By Daily Press staff
The Santa Monica High School Science Bowl “A” team took tops honors at the National Science Bowl JPL Regional Competition earlier this month.
Competition among 24 competing teams was hosted in the von Karman Auditorium at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory facility in Pasadena. The Science Bowl team coach and Samohi teacher, Ingo Gaida, received the first place trophy for the local team that will now go on to Washington D.C. for the national Science Bowl competition among the 64 regional finalists. The winning Santa Monica High school “A” team members are Areeb Pirani, ZeNan Chang, Bennett Rankin and Jesse Zaretsky, the team’s captain. Jack O’Connell visits Will Rogers Learning Community
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 24, 2005. Read the original PDF.