Christ Episcopal student wins Region 8 Science Fair
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
by: Tonya Lowentritt
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1) ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCIENCE FAIR SENIOR WINNERS ANNOUNCED: St. Tammany Parish high school winners were recognized at the 2015 Region 8 Science
Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University. Front row, from left, are: Theresa
Leith of Christ Episcopal, Zara Hood, Angela Boulboulle, Joseph Kelley, Mary Grace
Kelley and Madalynn Traylor, all of Pope John Paul II, and Allison Woods and Peggy
Blake of Cleco, one of the sponsors of the fair. Back, from left, are Michelle Hasenkampf
and Brian Comeaux of Pope John Paul II, Luke Avenel and John Cresson of St. Paul's
School, Max Cook of Christ Episcopal School, Victoria Nielsen of Pope John Paul II,
and J. Armand of Cleco.
2) ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCIENCE FAIR JUNIOR WINNERS ANNOUNCED: St. Tammany Parish junior winners were recognized at the 2015 Region 8 Science Fair
held at Southeastern Louisiana University. Front row, from left, are: Josh Micheal
Devier of St. Paul's School, Emma Mikell of Northlake Christian School, Joshua Hou
of Little Oak Middle, Madelynn Nguyen and Julia Kapusta of St. Margaret Mary. Back
row, from left, are Benjamin Walker of Mandeville Jr. High, Ian Cardona of Fifth Ward
Jr. High, Chris Barron of Boyet Jr. High School, Katie Colgan of Tchefuncte Middle
School, and Allison Woods, Peggy Blake and J. Armand of Cleco, one of the sponsors
of the fair.
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3) TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Tangipahoa Parish winners recognized at the 2015 Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern
Louisiana University are, from left, Garrett Sanders of Hammond Eastside Magnet School,
Dykia Williams, Kiauna Conley and Jinnia Saing, all of Hammond Westside Montessori.
4) WASHINGTON PARISH SCIENCE FAIR WINNER ANNOUNCED: Washington Parish student Marion Scott of Annunciation Catholic School, far left,
was among the winners recognized at the 2015 Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern
Louisiana University. With her are, from left, J. Armand, Peggy Blake and Allison
Woods, all from Cleco, one of the sponsors of the fair.
HAMMOND – Theresa Leith of Christ Episcopal High School was the overall winner of the 2015 Region 8 Science Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University earlier this month. Her winning project, "Chirality: How the Ratio of Fructose to Glucose Affects Optical Rotation," received first place honors in the senior division chemistry category.
Benjamin Walker of ¬Mandeville Jr. High was the overall winner of the junior division. His project, "Breaking Bridge" placed first in the chemistry category.
All first and second place regional winners will advance to the state science fair later this spring at Louisiana State University.
This year's Region 8 Science Fair was sponsored by Cleco Power, Shell Oil Company, Entergy, Valero St. Charles Refinery, and the Kinder Morgan Foundation. Each sponsors the fair as a way of supporting educational activities for children.
Additional Science Fair winners, listed by division and school, were
SENIOR DIVISION (Grades 9-12)
CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL – Rebecca Bell, third, chemistry; Max Cook, first, physics and astronomy; and Emmett McComiskey, second, physics and astronomy.
NORTHSHORE HIGH SCHOOL – Ben Rowley, second, chemistry.
POPE JOHN PAUL II – Mary Grace Kelley and Joseph Kelley, first, behavioral and social science; Raymond Ohler III and Tyler Sanderson, second, behavioral and social science; Joseph Riggio and James Ramirez, third, behavioral and social science; Sophia Cefolia, third, computer science; Angela Boulboulle, first, energy and transportation; Zack Sheng and Joshua Hartley, second, energy and transportation; Chris Arroyo, third, energy and transportation; Zara Hood and Brian Comeaux, first, environmental sciences; Ivy Ferraro, second, environmental sciences; Dylan Vidrine and Phihan Nguyen, third, environmental sciences; Victoria Nielsen and Madalynn Traylor, first, medicine and health sciences; Michelle Hasenkampf, first, microbiology; Blake Dalferes and Blake Everard, honorable mention, physics and astronomy; and Ashley Calamari and Henry Calamari, honorable mention, plant sciences.
