Six EBRPSS Schools Sweep Region 7 Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair with Students Moving on to State Finals
- February 25, 2011
Sweeping the Region 7 Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair at Louisiana State University (LSU) this week were five East Baton Rouge Parish School System schools: (Senior Division) Baton Rouge Magnet High and Scotlandville Magnet High schools and (Junior Division) Glasgow Middle, Westdale Middle and Woodlawn Middle schools. Seven parishes compete in Region 7.
First-place winning entries move on to the state finals, scheduled March 22-24 at LSU. From this School System, all student winners included:
SENIOR BATON ROUGE HIGH Anna Nesterova, 2nd Place, Biochemistry Karen Liao, 3rd Place, Biochemistry Anni Zhang, 2nd Place, Cellular and Molecular Biology John E. Schwartzenburg, 3rd Place, Cellular and Molecular Biology Jenny Wang, 3rd Place, Chemistry Bohyung K. Park, 1st Place, Computer Science Ahmad Alshibli, 1st Place, Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering Jade Spears, 2nd Place, Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering Joshua D. Springer, 1st Place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Rufei Zhou, 2nd Place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Li Wang, 3rd Place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Lisa Kam, 3rd Place, Environmental Sciences Frank H. Luo, 1st Place, Mathematical Sciences Stephanie Wang, 3rd Place, Medicine and Health Sciences Carsten R. Sprunger, 2nd Place, Physics and Astronomy Bradley Bark, 2nd Place, Plant Sciences Cursten R. Sprunger, ASM Materials Education Foundation Award Joshua D. Springer, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award Jade Spears, National Association of Professional Engineers Award Frank Luo, Mu Alpha Theta Award Joshua D. Springer, U.S. Air Force Award Jade Spears, 1st Place, U.S. Army Award Jade Spears, U.S. Metric Association Award Rufei Zhou, U.S. Naval/U.S. Marine Corps Award
SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH John W. Thomas Jr., 2nd Place, Energy and Transportation Jordan A. Brumfield, 3rd Place, Microbiology
JUNIOR GLASGOW MIDDLE – TOP SCHOOL OVERALL, JUNIOR DIVISION Julia Nauman, 3rd Place, Animal Sciences Chet Herndon, 1st Place, Behavorial and Social Sciences Megna Mishra, 1st Place, Biochemistry Vani Singh, 2nd Place, Earth and Planetary Science Vinay G. Valsaraj, 3rd Place, Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering Joseph R. Reynolds, 1st Place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Samhita D. Rao, 1st Place, Environmental Management Arshdeep Singh, 1st Place, Energy and Transportation Anna Sheffield, 3rd Place, Environmental Sciences Louie D. Kam, 1st Place, Mathematical Sciences Elvin Gu, 3rd Place, Mathematical Sciences Maedeh Marzoughi, 2nd Place, Medicine and Health Sciences Aastha Gupta, 1st Place, Microbiology Chi L. Cao, 1st Place, Physics and Astronomy Alexander Li, 3rd Place, Physics and Astronomy Jennifer W. Lee and Lucy Guo, 3rd Place Team Arshdeep Singh, U.S. Air Force Award Samhita D. Rao, U.S. Naval/U.S. Marine Corps Award Anna Sheffield, U.S. Naval/U.S. Marine Corps Award
WESTDALE MIDDLE Loveis Jackson, 3rd Place, Behavorial and Social Sciences Jolie Gautreau, 3rd Place, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical Jolie Gautreau, Society of Woman Engineers Award
WOODLAWN MIDDLE Ryan Jennings, 2nd Place, Environmental Sciences Danielle N. Massey, 3rd Place, Medicine and Health Sciences
Principal Brister in Washington, D.C., to Accept McKinley Middle School’s Second Blue Ribbon Award
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, Principal Herman Brister (pictured, left) and the school’s Teacher of the Year, Lynn Williamson (right), were in Washington, D.C., accepting McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School’s National Blue Ribbon Award from U.S. Department of Education’s Director of National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Aba Kumi (center). The event, which recognized some 314 schools from across the United States, was held at the Omni Hotel. Click herefor story.
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