March 6, 2012 > Mission Valley competes in Science Olympiad Mission Valley competes in Science Olympiad Photo and article submitted by Madhu Dewan Fremont's Mission Valley Elementary School recently competed in the Regional Science Olympiad. From among the 20 Bay area teams, the school placed second and will now continue on to the State Science Olympiad Competition, to be held in Visalia April 14. Students participating on Mission Valley's regional "B10" team were: Muneeb Afnani, Aarushi Agrawal, Anvitha Akkaraju, Akshay Aravindan, Anjali Bhagat, Adam Chang, Ishika Chawla, Aditi Cuddalore, Gaurisha Dewan, Pranavi Dulam, Shreya Hegde, Colby Huang, Ruchika Mahapatra, Chenxing Zhou, and Chenyu Zhou. The Science Olympiad was created in 1983 to improve the quality of science education, increase student interest in the field and provide recognition for outstanding achievement by students and teachers. For more information visit: www.norcalscienceolympiad.com or http://soinc.org/