Sifton girl among students headed for national science contest

Sifton — Vancouver’s Tate Schneider, 15, is among 15 girls from St. Mary’s Academy in Portland who rocked Oregon’s Science Olympiad on April 13 at Western Oregon University. The St. Mary’s varsity team competed in 23 events against 16 teams and came in first in many of them. St. Mary’s was the overall state winner for the seventh year in a row. Schneider will join a group of St. Mary’s students who are headed to the national competitions in Ohio in May.