Our Missions and Goals

The mission of the USABO club is to encourage excellence in biology education throughout the United States and to challenge students and their teachers to reach the gold standard in biology.

The USABO Club Goals are to:

  • Prepare DHS students for the Biology Olympiad and to guide them through every step of the way
  • Demonstrate to the educational community that biology is important to students worldwide.
  • Strive to promote communication, understanding, and improvement of biology education between high schools in the U.S. and other countries participating in the International Biology Olympiad (IBO).
  • Encourage students to pursue knowledge and understanding above and beyond that normally encountered in high school biology courses.
  • Foster both a collaborative and a personal commitment to science that is observed in the biological research world.