Varsity SO Team Wins, Junior Varsity SO Team Places 2nd at Regional Tournament!
Congratulations to our Middle School Science Olympiad Teams for their outstanding performances at their Regional Tournament on Saturday at UNCW! The Varsity Team won the overall event with an impressive best overall score of 71, winning the varsity event by 43 points....
Elementary Science Olympiad Team Wins the 2026 New Hanover County Tournament!
Congratulations to our Elementary Science Olympiad Team on finishing first place in the New Hanover County Elementary Tournament at Ashley High School on Satruday, 2/28! We are very proud of all of you and the hard work you have put in to prepare for this tournament!...
WAAS MathCounts Team Wins Southeastern NC Regional Competition!
Congratulations to our WAAS MathCounts Team on winning the Regional MathCounts Competition on Saturday, February 21st at Trask Middle School! Three WAAS students finished in the Top 10 in the opening team round, and we had wonderful showing in the countdown round as...
WAAS Scientists Shine at the Southeast Regional Science Fair!
Congratulations to Ziva Panchal (6th Grade), Edie Davis (6th Grade), Bodan Escaravage (7th Grade), Jackson Groller (7th Grade), and Perry Tennant (8th Grade), who all qualified and competed in the Regional Science Fair at UNCW this past Saturday. The students put in...
2026 DAR Essay Contest Winners!
Congratulations to 6th Grader Trace Turner for winning the district level (regional) Daughters of the American Revolution Essay Contest! As a result, Trace’s winning essay moved forward to compete at the State level competition as well! Congratulations to 7th Grader...
Varsity Science Olympiad Team Places 2nd Overall at the Greenbrier Invitational!
Congratulations to our Varsity Science Olympiad Team for placing 2nd Overall at the Greenbrier Science Olympiad Invitational this past weekend in Evans, Georgia! This was a 14 team tournament including very competitive middle schools from GA and NC. Event medals were...
CFPUA Value of Water Art Contest Winners!
Congratulations to the following WAAS students who are winners of this year’s Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Value of Water Art Contest! Zoey Bass- 7th Grade Mika Fain- 8th Grade Kai Glazener- 8th Grade Ally Kehn- 6th Grade Ziva Panchal- 6th Grade Ansley Segars-...
Celebrating our Boyceville Science Olympiad Invitational Medalists!
Congratulations to the Varsity Science Olympiad team members below for earning medals at the Boyceville Virtual Tournament last month! The Boyceville Invitational is a very competitive SO Tournament with 192 middle school teams competing from all over the country,...
WAAS Track and Fitness Club Battleship 5k Race Highlights
Members of the WAAS Track and Fitness Club wrapped up our Fall training season by competing in the Battleship 5k (3.1 Miles) in Downtown Wilmington on Sunday. This event coincided with a popular local 10k and Half Marathon. We are very proud of all of our racers, and...
Varsity Science Olympiad Wins 1st Place Overall at the SE Georgia Invitational!
Congratulations to our Varsity Science Olympiad Team for winning the Southeast Georgia Invitational on Saturday for the 2nd year in a row! The tournament took place at Southeast Bulloch High School in Statesboro, Georgia. The team accrued twelve individual event...
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Congratulations to our 2026 AMC 8 Math Contest Winners!
Our WAAS middle school students competed in the AMC 8 Math contest on January 28th during their grade level math classes. The student’s results were collectively the best we have ever had at WAAS, and WAAS once again earned the School of Merit Award for the student’s...
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