Media Releases: February 13, 2003
Zackary Miller and Kristin Alligood of Pedro Menendez
High School tied for top honors in the Senior Division
of the 2003 River Region East Science Fair held last week
at First Coast Technical Institute. Nathan Georgette of
Landrum Middle School won best overall in the Junior Division.
Zachary won first place in the Senior Physical Science category for his project
entitled “Poly Grip - Looking for a Correlation between the Densities
and Static Friction Coefficients of Various Polymers,” and Kristin won
first place in the Senior Biological Science category for her project,” Effects
of cAmp and Light on the Biochemical Anatomy of Photoreceptors.”
Nathan won first place in the Junior Engineering and Mathematics category with
his project entitled “Oscillation Calculation: Mathematically Modeling
Vertical Spring Oscillations.” All three students will be honored at
the March 6 School Board meeting.
Approximately 90 middle and high school students were involved in the annual
fair. Participating schools included Landrum Middle School, Murray Middle School,
Gamble Rogers Middle School, Sebastian Middle School, Cathedral Parish School,
Bartram Trail High School, Pedro Menendez High School, Nease High School and
St. Augustine High School. The category winners are listed below.
SENIOR DIVISION
Biological Science
1st Place - Kristin Alligood, Pedro Menendez High School (PMHS)
2nd Place - Lisa Matragrano, Nease High School (NHS)
3rd Place - Kelsey Kempler, PMHS
Honorable Mention - Sarah Hakala of Bartram Trail High School (BTHS) and
Monica Murphy of NHS
Physical Science
1st Place - Zackary Miller, PMHS
2nd Place - Luke Georgette, NHS
3rd Place - John Grunder and Daniel Morrow, St. Augustine High School (SAHS)
Honorable Mention - Devon Hutchins and Leah Thorpe, SAHS
JUNIOR DIVISION
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Place - Sierra Saey, Murray Middle School (MMS)
2nd Place - Marvin Jenkins, MMS
3rd Place - Karolyn Reed and Kerri Roehrig, Landrum Middle School (LMS)
Honorable Mention - Chelsea Wiseman, Sebastian Middle School (SMS)
Botany
1st Place - Melissa Kunkel, LMS
2nd Place - Candace Garrett, MMS
3rd Place - Stephanie Gillespie, SMS
Honorable Mention - Sarah Kirkman and Katherine Kirkman, Cathedral Parish School
(CPS)
Chemistry
1st Place - Shan Wang, LMS
2nd Place - Whitney Kersey and Paige DePriest, Gamble Rogers Middle School
(GRMS)
3rd Place - Donna Styron, MMS
Honorable Mention - Parnika Salooja, SMS
Earth and Space Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Health, Zoology
1st Place - Constance Ables, LMS
2nd Place - Jonathan Gendzier, LMS
3rd Place - Kayla Young, MMS
Honorable Mention - Trenton Wainwright, MMS and Henrick Kaczmarczyk, CPS
Engineering/Mathematics
1st Place - Nathan Georgette, LMS
2nd Place - Michael Pyle, SMS
3rd Place - Britton Glendenning, SMS
Honorable Mention - Nathaniel Wuellner, SMS
Physics
1st Place - George Erickson, LMS
2nd Place - Joshua Kessler, LMS
3rd Place - Sara Perez, MMS
Honorable Mention - Travis Neville, MMS and Wally Kropacek, GRMS
Twenty-six students have also qualified to go on to the state competition scheduled
April 9-11 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville. Tom Alexander
is serving as the county science fair director.
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