Congratulations to the following winners of the annual middle school science
fair. Thank you, Mrs. Cottingham and Mrs. Woolfrey, for your dedication and for all that you did to guide the students through the process.

Science Fair Winners – 2018

Overall Winners

• 3rd Runner Up: Varun Varma
• 2nd Runner Up: Michael Caturano
• 1st Runner Up: Tim Mills
• Grand Champion: Mike Short

Category Winners

Category: Behavioral & Social Science

• 1st place: Chloe Davies  – “Work to the Beat”
• 2nd place: Ashleigh Sorbet  – “The Sound of Music”
• 3rd place: Sabrina Yap – “Mmmm … Mnemonics”

Category: Botany

• 1st place: Vlad Rapolti – “And the Best Fertilizer Is…”

Category: Chemistry

• 1st place: Beverley Appiatse – “Shaking for Suds” & Isabelle Tate “Balloon Morphing”
• 3rd place: Alexa Brophy – “Fantastic Flour Formula”

Category: Computer Science

• 1st place: Varun Varma – “Focusing Signals for Better Wifi”
• 2nd place: Mehek Jamil – “Where’s My Wifi?”
• 3rd place: Paul Swaray – “Don’t Get Blocked!”

Category: Earth & Space Science

• 1st place: Dan Coleman – “Putting the Solar in Solar Panels”

Category: Engineering

• 1st place: Kevin Balagtas – “Stolen?  I think not!”
• 2nd place: Anthony Suppers – “Oils Well that Ends Well”
• 3rd place: Ian King – “Aluminum Foil Boat Buoyancy”

Category: Environmental Science

• 1st place: Michael Caturano – “Keeping Earth’s Waters Clean”
• 2nd place: Skyler Yann – “Devastating Tsunami”
• 3rd place: Isabella Ortiz – “How Do Plants Affect Soil Erosion?”

Category: Mathematics

• 1st place: Zack Kreitzer – “Projecting Your Fantasy”
• 2nd place: Christina Santiago – “How the Golden Ratio Affects People’s Aesthetic Opinion”
• 3rd place: Ryan Crocker – “Going Going Statistics”

Category: Medicine & Health

• 1st place: Mike Short – “Can Blood Pressure Take the Heat?”
• 2nd place: Alyssa Neuman – “Inherited… Not Inherited?”
• 3rd place: Kiera Egan – “Which Sunscreen?”

Category: Microbiology

• 1st place: Brian Varghese – “Spicing Up Your Diet”

Category: Physics

• 1st place: Timothy Mills – “May the Force Be With You”
• 2nd place: Maggie Horan – “Chillin’ With Batteries”
• 3rd place: Mary Collins – “How High Does it Take to Launch a Rocket?”

Representing All Saints at the Diocesan Science Fair

• Kevin Balagtas
• Michael Caturano
• Chloe Davies
• Zack Kreitzer
• Timothy Mills
• Mike Short
• Ashleigh Sorbet
• Varun Varma
• Skyler Yann
• Sabrina Yap