LHS Science Olympiad Team to compete in state finals

EDITED BY BILL SANSERVINO

The Lawrence High School Science Olympiad Tournament Team took 5th place overall in their division at the 2023 NJ Science Olympiad Regionals at Camden County College held on Jan. 10.

The team is set to move on to the state finals, which will be held on

Thursday, March 16 at Middlesex College. Top finishers there will go to the 2023 Science Olympiad National Tournament at Wichita State University on Saturday, May 20.

After months of preparation, the Lawrence High School competitors demonstrated mastery in 12 scientific and engineering disciplines at college level.

The following students won medals at the competition: Graham Wild and Kavni Batra for Anatomy and Physiology; Grace Chang and Ethan Wang for Cell Biology; Milan Naropanth and Farhaan Shroff for Epidemiology; Rajassai Keerthi and Sonia Munawar for Forensics; Ridhima

First stop, the Trenton Free Public Library on Academy Street in Trenton. It’s the oldest organized library in New Jersey and the embodiment of a particular American movement.

Founded in 1750 as the subscription-styled Trenton Library Company, it allegedly started with 50 books purchased by Benjamin Franklin.

Yet the person who turned that first page in Trenton’s history was Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, who served as the town’s first chief Burgess and contributed 500 pounds. The collection was housed in rented spaces or subscribers’ homes until the British arrived in 1776 and destroyed the building that housed