A victory over 23 other Southern California high school teams at Saturday’s (Jan. 31, 2015) Regional Science Bowl at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory propelled Arcadia High School’s four-member team to the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C. April 30 – May 4.
Photo by SGV Tribune staff photogrpaher Sarah Reingewirtz
The AHS team of seniors includes team captain Kevin Wang and Ray Fu, Chris Chi, Allen Shum and alternate Bruce Xu, led by faculty coach Ray Mynster.
AHS went to the National Science Bowl in 2010 and came away with fourth place, for which it was honored by the Arcadia City Council.
Details of Saturday’s event, in which teams answer a barrage of highly technical questions related to everything from molecular biology to quadratic math equations are reported here by Brian Day in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
— By Scott Hettrick