Science Olympiad’s first meeting was on Nov. 2 during PRIDE Time. During this meeting, they were encouraged to recruit more students to join the organization.

“We really need Science Olympiad people because currently our team is really small,” senior Cristina Leos said. “I think we lost about eight seniors this year and only gained one new person.”

Leos said that Science Olympiad can have up to 20 people, and the club currently has less people than there are events at competition.

Instructor Lynn Zimmerman said there are only positive aspects to joining Science Olympiad.

“There are a lot of things I like about it,” Zimmerman said. “It’s a lot of teamwork.”

Students who join Science Olympiad pick out of a list of topics and take projects and tests while competing in the topic they choose. Topics include classes that Hays High may not offer, so this gives students the opportunity to expand their knowledge of subjects in science.

“As large of a school as we are, we are somewhat limited on some of our offerings in science,” Zimmerman said. “Having these different types of activities in Science Olympiad, as they compete, you can pick a topic that maybe you would like to learn more about that because we don’t offer a class, so it exposes you to it.”

Regionals for Science Olympiad will most likely be a virtual competition occurring in February.

“It would honestly be really awesome if we could find more people to join because it’s super cool,” Leos said. “It’s super inclusive, and everyone gets to learn new things at their own speed. It’s a really fun thing you get to do.”

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