Stories by Jackie Quinn
1. Building submarines with film cannisters and pennies
I have never been good at keeping a journal. Henceforth, therefore, and thusly, the rest of these posts will be made from good old Albany, California. I figured I wouldn't leave you hanging, especially after you all saw us on KTVU, right?
Saturday was Science Day, the day that we ...
2. Visiting the White House
Part I: Roll Call Almost every day at the National Science Bowl starts out with some sort of assembly. These are mainly to tell us what we will be doing that day and to give us directions, but also to call out people for doing things wrong, such as running around the halls after curfew (midnight). Part of these assemblies is ...
3. The First Official Day
Thursday was check-in day, and everyone else arrived in the afternoon. I was sick, so I spent the vast majority of the day sleeping, but I hear from Ian that there was a pretty good Ultimate Frisbee game out on the lawn in front of the complex. Every year there is one team that dominates the game. Last year the ...
4. The Arrival in Washington D.C.
Yesterday morning at 5:30 am Pacific time, Albany High's Science Bowl Team, consisting of Ian Allen, Elise Cai, George Shan, and myself, Jackie Quinn, embarked on our journey to Washington D.C. for the National Finals. Apart from Ian spilling tea all over me, and having to wait an hour before boarding due to bad timing, and the big guy right ...
5. Integrated math to return to AHS
With all the successes of the upper tier of Albany High’s math program (see Math-acre at Fremont High), those who struggle are rarely recognized. The current system favors students who are more mathematically skilled, and often, those who are not are left in the dust.
This is about ...
6. Science Bowl Team Blazes through Regional Competition
With a final score of 136 to 40 against Lynbrook High, Albany High’s top science bowl team swept clean the competition at this year’s Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL) Regional Science Bowl event last Saturday, January 27. This feat earned the team a trip to Washington ...
7. Think AHS is crazy? We explore Homecoming elsewhere
Class competition is undeniably a central part of Homecoming at Albany High. The fan turnout to the Homecoming football game may be higher than that at any other game, but that doesn’t nullify the fact that most of the school population cares more about the outcome of Boy’s Volleyball than the ...
8. Albany delegates head to Stanford
Brazil motions to open the agenda with the SMUNC 2006.
On Friday, November 10, I, along with nine other members from the Albany Model United Nations Club and our coach Mr. James, traveled to Stanford University to participate in this year's Stanford Model United Nation ...