Johnston High student projects moving on to state Science Fair

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Johnston High School’s recent Science Fair will long be remembered for its extraordinary number of entries, the creativity of each and every project and the rave reviews drawn from judges that represented the community, faculty and administration.

“Everyone did a great job for the science fair,” Principal Zachary S. Farrell said. “The students put a lot of work into their respective projects over the past two months, and their efforts really shined.”

The fair was held under the direction of Greg Russo, chairman of the school’s science department, who was ably assisted by other science teachers on Cherry Hill.

Students enrolled in college preparatory science courses, as well as students in honors elective science courses, have to produce a project as part of the curriculum requirements. The projects are presented in class, and the best go on to be judged in the school-wide fair.

This time around, Russo said there were “well over 170 projects” entered into the event.

From that field, there were six first-place awards, seven second-place awards, six third-places and five honorable mentions.

Awards were also given out for best data collection, most creative, most original and best background. Five Johnston High students won those respective categories.

Perhaps what made this year’s fair unique, Farrell said, was “that the kids could do any topic they wanted for their respective projects … it was nice to see kids who excel in science produce some of the best projects people have ever seen.”

Although the six first-place winners will represent Johnston High in the Rhode Island Science Fair – scheduled for the weekend of March 21-22 at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus in Warwick – Farrell said each and every student that entered the contest was a champion by simply just producing his or her best project.

The six first-place finishers and their respective projects were Jenny Marie Jobe, “Depressing the Freezing Point”; Laura Wilson, “Let it Freeze”; Taylor Russo, “Kastle Meyer Test”; Ibrahim Abaherah, “Slippery Slope”; Edward Esposito, “Refractive Index and Temperature”; and Brian Campanelli, title unavailable.

The awards for other individual honors went to Gilliam Melikian, Most Original; Katerina Althaide, Best Data; Laura Wilson, Best Backboard; Dylan Lavoie, Most Creative; and Angela Gallucci, Best Visual.

The second-place winners were Rachel Graziano, Angela Gallucci, Kalyn Ricciuti, Nicholas Raposa, Anthony Cabral, Gilliam Melikian and Domenic Loffredo. Third-place honors went to Dylan Lavoie, Samantha Cardona, Benjamin Budway, Katerina St. Angelo, Patricia Sigui and Joely Centracchio.

Honorable mentions went to Kristina Parrillo, Ashley Gallante, Adam Bouchard, Andrew Sano and Edward Gallucci.

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