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OHS Has More Finalists than Other Schools for Science Competition
Eight Ossining Students Will Compete in the Upstate Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, which takes place virtually.
Eight Ossining High School students who took part in the virtual Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium are finalists who will advance to the state competition, and two others earned honorable mentions.
More than 300 students from the region presented original scientific research papers at the regional competition, which took place Jan. 30 via Zoom.
“For the 17th year in a row, Ossining will lead in the number of New York State finalists at the New York State Junior Science and Humanities Symposium,” said Angelo Piccirillo, who co-teaches the Science Research program with Valerie Holmes. “Our sincere gratitude to all Ossining faculty, staff and administration, who always support these amazing students.”
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Five OHS Science Research Program students are speaker finalists for the state competition. They are:
- William Curvan, first place, Neurology and Genetics
- Michael Pavelchek, first place, Medicine and Health
- Alexa Shaw, first place, Behavioral Science
- Victor LaVaglia, second place, Behavioral Science
- XiaXia Saavedra, second place, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Three students placed third or fourth in the regional symposium and will compete in the poster category at the state level:
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- Charles Brown, third place, Behavioral Science
- Nicole Camillieri, fourth place, Earth and Environmental Science
- Emily Martinez, fourth place, Neurology and Genetics
Students who received honorable mentions in the Westchester-Rockland symposium are:
- Meagan Ryan, fifth place, Neurology and Genetics
- Linlee Mangialardi, fifth place, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The top five students from each region will compete in oral and poster presentations during the 59th annual National JSHS, which takes place April 14-17 as a virtual competition.
The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force sponsor the JSHS to encourage original research and experimentation in science, technology, engineering and math at the high school level. The regional and national competitions reach more than 8,000 high school students and teachers.
