The Waynesboro Area Middle School and Waynesboro Area Senior High School Science Olympiad teams recently competed at the Regional Science Olympiad Competition at Millersville University. This is a nationally held STEM competition where topics range from in depth studies of anatomy, infectious diseases, and ornithology, to engineering projects such as boomilevers, cars, and Rube Goldberg devices. The contests also include team labs, such as experimental design, water quality, and food science, and events that combine both knowledge and application of skills. The Waynesboro Area Middle School was very successful and qualified for the state level competition to be held at Juniata College on April 25, 2020. They will be one of only 36 teams to compete at that event. The top performing teams advance to the National Competition to be held this summer.
The Waynesboro Area Middle School finished sixth out of nineteen teams and medaled in seven out of 23 events.