Irvington Seniors Earn Medals At Science, Engineering Fair

IRVINGTON, NY — Three members of the Irvington High School Science Research program — seniors Kristin Lee, Jimmy Park and Claire Song — earned silver medals at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, held at Sleepy Hollow High School recently. The competition featured more than 560 projects from 44 high schools from Putnam and Westchester counties.

Lee earned second place in the medicine and health category for her “Pediatric Vision Screening in U.S. Schools” project, which determines the vision screening requirements for schools in all 50 states in relation to national goals.

Park earned second place in the behavioral and social sciences category for his “Voluntourism: The Efficacy of Volunteers in Shaping Mongolian Student Learning” project, which assesses the current conditions of voluntourism and its influence on student learning in Mongolia.

Song won second place in the cellular and molecular biology category for her “Regulation of Immunoglobulin E Secretion During Allergic Inflammation” project, which seeks to understand the secretion of IgE, which is an antibody known to mediate allergic reactions.

Other presenters at the competition included seniors Nicole Chase, Deepthi Kailas and William Pascal, and juniors Julia Caldropoli, Jacob Dunefsky, Chrysmine Wong and Jerry Wu.

“It is truly a wonderful opportunity to work with such an amazing group of young scientists,” said Geri Winterroth, who co-advises the program with Nadia Parikka. “I continue to be impressed with their knowledge and professionalism. Their future is bright and so is ours because of them.”

Seniors from the Science Research program will present their work at the Irvington High School Science Symposium May 23 in the campus theater.

Photo caption: From left, Irvington High School seniors Kristin Lee, Claire Song and Jimmy Park earned silver medals at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair. Photo credit: Irvington Union Free School District.