2014 Science Fair Awards
The Regional Science Fair was held Saturday, March 22nd on the campus of WIU. Twenty-two of the Jordan Catholic School's seventh and eighth grade students (19 projects) attended this regional fair:
Zoe Arvanitis, Chloe Boyd, Madeline Chambers, John Do, Bailey Estes, Bridget Ferguson, Amber Guzzo, Mindy Hoang, Kale Hyder, Cloie Jennings, Alyssa Klauer, Olivia Manternach, Paige Nimrick, Rebecca Nonnenmann, Mackenzie Parboosingh, Faith Pickslay, Lauryn Praet, Ava Reynolds, Collin Solorzano, Lily Steffan, Clare VanSpeybroeck, and Aviana Zahara.
We are so proud of each and every one of them! All of our students did very, very well, with four receiving monetary awards; one receiving a medical lab testing award; one with an invitation to compete in the Broadcam Masters with the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. to compete and win up to $25,000 for excellence in science; and two of our 8th graders were invited to present at the Illinois State Science Fair.
Awards:
Monetary awards:
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Zoe Arvanitis and Amber Guzzo - 1st place for the Ground Water Association Special Award
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Rebecca Nonnenmann - 3rd place for the Ground Water Association Special Award
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Mackenzie Parboosingh - Molecular Biology Special Award
Medical Lab Testing Award:
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Alyssa Klauer
An invitation to compete in the Broadcam Masters:
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Alyssa Klauer
Invitation to present at Illinois State Science Fair on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Northern Illinois University in Dekalb:
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Kale Hyder
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Alyssa Klauer
