New Jersey Chemistry Olympics

On Friday, May 12, 2023, the New Jersey Chemistry Olympics (NJCO) took place at NJIT in Newark, NJ. Pascack Hills had two teams in the competition and Team A won the Platinum Crucible award for the Most Outstanding Team! Led by juniors, Lysandra Pinto, Navdeep Singh Bhalla, and Hyunjun (Fred) Lim who took a silver medal for their Bacterial Fuel Cell in the Chemistry Engineering event. While they took no other medals, they placed high enough in all of the other events to score the highest overall and win the competition. Besides the engineering event, the team’s events were: Chemical Research in Polymorphism of Chocolate, Website Design on Alternative Energy, Chemical Nomenclature, Analytical lab on the Percent of Copper in Pennies, and Microscale Lab on the Percent of Iron in Vitamin Supplements.

Coached by Leslie Pugliese and Jim Soltmann, Team A consisted of: Dylan Barrett, Navdeep Singh Bhalla, Ashley Chun, Olivia Ge, Fred Lim, Suhani Mahale, Prisha Mehta, Lysandra Pinto, Thomas Rottinger, Gowri Santhosh Kumar Rekha and Victor Urumov.

Recognition should also be given to Team B, led by sophomores Clara Kim, Alexa Ornstein, and Cayla Solomon who earned a bronze medal for their work in the Analytical lab on the Percent of Copper in Pennies. Rounding out Team B were: Diana Bodini, Michael Dugan, Zoe Green, Arleen Hertzberg, Elizabeth Huang, Michael Kroner, Ryan Kroner, Benjamin Miller, Maya Rose, Robyn Song, and Derek Zheng. Also contributing to both teams were Giulia diSalvo and Logan Litt.

Photo: Team A receiving their award.

Photo: Team B receiving their Bronze award

Photo: Both teams posing together

COVID19 Updated Guidance

Sept 2022

WHEN TO STAY HOME:

The New Jersey Department of Health recommends that students with the following symptoms or combination of symptoms be promptly isolated from others and excluded from school:

PLEASE STAY HOME AND NOTIFY YOUR NURSE IF YOUR CHILD HAS:

At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measure or subjective), chills, rigors (shivers), myalgia (muscle aches), headache, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, congestion, or runny nose;

OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, new olfactory disorder, or new taste disorder.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IF SYMPTOMS:

A medically supervised negative COVID19 PCR test or Rapid Antigen test is required to return to school for symptomatic individuals, even with an alternate diagnosis such as a positive strep or influenza swab. This requirement for testing is for all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status. We can not accept home tests at this time to rule out COVID19.
Please notify the attendance officer or the school nurse office if your child is exhibiting Covid-19 compatible symptoms.

IF COVID19 POSITIVE:

Please notify your school Nurse
Student will need to remain home for 5 days from symptom onset (symptom onset is considered day “0”)
Days 6-10: Students may return ONLY if no symptoms and fever free for 24 hours. They must wear a well fitted mask at all time, indoor and outdoors, during this time frame while at school.
Regardless of immunization status of other family members, those who are COVID 19 positive should be isolated from others in the household, if possible, for the full 10 days

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New Jersey Chemistry Olympics