Menchville Blows Away the Competition at All-City Science Fair
Menchville students participated in the All-City Science, Engineering, and Technology Fair on Saturday, January 26. A total of 22 projects from Menchville placed in the fair, which was twice as many as all other schools in Newport News. The following students placed in their categories:
Animal Science
Luke Wilson – 1st place
John Cho, Taylor Jury, and Shelby Carroll – 2nd place
Cole Younger and Ben Long – 3rd place
Behavioral and Social Science
Emae Klompenhouwer – 1st place
Kathryn Nunez and Lily Ramirez – 3rd place
Dakota Overman and Jenna Oest – Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Ellis – Honorable Mention
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Isabelle Villarreal, Evan Isham, and Delaney Willis – 1st place
Leah Riley – 2nd place
Aaron Nipp, Zach Kempf, and Charlotte Acker – 3rd place
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical
Charles Ippolito – 1st place
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering
John Meier, Kaylie Manglicmot, and James Norfleet – 1st place
Environmental Science
Trevor Wells – 1st place
Medicine and Health
Hannah Dahl, Christiane Clark, and Grace Pradhan – 1st place
Karan Singh – 2nd place
Julie McCullough and Eric Young – 3rd place
Laura Reid, Helena Ly and Heather Crum – Honorable Mention
Microbiology
Matt Meier and Jacob Cirrincione – 1st place
Alex Kropp and Caitlyn Davis – 2nd place
Rebecca Cody and Morgan Merritt – 3rd place
Physics and Astronomy
Caitlyn Davis, Joshua Lawrence, and Ethan Ott – 1st place
Plant Sciences
Abby Rose and Ashley Morgan – 2nd place
A few Menchville students also won special awards for their projects. Matt Meier and Jacob Cirrincione won the Rebound Chiropractic award, Rebecca Cody and Morgan Merritt won the James River Rotary award, and Trevor Wells won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.
Committed to graduate in 2021, Beth Ellis is a fourth year staff writer for The Lion's Roar. She has always had a passion for writing and taking photos,...