Our AP and first-year Chemistry students competed in the CVSO5 (Connecticut Valley Society Olympiad) March 17 at UMASS. The CVSO5 is a 3-part competition and the first step in the Chemistry Olympiad Program that is organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS). This competition included students from 37 schools and 445 students from Western Mass and Northern Connecticut. The first portion is an eighty minute multiple choice test.