Saturday, March 22, 2025

HoLa Elementary Walks Away with Accolades and Honors

I am happy to announce that HoLa Elementary secured 2nd place for the written exam and 3rd place for the oral presentation at the eSTEM competition—competing against 30 teams!

Showcasing the incredible hard work and dedication they’ve put into their project. They walked the judges through their design process and the steps they took to achieve their goals.

One of the judges even complimented our team’s understanding of the engineering design process—what an amazing accomplishment!

I couldn’t be more proud of the teachers and students and their outstanding efforts.



Huge congratulations to the amazing HoLa team for their outstanding performance at the Middle School Science Olympiad State Finals!
Here’s how the talented students placed out of the entire state:
3rd place in CodeBusters: Vincent Deaton, Evani Pareek, and Ian Lee
4th place in CrimeBusters: Eva Gacek-Huang and Cassandra Campione
4th place in Tower: Nevan Dave and Natalia Artigas
4th place in Write It Do It: Eva Fernandez and Iria Viota Garcia
5th place in Meteorology: Eva Fernandez and Ian Lee
6th place in Entomology: Ian Lee and Lucas Zenga
As a team, they finished 16th place out of 28 teams across the entire state! I couldn’t be prouder of their hard work, dedication, and teamwork. Way to go, HoLa!


Note: Dr. Petrosino served on the HoLa Board for a decade, from its founding to its 10th year anniversary.