Boyet Junior High student wins Region 8 Science Fair
Friday, February 16, 2024
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Winners at the 2024 Region 8 Science Fair held at Southeastern Louisiana University Feb. 2 included, front row from left, Finley Pounders of Northlake Christian School; Enis Barnes and Isabella Albritton of Southeastern Lab School; and Henry Daigle of St. Peter Catholic School. Back row, from left, are James Lockwood of Northlake Christian School; Adam Lorenzen, homeschool; Annabelle Traylor and Vivianna Pugh of Southeastern Lab School; Judah Fastring of Boyet Junior High School, and Jackson Watkins of Northlake Christian School.
HAMMOND – Judah Fastring of Boyet Junior High School in Slidell was the overall
winner of the 2024 Region 8 Science Fair at Southeastern Louisiana University Feb.
2. His winning project, “On a Roll,” received first place honors in the physics and
astronomy category.
All first and second place regional winners will advance to the state science
fair later this spring at Louisiana State University.
Additional Science Fair winners, listed by school, were:
BOYET JUNIOR HIGH – Dinah Wetzel, third, behavioral and social science; Gracie
Mason and Kylie Stock, third, biochemistry.
COURTNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL– James Rimmer, second, microbiology; Annabelle Lamonte,
third, animal science; Jonah Morse, third, chemistry; Samuel Bankston, third, chemistry;
Chloe Neal, third, Earth and environmental science; Aiden Fletcher, third, energy
– chemical and physical; Landyn Grossnickle and Kaden Robertson, third, engineering
and mechanics; Brylee Matherne and Karli Williams, third, mathematical science; Reese
Bennett and Tyson Rakocy, honorable mention, animal science; Lucy Jennings, honorable
mention, Earth and environmental science; Josie Berthelot, honorable mention, microbiology;
Rayna Nelson, honorable mention, microbiology; Jerica Dunnington, honorable mention,
physics and astronomy; Melissa Weldon and Sammie Hetler, honorable mention, plant
science.
HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Hayden Horzelski, honorable mention, biomedical
and health science.
HOMESCHOOL – Adam Lorenzen, first, mathematical science.
LITTLE OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL – Amelia Chin, second, energy – chemical and physical.
NATALBANY MIDDLE SCHOOL – Dariel Figueroa, third, biochemistry; Jamaure Williams,
honorable mention, animal science; Estefani Cruz, honorable mention, cellular and
molecular biology; Alyssa Lane, honorable mention, Earth and environmental science;
and Bartolo Cabrera, honorable mention, plant science.
NORTHLAKE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL – Finley Pounders, first, biochemistry; Jackson Watkins,
first, computer science; James Lockwood, first, Earth and environmental science; Jayla
Smith, second, behavioral and social science; Zoe Slinkard, third, microbiology; and
Layla Williams, honorable mention, microbiology.
NORTHSHORE PREPARATORY ACADEMY – Liam Oynes, second, Earth and environmental
science; and Jax Elmer, honorable mention, microbiology.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES – Colton Norris, second, chemistry; and Mason Talazac, third,
mathematical science.
ST. HELENA COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY – Alaysia Downing, Jeremiah Scott, Ja’Miya
Travis, Y’Daejah Lewis, and Ty’Xavier Melto, third, chemistry.
ST. PETER CATHOLIC SCHOOL – Henry Daigle, first, behavioral and social science;
Kinsley Buchholz, third, biomedical and health science; Joseph Sanders, honorable
mention, behavioral and social science.
SOUTHEASTERN LABORATORY SCHOOL – Isabella Albritton, first, animal science; Vivianna
Pugh, first, biomedical and health science; Annabelle Trayler, first, energy – chemical
and physical; Enis Barnes, first, engineering mechanics; Kacie Dennis, second, biomedical
and health science; Sylvia Weng, second, computer science; Keira Carrone, second,
engineering mechanics; Liam Lemons, second, physics and astronomy; Ellie Schexnayder,
third, animal science; Eliza Kate Cowser, third, behavioral and social science; Logan
Caillouet, third, physics and astronomy; Denise Pina, third, plant science; Noah Lindsey,
honorable mention, chemistry; Liam Mondebello, honorable mention, chemistry; Frank
Bellazan, honorable mention, engineering mechanics; Kennedi Austin, honorable mention,
plant science.
