Distrigas Honors Medford High School Student with First Place Science Award

Contact: Carol Churchill 

617 886 8759
carol.churchill@gdfsuezna.com

Distrigas of Massachusetts recently honored Medford High School student Erica Budina and 33 other students, from Everett, Lexington, Medford, and Saugus for their academic success and outstanding work in the field of science.  Students, along with their families, school administrators, and educators, were recognized at an Awards Dinner held in their honor at Bobby C’s Restaurant in Melrose.  Distrigas has been sponsoring the local scholarship program and science fair competition for more than 30 years. 

Budina was awarded First Place in the Region IV Science Fair for excellent achievement on her project.

“Given the importance of science to our natural gas business, we believe it’s important to support students who show initiative, creativity, and a commitment to science,” said Carol Churchill, Manager of Communications for Distrigas.  “The students we’re honoring have shown innovation, academic achievement, and an interest in understanding the world around them.”

In addition, Distrigas awarded prizes and/or certificates of achievement to the following students for their outstanding student science fair projects:

The Region IV State Science Fair winners were: 

• 1^st Place – Erica Budina of Medford High School
• 2^nd Place – Benjamin Brown of Lexington High School
• Honorable Mention  – Vesna Imsirovic of Everett High School

The Everett High School Science Fair winners were:

• 1^st Place Biology  – Sydney Thompson-Sands
• 1^st Place Chemistry – Kailey Gilbert, Cassandra Kysilovsky, and David Nguyen
• 1^st Place Engineering  -- Steven Ho
• 1^st Place Physics – Muhammad Sheikh and Diego Velasquez
• 2^nd Place Biology team – Ambra Kadiu and Alisha Simon
• 2^nd Place Chemistry  – Selena Hernandez
• 2^nd Place Engineering team  --  Orhan Kallogjeri and Ashley Millard
• 2^nd Place Physics team – Maria Bustamante, Vanessa Nguyen, and Linh Vu

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• 3^rd Place Biology  – Vesna Imsirovic
• 3^rd Place Chemistry – Nhat Kieu and Jaden Visconti
• 3^rd Place Engineering – Daniel Calderon
• 3^rd Place Physics team – Leandro Almeida, Ambur Khunram, and Eric Senibaldi

The Everett Grade Seven and Eight City-Wide Science Fair winners were:

• 1^st Place 8^th Grader  -- Christopher Boucher
• 2^nd Place 8th Grader   -- Anthony Amico
• 3rd Place 8^th Grade team – Eduardo Henriquez and Obed Posada

The Everett Grade Six City-Wide Science Fair winners included:

• 1^st Place – Gabriel Simao from the Parlin School
• 2^nd Place – Odalitz Maldonado Guevara from the Parlin School
• 3^rd Place – Desiree Ruiz Ramoz from the Parlin School

“Distrigas wishes all the students continued success, and applauds their initiative and impressive achievements,” continued Churchill.

Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC is part of GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc., which manages a range of energy businesses in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.  These businesses include electricity generation and cogeneration, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution and sales, asset-based trading and origination, and retail energy sales and related services to commercial and industrial customers.  Distrigas of Massachusetts owns and operates an LNG receiving terminal in Everett, Mass., which began operations in 1971 and currently serves most of the natural gas utilities in New England and key power producers through both pipeline deliveries and an average of 10,000 tanker truck deliveries of LNG each year. 

Distrigas and GDF SUEZ Energy North America are part of the international energy group, GDF SUEZ.

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