NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL FINALS UPDATE!

After two exciting days of competition against 24 other teams from around the country, Mission San Jose High School won Second Place at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Finals, held in Seward, Alaska on April 26 & 27. The teams enjoyed a beautiful train ride from Anchorage to Seward, followed by a three-hour boat tour of Resurrection Bay, before settling in to the intense competition. During breaks, teams learned about polar ecology and played in the snow! We are very proud of our regional team’s performance. We are looking forward to next year’s Northern California Regional competition, now known as the Sea Lion Bowl, to be held at San Francisco State University in February 2009. If you’d like to get involved, please contact Erin Blackwood at erin70@sfsu.edu.”

CONGRATULATIONS MISSION SAN JOSE TEAM A, WINNERS OF THE 2008 OTTER BOWL!

1st Place - Mission San Jose High School Team A

(winning team pictured at right)

2nd Place - Albany High School

3rd Place - Lowell High School

4th Place - Mission San Jose High School Team B

The Otter Bowl, a regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, took place on Saturday, February 23, 2008.  The Romberg Tiburon Center and San Francisco State University hosted 15 high school teams in the all day competition held at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA*.  Over 100 students and coaches came from schools in many locations around Northern California to compete. Students who competed are eligible for special scholarship and internship opportunities.

Please contact Erin Blackwood, Regional Coordinator, at erin70@sfsu.edu or 415-338-3757 with questions, or go to the NOSB website at www.nosb.org.

We hope you enjoyed Otter Bowl 2008!

Stayed tuned for more pictures from the Otter Bowl 2008.