Southeastern Louisiana University

St. Paul's student wins Region 8 Science Fair

Contact: Tonya Lowentritt

3/29/10

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     HAMMOND – Ryan Harlan of St. Paul’s School in Covington was the overall winner of the 2010 Region 8 Science Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University March 18 and 19. His winning project, “Do Microwaves kill bacteria?” received first place honors in the senior division microbiology category. 
     Kelsey White of Fontainebleau Jr. High was the overall winner of the junior division. Her project, “a-MAZ-ing Race,” placed first in the animal science category.
Along with first, second and third place regional winners, Harlan and White will advance to the state science fair at Louisiana State University.
     For the second consecutive year, the Region 8 Science Fair was sponsored by Valero St. Charles Refinery. The company sponsors the fair as a way of supporting educational activities for children. The company also sponsors the Louisiana Science Olympiad, which will be held at Southeastern on April 17.
     Also at the fair, the Navy Science Achievement Awards were presented to Jack Murphy and Thomas Read of the St. Paul’s School. Junior Division Navy Science awards went to Michael Smith of Boyet Junior High, and Everett Thomas and Sarah Tydings of Mandeville Junior High.
     The Iota Sigma Pi Women in Chemistry Award for the best project by female students in the chemistry, biochemistry and environmental science divisions was awarded to Cara Jourdan of Fontainebleau Junior High.
 
 Additional Science Fair winners, listed by division and school, were
SENIOR DIVISION (Grades 9-12)
     CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL – Clayton Williams, second, chemistry; Mason Sheen, third, chemistry.
     HOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL – Sarah Jones, third, engineering; Corissa Blount, third, environmental sciences; and Kaitlyn Methvien, third, microbiology.
     ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL – Bobby Bayer, honorable mention, computer science; Jack Murphy, first, energy and transportation; Priash Patel, second, engineering; Michael Sitarz, first, environmental sciences; John Villarrubia, second, medicine and health sciences; Ryan Harlan, first, and Patrick Richards, second, microbiology; Thomas Read, first, physics and astronomy; Adam Grashoff and Connor Rougelot, second, team project.
     ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY – Emmy Bennett and Emily Deas, first, team project.

JUNIOR DIVISION
      ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Andrew Arata, honorable mention, chemistry.
     BOYET JUNIOR HIGH – Michael Dennis Smith, first, computer science; Nick Petras and Brad Petras, first, team project; Hunter Rasnic and James Yang, second, team project.
     CALVARY BAPTIST SCHOOL – Kristen Hamm, honorable mention, microbiology.
     CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL – Caroline Stafford, honorable mention, earth and planetary science; and Avery Owings, third, plant sciences.
     CLEARWOOD JUNIOR HIGH – Kaelynn Sicard, second, cellular and molecular biology; Victoria Pfeifer, second, microbiology.
     CREEKSIDE JUNIOR HIGH – Eli Burgoyne, third, medicine and health sciences; Zachary Milton, third, and Matalyn Starks, honorable mention, physics and astronomy.
     FIFTH WARD JUNIOR HIGH – Delani Hopper, first, energy and transportation.
     FONTAINEBLEAU JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – Kelsey White, first, animal sciences; Rachel Campbell, third, behavioral and social science; Cara Jourdan, second, chemistry; Matthew Boese, third, computer science; Brooke Lyonnais, honorable mention, medicine and health sciences.
     HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Sydney St. Pierre, honorable mention, animal science; Miranda Howes, honorable mention, behavioral and social science; Weston Arnold, third, energy and transportation; Grace Bernard, first, microbiology; Ally Inman, honorable mention, physics and astronomy; and Catherine Cannino, third, plant sciences.
     LITTLE OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL – Michael A. Stokes, first, physics and astronomy; and Summer Alabsa, honorable mention, plant sciences.
     MANDEVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – Reed Stephens, first, behavioral and social science; Sarah Tydings, first, cellular and molecular biology; Seth Borgstede, third, chemistry; Sumaer Kamboj, first, and Amanda McInerney, third, earth and planetary sciences; Everett Thomas, second, energy and transportation; Frank Arena, first and Ryan Crosby, second, engineering; and Mac McGuire, honorable mention, environmental sciences.
     MAUREPAS SCHOOL – Terry Stewart and Mason Vicknair and Jace Berthelot and Denver Delatte, both teams received honorable mention, team project.
     MONTELEONE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – Michael Bryant, third, engineering; Brooke Blackshear, honorable mention, mathematical sciences; and Carson Causey, second, physics and astronomy.
     ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Brody Pinion, third, animal science; Collin Dillon, honorable mention, chemistry; Katie Bouger, honorable mention, medicine and health sciences; and Blake Piediscalzo, third, microbiology.
     ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL – Jackson Murrell, first, chemistry; Nicholas Sibley, first, environmental sciences; and Thomas Ruli, second, medicine and health sciences.
     ST. PETER’S SCHOOL – Max Robin and Miles Robin, third, team project 
     ST. TAMMANY JUNIOR HIGH – Jacob Frick, second, behavioral and social sciences; Alexis Pierce, honorable mention, chemistry; Caleb Elias, honorable mention, energy and transportation; and Tyler Legrand, honorable mention, engineering.
     SOUTHEASTERN LABORATORY SCHOOL – Mercy Yang, honorable mention, environmental sciences; and Kelsey Macedo and Jacqueline Byers, third, team project.
     TCHEFUNCTE MIDDLE SCHOOL – Shalin S. Bhatt, first, medicine and health sciences.
    WILLIAM PITCHER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – Alex Varisco, second, animal science.

