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Kingswood Oxford Middle Schoolers Awarded Science Prizes

Kingswood Oxford students show their innovation and critical thinking skills.

Two Kingswood Oxford Middle School students earned prizes in the recent CT Science and Engineering Fair. Ryan Wang ‘25 of Unionwille won the Wisher Award for Innovation and the Samantha Freeman Award for Excellence in Sports Science or Engineering for his low-cost swing analysis to minimize injury by analyzing motion images/video using software. In addition to his outstanding science abilities, Ryan is a gifted pianist. He recently entertained his fellow students by brilliantly playing the piano for them in Alumni Hall.

Evan Poole ’25 of Farmington placed third in Applied Technology and second in Computer Science for his "Communicaider" app. He has an opportunity to shadow an audiologist for his excellent work in audiology and acoustics. Middle School English teacher Beth Repp said, "Evan is super cool, very smart and a complete computer wiz! I'm his advisor so I know all these things are true."

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