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Awards Announced for STEM, Civics, and History Achievement

March 15, 2018

High honors for outstanding achievement and recognition for students who are progressing to regional and state level competitions were announced at St. Lucie Public Schools Awards Events. Family and friends gathered to celebrate as award winners were announced for the recent St. Lucie County Science and Engineering Fair-STEM Competition, Project Citizen Showcase, and History Day.

Congratulations to the following students:

St. Lucie County Science and Engineering Fair-STEM Competition

Animal Science

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Emma Farr LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Farzeen Chagani LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place โ€“ Philip Dimarco PALM POINTE

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Cheyene Halstead FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

Behavioral & Social Science

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ E. Briglia MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY

2nd Place โ€“ Asia Dwyer PALM POINTE

3rd Place โ€“ Anjali Gulcharan & Charlize Gonzalez MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Nigel Johnson FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

2nd Place โ€“ Gabriella Lizoragga, Mackenzie Hart TREASURE COAST

3rd Place โ€“ Elize Starr, Lynsdey Scholuzo FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

Biomedical & Health Science

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Trevor Gil MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY

2nd Place โ€“ Summer Melrose PALM POINTE

3rd Place โ€“ Dominic Stewart SOUTHERN OAKS

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Claudia Lopez, Bay Deckert FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD HS

Chemistry

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Matthew Heady FOREST GROVE

2nd Place โ€“ Thomas Giraldo SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

3rd Place โ€“ Brooke Adams LINCOLN PARK

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Yanan Lin LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Matthew Pinto LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place โ€“ Robert Hofner LINCOLN PARK

Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Cole Demko LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Aliza Ahmed LINCOLN PARK

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Melyna Vaudrin FOREST GROVE

2nd Place โ€“ Gavrielle Alberts MANATEE K-8

3rd Place โ€“ Jayden Weil and Megan Brookes LINCOLN PARK

Senior Division

1st Place Matthew Pizzarello LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Joshua Watkins LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place - Nicole Lehman & Jose Pinero FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

Honorable Mention- Ellyn Delano FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD

Environmental Engineering

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Jorge Regho SOUTHERN OAKS

2nd Place โ€“ Drew Gale and Jackson Chis M LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place โ€“ Ethan Hatton ST LUCIE WEST K-8

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Valerie Delgado and Maria Battaglino LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Vivek Talati LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place- Simon Coroza and Chris Oravec LINCOLN PARK

Engineering ENMS

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Liberty Juno FOREST GROVE

2nd Place โ€“ Adam Raynard OAK HAMMOCK

2nd Place Isaiah Workman OLIVET

3rd Place โ€“ Darian Brown LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place- Matthew Giraldo SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Senior Division

1st Place Joseph Lucas FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

2nd Place โ€“ Emily Ebner FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD

Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Riley Holtzclaw PALM POINTE

2nd Place โ€“ Geoffrey Wirth, Malory Moroz, Lea King MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Tristan Day & Chantal Franco TREASURE COAST HS

Mathematics & Computational Sciences

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Leo Perez PALM POINTE

2nd Place - Samantha Case LINCOLN PARK

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Sreya Banik LINCOLN PARK

1st Place -Joseph Parr ST ANDREWS

2nd Place โ€“ Julian DePinto FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD HS

MIcrobiology MICR

Junior Division

1st Place Madison Adkins LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place Briana Constransitch PALM POINTE

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Shreya Reddy LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Vraj Parikh LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place- Nichapa Dancharnjitt LINCOLN PARK

Physics & Astronomy

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Kiley Hsu MANATEE ACADEMY

1st Place โ€“ Antonio Delatorre SOUTHPORT

2nd Place- Miles Biglin LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Riley Orr NORTHPORT

3rd Place โ€“ Freddy Amontoya MANATEE K-8

3rd Place โ€“ Mariah Johnson ST LUCIE WEST K-8

Honorable Mention Morgan Cosgrove ST LUCIE WEST K-8

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Miles Garriques, Andrew Krueger and Kolby Herring TREASURE COAST

2nd Place Andrew Johnson FORT PIERCE CENTRAL

3rd Place โ€“ Alexander Palazzolo OLIVET

Plant Sciences PLNT

Junior Division

1st Place โ€“ Lilian Crawford LINCOLN PARK

1st Place- Jackson Bank MANATEE K-8

2nd Place- Brian Wu LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place- Kristian Herlihy NORTHPORT

3rd Place Autumn Thomas LINCOLN PARK

3rd Place Samantha Plambeck SOUTHERN OAKS

Senior Division

1st Place โ€“ Callie Zheng LINCOLN PARK

2nd Place โ€“ Camy Rodgers FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD

3rd Place โ€“ Mason Kozac LINCOLN PARK


FLORIDA STATE SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS

Junior Division

Madison Atkins LPA

Riley Holtzclaw PPK

Lilian Crawford LPA

Brian Wu LPA

Matthew Heady FGM

Senior Division

Shreya Reddy LPA

Sreya Banik LPA

Claudia Lopez FPW

Bay Deckert FPW

Nicole Laman FPC

Jose Pinero FPC

Vraj Parikh LPA

Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA

Yanin Lin LPA


INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS (2)

Shreya Reddy LPA 1151

Sreya Banik LPA 1053


Project Citizen Showcase

1st Place

Westgate K-8 - Let's Give Attention to Suicide Prevention - Teacher: Lauren Kappler