CUTLINES …

(1) NAVY SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PRESENTED AT REGION 8 SCIENCE FAIR -- From left, at the Region 8 Science Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University, Navy representatives Chief Kathe Hesterman, Dr. Joal Newcomb and Lt. David Graveseth, far right, present the Navy Science Achievement Awards to Everett Thomas and Sarah Tydings of Mandeville Jr. High, Michael Smith of Boyet Jr. High, and Jack Murphy and Thomas Read of St. Paul’s School.

(2) TANGIPAHOA PARISH REGION 8 SCIENCE FAIR JUNIOR WINNER – Grace Bernard, left, of Holy Ghost School in Hammond was one of the first place winners at the March 19 Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University. Congratulating her is Taryn Miller, community relations analyst for Valero St. Charles Refinery, the corporate sponsor of the Region 8 Science Fair.

(3) ST. TAMMANY PARISH REGION 8 SCIENCE FAIR JUNIOR DIVISION OVERALL WINNERS – Students from St. Tammany Parish were among the overall Junior Division winners at the March 19 Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University. From left, front, are Kelsey White, Fontainebleau Junior High; Shalin Bhatt, Tchefuncte Middle School; Sarah Tydings, Mandeville Jr. High; Michael Smith, Boyet Jr., Brad Petras and Nicholas Petras of Boyet Jr. High. Back row, from left, are Sumaer Kamboj, Mandeville Junior High; Jackson Murrell and Nicholas Sibley, St. Paul’s School; Frank Arena, Mandeville Junior High; Michael Smith of Boyet Junior High; Delani Hopper, Fifth Ward Junior High; Taryn Miller, community relations analyst for Valero St. Charles Refinery; and Reed Stephens, Mandeville Junior High.

(4) ST. TAMMANY PARISH REGION 8 SCIENCE FAIR SENIOR DIVISION OVERALL WINNERS – Students from St. Tammany Parish were among the overall senior division winners at the Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University: from left, Thomas Read, Michael Sitarz, Jack Murphy, and Ryan Harlan, all of St. Paul’s School, Emily Deas and Emmy Bennett of St. Scholastica Academy, and Taryn Miller, of Valero St. Charles Refinery, the fair’s corporate sponsor.