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    Date: 4/4/02
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 20

26 SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
     HAMMOND -- A total of 26 junior high and high schools from throughout the state have
been chosen to participate in the Louisiana Science Olympiad on April 6 at Southeastern
Louisiana University. The schools finished in the top five at district olympiads held earlier this
year.
     Participating schools are:
     ALEXANDRIA: Alexandria Country Day School
     BREAUX BRIDGE: St. Bernard School
     BATON ROUGE: Baton Rouge Magnet High School
     BOUTTE: Hahnville High School
     CECILIA: Cecilia High School
     CHALMETTE: Andrew Jackson High School
     GUEYDAN: St. Peter School
     LAFAYETTE: Lafayette High School, Paul Breaux Middle School
     METAIRIE: St. Martin's Episcopal School, Ridgewood Preparatory School, St. Martin's
Episcopal School
     NEW IBERIA: New Iberia Senior High School, Westgate High School, Belle Place
Middle School.
     NEW ORLEANS: Academy of the Sacred Heart, Benjamin Franklin High School, Louise
McGehee School, St. George's Episcopal School, St. Paul's Episcopal
     PINEVILLE: Tioga Middle School
     SHREVEPORT: C.E. Byrd High School, Caddo Magnet High School, Northwood High
School, Caddo Middle School, St. Mark's Cathedral School.
     Students will compete in 23 events   from "Balloon Race" to "Weather or Not"    that
use the format of popular board games, television shows and athletic games to test their
knowledge of science disciplines such as biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, computers
and technology.
     The 2002 schedule is available online at www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/LASO.pdf. 
                             -SLU-
Press release available online at www.selu.edu/news/spring02.html