North Quincy High School

North Quincy High School
Information
Member of SO since	2010
Results History
Best regional	none
Best state	8th, 2011
Best nationals	never been

North Quincy High School Website

History and Info

North Quincy High School is located in Quincy, Massachusetts. NQHS is one of two high schools in Quincy and contains students in grades 9-12. There are around 350-400 students in each class.

North Quincy High started their Science Olympiad Team in the 2009-2010 school year. There was originally a very large turnout in the beginning, but as the year progressed, many people became inactive or quit. The team hit a very low point when there would be no meetings for weeks on end. However, during the last two weeks before competition, there were meetings every day, working late hours, including staying till 8PM the night before competition. The next day, half of the team took the MBTA Commuter Rail to competition and walked 2 miles to competition due to lack of bus, while carrying all the building event contraptions.

However, they proved to be a strong rookie team, placing the highest in 21st, as well as medaling in Experimental Design, ribboning in Astronomy, and placing in a few other events. The team was soon highly motivated once more and was ready to go into the next year.

State Competition Results

In 2010, the team was able to place in many events, as well as fail in a few others. Gabe, Jaclyn, and Kevin placed 3rd in Experimental Design with only one or two previous practice sessions. Sam, placed in at the last minute, along with Bonita, finished 6th in Astronomy. Brenda, another last minute contender, and Alice, placed 8th in Ecology.

Many of the building events came out much better than the team planned. Luke's last minute Mousetrap Vehicle gave the team an 11th place finish in that event. Ossama and Jay, with amazing skills, if they had impounded anything for the event, would have placed 4th in It's About Time. As well, if there were slight modifications to change the bridge, Sam and Ossama would have won the Elevated Bridge event, as it held 17 kg in competition and was as light as a feather.

Results

Year	States	Points
2010	21st	412
2011	8th	297
2012	27th	529
2013	17th	412
2014	18th	431
2015	33rd	678
2016	39th	890
2017	40th	879
2018	40th	834

Individual Event Results

2010 State Competition

Event	Place
Anatomy and Physiology	19
Astronomy	6
Cell Biology	11
Chemistry Lab	21
Disease Detectives	24
Dynamic Planet	28
Ecology	8
Elevated Bridge	25
Environmental Chemistry	23
Experimental Design	3
Forensics	15
Fossils	19
It's About Time	20
Mission Possible	41
Mousetrap Vehicle	11
Physics Lab	19
Remote Sensing	18
Technical Problem Solving	28
Trajectory	41
Write It/Do It	32
	Total: 412

2010 State Competition (Alternate Events)

Event	Place
Circuit Lab	41
Nuclear Science Lab	41
Food Chemistry	41
Egg-O-Naut	41
Picture This	41
Ornithology	24
	Total: 229