West On Facebook
Subscribe by RSS
Wentzville students excel at Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Savannah Est
Students from the Wentzville School District competed in Missouri’s Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at St. Charles Community College on Saturday Feb. 23. This year there were more than 480 entries which included 142 by Wentzville students and 10 WSD classroom projects. At the end of the day, 43 Wentzville students and three WSD classrooms received awards, including 22 first and second place awards.
Holt High School senior Savannah Est received an overall First Place in the High School Honors Division for her project “Circadian and Photomorphogenic Responses in Arabidopsis Thaliana” and will advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 12 through May 17. Est was also the recipient of the Army, Navy and Air Force Research Awards for her project. Additional recognition went to the following students:
HoltHigh School:
Junior Kayla Calvillo – Second Place overall in the Honors Division (she will also attend the International Science and Engineering Fair as an observer), Yale Science and Engineering Award, American Society for Materials Engineering Award, Army, Navy, and Air Force Research awards
Junior Hunter Park – Third Place overall in the Honors Division (he will compete at the ISWEEP in Houston, Texas in May), Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Award, and the Army, Navy and Air Force Research awards
Seniors Kaitlin Bishop and Jordan Holtswarth – Fourth place overall in the Honors Division, Army and Air Force Research Awards
Junior Lance Novak – Fifth place overall in the Honors Division, National Society for Professional Engineers Award
Junior John Vikman – First Place American Chemical Society Award, US Public Health Award
Senior Bryan Love – Second Place American Chemical Society Award
Junior Cindy Gaines – Society for In Vitro Biology Award
Junior Allison Hellebusch – US Metric Association Award
Boone Trail Elementary:
Third-Grader Callista Holleschak, Third Place
Crossroads Elementary:
Kindergartner Rafay Cheema, Second Place
First-Grader Jacob Peeler, Second Place
Discovery Ridge Elementary:
Second-Grader Charlie Grunwaldt, First Place
Duello Elementary:
First-Grader Madison Clark, First Place
First-Graders Savannah and Ashley Davis, First Place
Angie Mean’s Second-Grade Class, Third Place
Green Tree Elementary:
Second-Grader Anna Kimball, First Place
Second-Grader Matthew Bailey, Second Place
Third-Grader Emily Lyng, Second Place
Fourth-Grader Katie Taylor, Third Place
Fifth-Grader Corinne Nelson, First Place
Heritage Elementary:
Kindergartner Alexander Bugh, First Place
First-Grader Sara Sehnert, Third Place
Second-Grader Matthew Middendorf, Second Place
Second-Grader Isaac Roseberry, Second Place
Kathy Hoffmann’s Second Grade Class, Second Place
Second-Grader Justin Jones, Third Place
Second-Grader Isaac Fipps, Third Place
Lakeview Elementary:
Second-Grader Lila Sverdrup, First Place
Fifth-Grader Cassidy Wood, Second Place
Fifth-Grader Sharayu Shrinivas, Second Place American Chemical Society Award
Peine Ridge Elementary:
Tonya Leonard’s Third Grade Class, First Place
First-Grader Hannah Nikkel, Second Place
Prairie View Elementary
First-Grader Kaitlin Stumpf, Second Place
Fourth-Grader Elyse Matlick, Second Place
Frontier Middle School:
Seventh-Grader Amy Do, First Place, American Chemical Society Award
Seventh-Grader Madi McGuire, First Place, American Meteorological Award, Broadcom Award
Seventh-Grader Tyler Murphy, Second Place
Seventh-Grader Alexis Guffey, Second Place
Seventh-Grader Alisha Grant, Third Place
Seventh-Grader Grace Merritt, Third Place
SouthMiddle School:
Seventh-Grader Rich Ables, First Place, Broadcom Award
Wentzville Middle School:
Seventh-Grader Alex Faintich, First Place, Broadcom Award
Sixth-Grader Katie Weber, Second Place
Sixth-Grader Joseph Brickey, Second Place
Seventh-Grader Megan Costello, Second Place
Comments are closed
Sorry, but you cannot leave a comment for this post.