By winning second place in the middle school division at the State Science Olympiad Tournament in Champaign, Illinois, in April, the 15-member varsity team from Marie Murphy School qualified to compete in the national tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 21, where the team also placed second in the nation – the varsity [...]
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Science Olympiad Team Wins 2nd Place at Nationals
May 25th, 2011 · Add Comments · Awards/Recognitions, Marie Murphy, School, Science Olympiad Team, Students, Teachers
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Avoca West/Marie Murphy Collaborative Writing Project
May 25th, 2011 · Add Comments · Avoca West, Marie Murphy, Students, Students, Teachers, Teachers
During the month of April, Avoca West Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Stefan and Marie Murphy School sixth-grade teacher Andrea Bialk collaborated on a special writing assignment for their students that focused on social/emotional learning and service learning projects. Vicki Specks, the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) teacher at Avoca West, concentrated her lessons on [...]
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Science Olympiad Team Qualifies To Compete at National Tournament
April 29th, 2011 · Add Comments · Awards/Recognitions, Marie Murphy, School, Science Olympiad Team, Students, Teachers
For the sixth time in the last seven years, the Marie Murphy School Science Olympiad team has once again qualified to compete in the National Science Olympiad Tournament. The Marie Murphy School team placed first in seven of twenty-three events and brought home more medals than any other team at the recent state competition held [...]
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