The Science Club is open to all students interested in science. The Science Team is composed of science club members and competes in national and state competitions, including: UIL Science, Science Bowl, JETS TEAMS, Biology Olympiad, Chemistry Olympiad, Physics Olympiad and TMSCA.
The Paschal Science Team has won State and National Championships and is considered one of the premier Science Teams in the State and Nation.
Science Bowl practices are in room 283 on Wednesdays after school.
UIL and TMSCA practices are on Fridays in room 165.
Teacher Sponsors:
Davin Haley, davin.haley@fwisd.org
Andrew Brinker, andrew.brinker@fwisd.org
Co-Presidents: Zachary Jacobus and Olivia Castillo
Zachary and Science Coach Mr. Brinker in Austin for the UIL State Academic Meet.
Paschal Student Places 3rd at the UIL Academic State Meet
Paschal Senior Zachary Jacobus traveled to Austin the first weekend of May to compete in the UIL Academic State Meet. Zachary placed third in the State of Texas for Chemistry!
We are extremely proud of Zachary and wish him well next year at Yale University.
PASCHAL WINS DISTRICT SCIENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
On March 26th, 2022, the UIL Science team traveled to Boswell High School to compete in the Academic UIL District meet. Paschal had the first-place team and the top three individual scores. Additionally, we won first place in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The team will travel to UTA for the Region meet on April 23rd.
Congratulations on such a huge accomplishment!
Zachary Jacobus wins State Title in Chemistry!
R. L. Paschal High School junior Zachary Jacobus, 17, is the best chemistry student in the state of Texas.
"All that time he put into chemistry finally paid off in the state championship," said Andrew Brinker, a science teacher at Paschal and the school's UIL science team coach.
See the full article, news report and interview here.
District Science Champions!
On March 27th the UIL Science team competed virtually in the District Competition and won first place! Individual awards included Zachary Jacobus winning Chemistry and Olivia Castillo winning Physics. Congratulations to these academic athletes!
Paschal Science Competes in Virtual Competition
Nine Science Club members competed in the second virtual science competition of the school year. The team finished in 7th place out of 17 teams. Congratulations to these academic athletes.
The science team finished in 7th place in the first Virtual Competition of the 2020 school year. Congrats to these amazing students!
Paschal Science Wins Saginaw Invitational
The Science Team won first place Saturday at the UIL B competition. Senior Mark Moses placed first in Chemistry and Sophomores Zach Jacobus and Olivia Castillo placed first and second individually for underclassmen. Congrats on such an outstanding performance!
The Paschal UIL Science Team won the Regional Championship at the University of Texas at Arlington April 13th. These academic athletes will advance to the STATE competition in Austin.
From the left Thu Pham, Mark Moses, Andy Ryu and Alex Castillo.
Congratulations to the Paschal Science Team for winning the District Championship for the 18-19 school year! Thu Pham finished in first place overall, while Andy Ryu placed in second place and Mark Moses placed fifth. Andy Ryu also won the Biology Championship.
The 2019 District Team was: Andy Ryu, Thu Pham, Mark moses, Alex Castillo, Kelley Briggs and Taha Sharaf! Region will be hosted by UTA on April 13th, with winners advancing to STATE in Austin!
Twelve science club members traveled to San Antonio March 15 and 16th for the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association annual meet. After an evening on the River Walk students spent the following day competing in both math and science events (Penta club was also well represented). When the dust settled, we were proud of a 6th place finish out of 35 teams in the 6A division. We will be competing for a second consecutive District Championship on March 30th.
Students in front of the Alamo:
Students enjoying dinner on the San Antonio River Walk:
Students studying just prior to the competition:
Senior Katherine Faulkner presented her research on diatoms (microscopic algae that are indicators of water quality) at the Fort Worth Regional Science Fair Monday February 25th. Katherine was awarded first place by the Association of Women Geoscientists and second place by the American Meteorological Society.
Thank you to mentor Shelly Wu and the TCU's Andrews Institute of Mathematics and Science Education for all of their support.
Two Students are Semifinalists in Olympiad!
As the premiere biology competition for high school students in the United States, the USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) enriches the life science education of nearly 10,000 talented students annually. It provides the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness.
Holley Anderson and Andy Ryu were chosen based upon their Open Exam Scores as semifinalists and recently completed the second round of the competition. Ultimately 20 students are chosen to attend a training at University of California at San Diego, with the top four traveling to Tehran, Iran from July 15 to 22, 2018 representing the United States.
Katherine Faulkner answering questions from a participant.
On the left are Paschal teachers Mrs. Salazar and Mr. Brinker and on the right student Katherine Faulkner and PhD student Shelly Wu.
A close up of the poster
The science team traveled to UTA this past Saturday to compete in the Regional UIL Academic Meet. The team placed second overall, with a great showing by Andy Ryu, Melissa Pighetti, Anand Iyer and Joseph Reitman. The Science Team ends the year as the fifth best team in Texas!! Congratulations on another fantastic year.
From the left: Mr. Brinker, Andy Ryu, Anand Iyer, Joseph Reitman, and Melissa Pighetti.
As the premiere biology competition for high school students in the United States, the USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) enriches the life science education of nearly 10,000 talented students annually. It provides the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness.
Joseph Reitman and Andy Ryu were chosen based upon their Open Exam Scores as semifinalists and recently completed the second round of the competition. Ultimately 20 students are chosen to attend a training at Purdue University, with the top four traveling to Warwick, Coventry, UK from July 23 to 30, 2017 representing the United States.
The results from the fourth virtual meet of the year were released over spring break. Paschal took home the bronze as a team. Individual awards included first place Biology overall for Andy Ryu and first place freshman chemistry for Jack Boller.
The second weekend of spring break the Science Team traveled to San Antonio to compete in the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association STATE meet. The Team finished in 6th place overall and individually Andy Ryu won fourth place for sophomores and Joseph Reitman finished in 6th place for juniors.
Saturday March 4, the science team competed in the Trimble Tech Invitational and won first place team! Melissa Pighetti also won first place physics. The District Science competition is only a few weeks away, and the team looks to be in great shape!
