34 Northbrook Students Qualify For Regional Science Fair

From Northbrook District 28:

Posted 1/31/2020

Congratulations to all of the 52 students who participated in the Science Fair on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The science fair is the culmination of semester-long projects created by students enrolled in the Independent Science Research Class.

With support from Mr. Frye, Mrs. Mendelson and Mrs. Paull, the students select their own experiment and the follow the scientific process to reach a conclusion. Each student presents his or her project and outlines the process and evidence used in their project to a panel of three judges during the science fair.

This year, 34 students received a gold award, qualifying them for the Illinois Junior Academy of Science regional competition, which will be held March 7 at Niles North High School. Students will be judged again for a chance to advance to the state competition.

Students advancing to regionals are: Back row: Will Steele, Yianny Caparos, Euben Ko, Steve Cho

2nd back row: Steffen White, William Soh, Owen Giannoulias, Harrison Kriston, Shon Ginzburg, Zizi Mateja, Morgan Bergeron, Leah Goldberg, Alice Smagorinsky

3rd back row: Jeehyung Yoo, Riley Brown, Andy Shen, Max Gutfraynd, Carly Pufpaf, Claire Dolan, Lara White, Ellie Farber, Avery Paterson, Sarah Kramer, Carissa Lau

Front row:Jacob Karp, Andrew Goldshteyn, Sam Vishnevskiy, Victoria Pekala, Haley Schaff, Christina Peters, Yesha Mistry, Ruby Werber.

Not pictured is Katie Carpenter, Dani Gichner.

This press release was produced by Northbrook District 28. The views expressed here are the author’s own.