Chinook, Conrad Middle Schools to appear at statewide science tournament

(Chinook ) Nearly 900 middle and high school students from 80 teams across Montana will compete at the Montana Science Olympiad State Tournament, set for Friday, April 19th, at Montana State University. The event features competitions in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines.

Included in those teams are Conrad Middle School and Chinook Middle School, two schools within New Media Broadcasters listening area.

Students from schools from across the state register for the Montana Science Olympiad as a team, with pairs or trios of students competing in individual events. Students can earn medals, and the school with the highest cumulative score wins the state championship. The state champions are eligible to compete at the national tournament, which will be hosted this spring at Michigan State University.