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Students Earn Several Grand Prizes at
Secondary Science Fairs
April 14, 2008
Congratulations to Plano ISD secondary science students who have garnered top awards in recent science fairs, continuing Plano ISD's winning tradition in annual science competitions.
About the Competitions
District Secondary Science Fair
The Secondary District Science Fair was a huge success again this year, reported Linda Flack, secondary science coordinator. "The students were so well behaved and courteous during interviews. The judges were "wowed" by their work and interviews."
Ms. Flack noted that the event's judges are highly qualified (seven doctors from Children's Medical Center--heads of departments) and many other professional scientists, engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, etc., and all of them expressed their renewed hope in the future.
Congratulations to these top winners...
Grand Prize Winners
- Ben Carroll: Murphy Middle School
- Team: Elisa Lin and Eva Ng Shepton High School
Special Award
- Amanda Lu: PWSHS - Children's Medical Young Researcher Award
Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair
 The Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair for secondary students resulted in a fabulously successful weekend for Plano ISD students. From the Dallas Regional Fair, a total of 108 qualifying projects can advance to San Antonio for the Exxon Mobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair state competition, and
from those, Plano ISD students’ projects represented 73% of the qualifying projects.
To qualify for the state science fair, students must place 1st, 2nd or 3rd. All campuses had students place at the fair with many honorable mentions and special awards. More than 700 students attended the fair. Plano ISD students also earned 6 of the 8 Grand Prizes available. The following students took the Grand Prize Awards:
Junior Division
- Wenxi (Sheryl) Li, Rice Middle School
- Ben Carroll, Murphy Middle School
- Elizabeth Quigley, Schimelpfenig Middle School
Senior Division
- Alexander Huang, Plano Senior High School
- Richa Thakur, Clark HS (pictured)
- Elisa Lin and Eva Ng , Shepton High School (a team project)
The three Senior Grand Prize projects will be advancing to Atlanta, GA from May 11-16, to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair where over 50 nations and 1500 students will compete.
Also attending the ISEF competition will be Teddy Garber, Justin Fu, and Andrew Rubinett of Shepton High School, as they placed first as a team in physical sciences. This place qualifies them to attend ISEF, another outstanding accomplishment.
Texas Junior Academy of Sciences
Plano ISD science students left Monday, right after Regional Science Fair, to compete at the Texas Junior Academy of Sciences. Out of 12 possible first place winners in the sate, Plano students were awarded 9 first place.
In this competition, the students give a timed oral presentation with supporting documentation of their data to a panel of college professors. They are then asked questions about their research and the defense of their data is required. From the first place winners, five were awarded Grand Prizes. They are:
Grand Prize Winners
- Tess Michaels, Shepton HS, 1st Grand Prize in Life Sciences
- Jean Shiao, PSHS, 1st Grand Prize in Physical Sciences
- Varum Sambhariya, Clark HS 2nd Grand Prize Life Sciences
- Mary Yang, PWSHS, 3rd Grand Prize Physical Sciences
- Amruth Venkatraman, Clark HS, 3rd Grand Prize Life Sciences
The nine first place winners will travel to Chicago next winter - February 12-16, 2009 - to present their projects at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Exxon Mobil TX Science and Engineering Fair
Plano ISD students have returned from their latest science fair competition - Exxon Mobil Texas State Science and Engineering Fair - with awards, scholarships, and more bragging rights, reports Linda Flack, secondary science coordinator.
Plano ISD secondary students competed very well with about two-thirds of the students walking across the stage for awards. They received 10 - 1st place, 11 - 2nd place, 11 - 3rd place, 4 - 4th place, 7 honorable mentions and 19 students received special awards and scholarships. They had a full day of judging Friday and their hard work was rewarded.
Also, three additional students have qualified for International Science and Engineering Fair which will be held in May in Atlanta. They are:
- Janet Zhou and Vy Bharadwaj - Shepton High School
- Ian Chan - Williams High School
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