Academic Competition

Mission: Similar to Jeopardy! with teams, quiz bowl is competitive trivia that focuses on building knowledge in a fun, social format. Our nationally ranked program fields teams at the regional, state, and national levels. In addition, club participants have a chance to appear on TV as part of It's Academic. Contact officers for more information. 

Discord server link:: https://discord.com/invite/u6nzWz6jWx  

Email: churchillqb@gmail.com

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NTI4MDA0Mzg3ODg3?cjc=bxxecjx

Sponsor: Ian Vickery

Student Leaders:  Kevin Peng 469198@mcpsmd.net

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Meetings are on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, All tournaments are optional, but participation in national tournaments requires at least one non-novice tournament 

WCHS Ethics Bowl is an academic team that competes in a Regional Competition in February at the University of Baltimore, Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics. The National High School Ethics Bowl is an internationally recognized, exponentially growing competition. Ethics Bowl is a competitive yet collaborative event in which students discuss real-life ethical issues from a set of 15 cases, ranging from the ethics of ghosting to eliminating animal suffering. In preparing for the competition, Ethics Bowl members regularly engage with undergraduates from UNC Chapel Hill and other workshops put on by the Parr Center for Ethics. You will meet new friends and intelligent competitors from across the state, learn how to structure arguments, and expand your worldview through reading and discussing with people with different perspectives. All students regardless of experience are encouraged to try out, and new Ethics Bowlers will be paired with a student coach. 

Email: Jaehee Lee 134748@mcpsmd.net

Sponsor: Rodney Van Tassell 

Meetings: Team members will meet frequently in preparation for the competition during lunch on Tuesdays and after school. 

Join the Philosophy and Ethics Club Google Classroom for tryout information: mfitpvx 

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Odyssey of the Mind is a team-building contest that requires members to use their creative thinking skills to present one of five long term competitive problems, which are given at the beginning of each school year. The themes of these problems are vehicle, technical, classics, structure (balsa wood), and performance. The team will also be given a spontaneous problem at the competition. Team members must use their creative thinking skills to solve a hands-on, verbal, or hands-on verbal problem. Teams will go to state competitions in March and World Finals in May. 

Google Form: https://forms.gle/nyvVcw1Zs5S3Bcwh9 

The website is linked here: https://www.odysseyofthemind.com

The program guide is linked here: https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/program-guide/

Discord server: https://discord.gg/TGTuDzrjys

Student Leaders: Megan Weng 470243@mcpsmd.net, Ryan Qi 467609@mcpsmd.net

Sponsor: Devona Wilson

Meetings: Wednesdays at lunch 

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To compete in the DOE's National Science Bowl Competition, as well as to make students more knowledgeable about contemporary discoveries in science. 

Discord Server (https://discord.gg/HVst76fytC)  

Sponsor: Mary McGehee

Student Leader: Alvin Guo 470528@mcpsmd.net

Science Olympiad is a national organization that hosts competitions with events spanning 23 areas of science. Throughout the course of the year, team members will work in small groups to study for test events, practice for lab events, and construct various builds. Starting in November, we will compete in several invitational competitions (both in person and online) in preparation for the official regional and state competitions in the early spring. Students that have previously participated in Science Olympiad in middle school are encouraged to join! 

Sponsor: Johnathan Lee

Student Leaders: Abigail Zhang 470843@mcpsmd.net; Myla Leung 134112@mcpsmd.net

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