Daniel Wright science team wins

The team from Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire defeated eight other middle school teams to capture the championship at the 2016 Regional Science Bowl Competition at Argonne National Laboratory on Feb. 6. The team is made up of: Anmol Dash (grade 6), Healey Kogan (grade 8), Ellen Ma (grade 8), George Paoletti (grade 8), and Praneet Rathi (grade 7). Sophia Capelli is the coach and Anthony Hafner is the car team coach. This is the third consecutive year the school's team took the regional crown to advance to the National Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C. This is the fifth time in six years a team from Daniel Wright will be part of the national competition. This year, the national competition is April 28 to May 2.