LARWILL - Whitko Middle Schools' academic teams have once again competed in both their local conference and state meets in April, culminating four months of study on this year's topic, English Renaissance: 1500-1690.WMS teams competed at the Indiana Academic Super Bowl on April 28 at Indian Springs Middle School, with the science team charting new ground by claiming their first state championship. The social studies team continued their streak by earning runner-up distinction, and math and English teams both finished in the top 15.
The Northeast Lakes Middle School Conference Academic Super Bowl was held April 12. At this regional meet, WMS's academic team as a unit placed third overall, with science team placing second and social studies placing third.
Whitko Middle School teams have established themselves among the top 10 winners in the state competition year after year. Social studies teams have placed in the top five in the state for the past four years, winning the top place in the state meet in 2003. The language arts team placed eighth in 2005, and the math team brought home a ninth the same year.
The middle school teams are coached by Mike Hanback, math; Andrew Layman, social studies; Betty Overdeer, language arts; and Tony Phillips, science.
Team members are: Ayri Crawford, Thomas Danner, Wade Eberly, Haylee Gardner, Sean Godfroy, Gabby Goodman, Danielle Graves, Jenna Hall, Anne Hendrix, Kate Hippensteel, Logan Ison, David Johnson, Cassie Jones, Zach Jones, Zach Nave, Colin Nicodemus, Gayle Peters, Fallon Poe, James Poe, Tyler Pottenger, Jacob Ray, Alex Reed, Jacqui Riemersma, Tiffany Schuman, Luke Senseny, Taylor Snavley, Rachelle Snyder, Tiffany Walther and Stephanie Wheeler.