2nd Place

Manatee Academy - Drop the Weight - Teacher: Meagan Shaver

3rd Place

Lincoln Park Academy - Alert, Alert Food Desert - Teacher: Alaina Moise

History Day

Senior Division

1st Place Exhibit โ€“ Individual: Building a Future for Women, SPA - Kassidy Donaldson

2nd Place Exhibit โ€“ Individual: The Christmas Truce, SPA - Alofania Taylor

1st Place Exhibit โ€“ Group: Particion of India and Pakistan, SPA - Malaika Butt, Amanda Sleight, Nicole Churion

2nd Place Exhibit โ€“ Group: Toussaint L'Overture Hatian Revolution, PSLHS - Emmanuela Tranquille, Rose David

1st Place Documentaries โ€“ Individual: The Treaty of Versaille, SPA - Tristan Boore

2nd Place Documentaries โ€“ Individual: New York City Draft Riots, SLWCHS - Mia Irizarry

1st Place Documentaries โ€“ Group: War Bride, TCHS - Arielle Wynter

1st Place Websites โ€“ Individual: The Troubles, SPA - Curtiss Oakley

2nd Place Websites โ€“ Individual: The Salem Witch Trials http://50822336.nhd.weebly.com/, PSLHS - Marie Glykas

1st Place โ€“ Websites โ€“ Group: The Space Race: Conflict, Compromise, and Achievement, SPA - Meagan Roge, Emma Johnson

2nd Place - Websites โ€“ Group: Clara Barton http://10696650.nhd.weebly.com/, PSLHS - Belinda Ortega, Freedom Scholes

1st Place Performance โ€“ Individual: Joan of Arc, SPA - Pearl Ray

2nd Place Performance โ€“ Individual: Haitian Revolitution, PSLHS - Cathia Oge

1st Place Research Paper โ€“ Individual: Conflicts and Compromises of the Comics Code Authority, SPA - Nicholas Young

2nd Place Research Paper โ€“ Individual: Conflict and Retribution of Seminole Wars, PSLHS - Mogan Emerson

Junior Division

1st Place Exhibit โ€“ Individual Salem Witch Trials, LPA - Brighid Macchia

2nd Place Exhibit โ€“ Individual Torrijos Carter Treaties, WGK8 - Dylan Daniel

1st Place Exhibit โ€“ Group The Brink and Diplomacy: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, PPE - Joshua Sherman, Ariadna Hiller

2nd Place Exhibit โ€“ Group American Asylum Reform of the 1840's: Conflict and Compromise, NPK8 - Rebekah Papsidero, Lily Swantic

1st Place Documentaries โ€“ Individual: Nazi Ghettos and Concentration Camps, NPK8 - Arthur Sanders

2nd Place Documentaries โ€“ Individual: Attack on Pearl Harbor, PPE - Lucas Siminski

1st Place Documentaries โ€“ Group: The Assassination of Julius Cesar, FGMS - Matthew Heady, Kiana Fraga, Genesis Antunez, Liberty Juno, Whintney Beauvil

2nd Place Documentaries โ€“ Group: The Berlin Wall, SLWK8 - Emerson Dent, Alexandria Paddyfote

1st Place Websites โ€“ Individual: Child Labor vs. Child Education http://69332477.nhd.weebly.com, SLWK8 - Ethan Hatton

2nd Place Websites โ€“ Individual: A Catholic who refused to Compromise: Queen "Bloody" Mary http://86817282.nhd.weebly.com, SPMS - Charlize Molina

1st Place โ€“ Websites โ€“ Group: The Civilian Conflict and Compromise in War: The Japanese Internment Camps http://78188640.nhd.weebly.com, SLWK8 - Dillon Montague, William Pierro, Isabela Westling, Kaelyn Campa-Harrison

2nd Place - Websites โ€“ Group: Blood Diamonds http://86817282.nhd.weebly.com, OHK8 - Jacy Lettera, Reese Gippert, Alexis Franklin

1st Place Performance โ€“ Individual: Marilyn Monroe: How She Overcame Her Past & The Public Eye to Become an American Icon, PPE - Brianna Clow

1st Place Performance โ€“ Group: The Real Tudor Queens of England: Henry the VIII, the Anglican Reformation, and the Great Matter, SLWK8 - Juliana Pack, Adriana Bravo, Alexa Tango, Samantha Jenkins, Emily Bouchillon

2nd Place Performance โ€“ Group: The Conflict & Compromise of How 1940โ€™s Jazz Influenced the Civil Rights Movement, PPE - Rollin Pattison, Riley Hotlzclaw, Braylen Lopez

1st Place Research Paper โ€“ Individual: The Conflict and Compromise of the Salem Witch, LPA - Megan Brookes

2nd Place Research Paper โ€“ Individual: Compromising through Conflict about Slavery, SPA - Erin Budge


About St. Lucie Public Schools

St. Lucie Public Schools (SLPS) ranks fifth in Florida and proudly serves as the highest-ranking District on the Treasure Coast with a graduation rate of 90.1 percent. As a B rated District, there are no failing schools, and SLPS has the distinction of being recognized as one of St. Lucie Countyโ€™s Best Places to Work. The mission of SLPS is to ensure all students graduate from safe and caring schools equipped with the knowledge, skills and desire to succeed. For more information, visit http://www.stlucieschools.org.