ST. HELENA COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY – Briana Growe and Chloe Jackson, third, engineering; Jacob Evans and Darryl Hampton, honorable mention, engineering; BreAynna Jacque and Dussel Cooper, honorable mention, environmental sciences; and Regina Hughes and Jherica Dudley, third, medicine and health sciences.
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL – Walden Perry and George Cazenavette, first, computer science; Alexander Nguyen, second, computer science; Robert Baricev, honorable mention, energy and transportation; Leland Van Deventer, second, microbiology; Benjamin Dantin and Aaron Nguyen, third, physics and astronomy; and John Cresson and Luke Avenel, first, plant sciences.
SOUTHEASTERN MATH SCIENCE UPWARD BOUND – Cameron Widner, honorable mention, behavioral and social science; Makayla Dantzler and Cecelia Butera, honorable mention, chemistry; and Lily Tanner, third, plant sciences.
JUNIOR DIVISION
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Trenity Sullivan, third, energy and transportation; and Marion Scott, first, microbiology.
BOYET JUNIOR HIGH – Chris Barron, first, energy and transportation.
CALVARY BAPTIST SCHOOL – Sammy Hurst, honorable mention, physics and astronomy.
CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL – Rachel Leith, second, chemistry; Christopher Comeaux, honorable mention, engineering; and Graydon Hall, third, environmental sciences.
FIFTH WARD JUNIOR HIGH – Katelyn Nettles, second, animal science; Ian Cardona, first, engineering; and Natalie Johnson, honorable mention, engineering.
HAMMOND EASTSIDE MAGNET SCHOOL – Taylor Kinchen, third, animal science; Madison Greer, second, engineering; and Garrett Sanders, first, medicine and health sciences.
HAMMOND JUNIOR HIGH MAGNET SCHOOL – Hailey Ingram, honorable mention, behavioral and social science; Darryl Johnson, honorable mention, chemistry; and Lance Quinney, second, medicine and health sciences.
HAMMOND WESTSIDE MONTESSORI – Kiauna Conley, Jinnia Saing and Dykia Williams, first, behavioral and social science; Cameron Hambrick, Edgard Bravo and Nicholas Washington, honorable mention, Earth and planetary science..
LITTLE OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL – Joshua Hou, first, computer science.
MANDEVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – Hope Cassady, third, behavioral and social science; Nathaniel Gunn, third, chemistry; Lucien Maloney, third, environmental sciences; and Lucas Colegrove, third, physics and astronomy.
NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN – Addison Champagne, honorable mention, chemistry; Joshua Moticheck, honorable mention, energy and transportation; Carolyn Simpson, honorable mention, environmental sciences: Grace Armand, third, medicine and health sciences; Bethany Rooney, honorable mention, medicine and health sciences; Ashlynn Anderson, third, microbiology; Emma Mikell, first, physics and astronomy; and Patrick Hoag, honorable mention, plant sciences.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Joshua Stevenson, second, behavioral and social science; and Christian Hasenkampf, third, plant sciences.
ST. HELENA COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY – Jer'Kayla Williams and Azziana West, third, cellular and molecular biology.
ST. MARGARET MARY – Julia Kapusta and Madelynn Nguyen, first, cellular and molecular biology; and Christopher Irby, second, physics and astronomy.
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL – Josh Micheal Devier, first, plant sciences.
ST. PETER CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Alex Martrain, third, engineering; Caleb Frost, honorable mention, environmental sciences; Caroline Crutzfeldt, honorable mention, microbiology; and Luke Vargas, second, plant sciences.
TCHEFUNCTE MIDDLE SCHOOL – Katie Colgan, first, animal science.
