Tower Heights Middle School Wins 2017 Ohio State Science Olympiad Championship

Dr. Hardie has been a Science Olympiad coach at Tower Heights Middle School in Centerville for 4 years.  This year, he coached student teams in 3 of the 23 Science Olympiad events: Optics, Wind Power, and Hovercraft.   His students in Optics and Wind Power both finished 1st  at the 2017 Ohio State Science Olympiad Tournament (https://ohso.osu.edu/).  These results helped the overall Tower Heights team win the state championship for the first time in the school’s history.   The team earned the honor of representing the state of Ohio at the 2017 Science Olympiad National Tournament in May (https://www.soinc.org/2017-national-tournament).  This is a total family affair for the Hardies.  Dr. Hardie’s wife, Karen, is one of the head coaches for the Tower Heights team.  Both of his daughters, Alison (9’th grade) and Emily (8’th grade), compete on the team.   Justin, who is now in 5th grade, plans to participate next year.