Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

To afford to travel to Wichita, Kansas for the National Science Olympiad competition, our Science Olympiad kids wrote to businesses requesting funding. SK wrote a dozen letters, and then followed up with phone calls or visits to these businesses he requested money from. Every child on the team was required to do the same, and as result our team was fully funded. Yes, all our travel expenses for 15 kids and 15 parents were covered! What a great job they did raising funds in a very short time period.

Today ScienceKid composed a thank you note to send to the companies who contributed funds as a result of his letters. I was expecting—Thanks for your support, but look what he composed!

Dear Mr. Johnson,

Thank you for your support. Competing at the National Science Olympiad was an experience of a lifetime. For me this was my third Nationals and almost certainly my last. In my three years participating in Science Olympiad I have gone from being an alternate to being a three-time nationally medaling competitor. I have learned that teamwork and commitment are the two things most needed for success. The commitment needed in Science Olympiad is incredible; we read post-grad level biology books, we laid up carbon fiber on our machines, and we programmed our robots so that we may during one day of competition prove ourselves to be the best. For close to six months my team members and I have had little free time, no weekends, and no spring break. For us perfection was the goal, and I would like to thank you for sponsoring this obsession. At this year’s Nationals I finished in my events 2nd in Storm the Castle, 14th in Mission Possible, 17th in Rocks and Minerals, and 29th in Heredity. Thank you for helping our team.

Sincerely,

SK

I don’t know about you, but for me this was a proud Mama moment. As I told him, his writing skill far exceeds his teacher.