June. She says that she wants to be an architect when she grows up. Congratulations, Annie and Laguer Family! |