Nevada Field Office News News Media Contact: For Immediate Release: Darwin J. Morgan, 702-295-3521 February 4, 2016 [email protected] Kelly K. Snyder, 702-295-2836 [email protected] NEVADA SCIENCE BOWL TO CROWN CHAMPION THIS SATURDAY Thirty High Schools compete in Nevada’s prestigious academic tournament Some say the big bowl game is this Sunday. 160 high school students believe the real bowl game is this Saturday! The Nevada Science Bowl. Teams from 30 high schools will square-off Saturday morning in a highly competitive fast-paced academic event. The students will answer tough questions in all branches of science and math. The top 12 teams win cash prizes for their school’s math/science department. The first place team receives $5000, plus an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC, for the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl in April. The Nevada Science Bowl will be held at VegasPBS starting Saturday morning. Matches will get underway at 7:30 a.m. and will continue until a champion is crowned at about 4:30 p.m. “Nevada Science Bowl is celebrating 25-years of encouragement and support for science and math education in Nevada,” said Darwin J. Morgan, Director, Office of Public Affairs, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office. “The students and parents gathered here for the Nevada Science Bowl are working for a better and brighter future and we are proud to help them.” The Nevada Science Bowl is grateful for the generous contributions that make this competition possible. Sponsors of the Nevada Science Bowl include: U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office, National Security Technologies, LLC, Northrop Grumman, Navarro, U.S. Department of the Interior, Centerra Nevada, VegasPBS, and the National Atomic Testing Museum. -more- NNSA/NFO Office of Public Affairs http://www.nv.energy.gov P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 WHO: 160+ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS/COACHES, VOLUNTEERS WHAT: NEVADA SCIENCE BOWL WHEN: 7:30AM- 4:30PM, Saturday, February 6, 2016 WHERE: VegasPBS, 3050 E. FLAMINGO, LAS VEGAS, NV News media are welcome to cover the Nevada Science Bowl. You will have access to the competition, students, coaches, parents, volunteers and spectators. Nevada Science Bowl participant list: Advanced Technologies Academy (Las Vegas) Alpine Academy (Sparks) Arbor View High School (Las Vegas) Bishop Manogue High School (Reno) Cedar City High School (Cedar City, UT) Centennial High School (Las Vegas) Churchill County High School (Fallon) Clark High School (Las Vegas) Coral Academy of Science, Las Vegas (Las Vegas) Coral Academy of Science, Reno (Reno) Coronado High School (Henderson) Davidson Academy of Nevada (Reno) Douglas High School (Minden) Faith Lutheran High School (Las Vegas) Foothill High School (Las Vegas) Green Valley High School (Henderson) Legacy High School (North Las Vegas) Mojave High School (North Las Vegas) Northwest Career & Technical Academy (Las Vegas) (Defending Champions) Pahrump Valley High School (Pahrump) Palo Verde High School (Las Vegas) Pershing County High School (Lovelock) Rancho High School (Las Vegas) Reno High School (Reno) Shadow Ridge High School (Las Vegas) Sierra Vista High School (Las Vegas) Southeast Career & Technical Academy (Las Vegas) The Meadows School (Las Vegas) West Career and Technical Academy (Las Vegas) Whittell High School (Zephyr Cove) -30- Follow the progress of the Nevada Science Bowl on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/NNSANevada and Twitter at www.twitter.com/NNSANevada using #NVSCIENCEBOWL NFO-16-02 NNSA/NFO Office of Public Affairs http://www.nv.energy.gov P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 .