Extra curricular activities at the middle and high school levels include, basketball, football, softball, baseball, cross country, track, volleyball, dance, cheerleading, wrestling, Science Olympiad, FFA, Academic Decathlon, quiz bowl, student council, National Honors Society, drama club, art club, FCCLA, FBLA, glee club, and yearbook.
Cane Creek participates in many national and international education contests including Mathcounts, Battle of the Books, Odyssey of the Mind, Science Olympiad, National History Day, National Geographic Bee, as well as all regular middle school sports cheerleading, cross country, football, boys soccer, tennis, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, baseball, golf, girls soccer, softball, and tack and field.
led to his winning national gold medals in the "Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils" event at four National Science Olympiad tournaments.
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Since 2007, Lu has served on the national advisory committee of the Science Olympiad.
At New Trier, he was a sponsor of the Biology Club as well as the Biology Coach for Science Olympiad.
Bachelor of Science | National Science Foundation | American Association for the Advancement of Science | political science | Master of Science | Science | Computer Science | computer science | science | Political Science | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | science fiction film | Weizmann Institute of Science | Science fiction | Indian Institute of Science | The Christian Science Monitor | Science (journal) | Intel International Science and Engineering Fair | Science Applications International Corporation | National Medal of Science | Computer science | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | American Political Science Association | Science Museum | Political science | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Science Museum (London) | Chess Olympiad | Social Science Research Council |
Julian eventually moved to Orange County, CA in 1981 with his father and graduated from Sonora High School in 1987 where he excelled in mathematics and science, and was selected to participate in various scholastic competitions, including the Science Olympiad and the Academic Decathlon.
Clubs include a Harvard Model Congress team (under the umbrella of Early College Model Congress), Guilford Model Congress, Interact Club, Math Team, a Red Cross club, Interact Service club, an active FIRST Robotics team, Academic Quiz Bowl team, Student Council, Student Human Relations Club, EducateUS, Science Olympiad, Speech and Debate Club, Film Club as well as many other arts and interest clubs.
An article was published in the Journal of Chemical Education in January 1978 documenting the success of recruiting students through Science Olympiad.