Young Astronaut Day

The 19th annual Young Astronaut Day was held on

Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9:30am to 3pm at NASA’s Glenn

Research Center. Birchwood School’s Pilot team was one

of the 28 schools and youth organizations. Teams came

as far away as Columbus and Cincinnati to participate in

fun and competitive events that were designed to stimulate

student interest in aeronaut ics, space science and

engineering. The four chaperons, Mr. Bindra, Mrs. Kumar,

and Mr. Shetty were a big help to the team composed of:

Sahej B, Avi B, Laurie C, Nikhita K, Abigail M, Mihir

S, Maryum A, Anika R, and Caroline V. Out of the four

events, Birchwood earned a third place in Aeronautics.

American Chemical Society Poetry Contest

Fourth grader Farah S won the 2011 regional poetry

contest hosted by the Cleveland Section of the American

Chemical Society. Farah’s illustrated poem took first place

in the 3-5 category. The theme was “Chemistry - Our

Health, Our Future”; her poem is titled “Cabinet of Cures.”

As a regional contest winner, Farah’s work has been

submitted for judging at the national level. Congratulations!

Math Olympiads

Congratulations to the many students who excelled on

the first Math Olympiads (MO) contest. The Math Olympiads

contest tends to be much more difficult. This year the

seventh and eighth graders collectively had the highest

scores on Birchwood’s records.

MO Gold awards (5 of 5): Nate C, Clive C, Dhweeja D,

Alexander I, Kavya R, Pheby L, William L, Anika R,

Michael H, Farah S

Silver awards (4 of 5): Christine B, Jorgen K, Cameron

S, Kareem T, Adam I, Prathna K, Vinayak K, Michael T,

Haley Y, Grace C, Avi B

Bronze awards (3 of 5): Peter H, Joan C, Sachi G, Katelyn

V, Anna H, Grace X, Jack B, Amir I, Caroline V, Maya D,

Cameron K, Elizabeth P, Mihir S, Kevin S

Continental Math League

Congratulations to the many students who excelled on

the first Continental Math League (CML).

CML Gold awards (6 of 6): Peter H, Christine B, Nate C,

Clive C, Dhweeja D, Alexander I, Kavya R, Cameron

S, Shan S, Prathna K, Vinayak K, Pheby L, Ammar

L, Michael T, Michael W, Grace X, William L, Anika R,

Michael H, Kevin S

Silver awards (5 of 6): Joan C, Kareem T, Naomi W,

Anthony C, Anna H, Hana L, Megan P, Haley Y, Jack

B, Avi B, Cameron K, Mihir S

Bronze awards (4 of 6): Maya F, Maryum A, Grace C,

Caroline V, Faray S, Maya D, Abigail M

National Geographic Geography Bee

Congratulations to Farah S and Jane N, 4th grade finalists of the class Geography Bee. And congratulations to Olivia S and Cameron K, 5th grade finalists of the class Geography Bee. They will go on to compete against the 4th through 8th grade in the school Geography Bee December 15th.

Continental Math League

4th Math Awards:

Accolades are in order for the following students

for their success on the first Continental Math League

(CML) contest of the year: Farah S (gold medal), Arjun

B, Layla N, Jane N, and Annessa W (silver) and Alia B

and Tejal P (silver).

Noetic-Learning Contest

The results from last month’s Noetic Learning contest have been announced. The Birchwood second graders who achieved the National Honor Role award were Marissa B, Praveen K, and Josh S. They scored 80 percent or above to achieve this award. Congratulations on your success! In addition, one third grader, Shruthi R, and one fourth grader, Farah S, also made the National Honor Role. Congratulations to all.

All of the results can be viewed at www.noetic-learning.com.