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The 50th Annual Calumet Regional Science Fair and Associated Art Exhibit was held March 11-12, 2006, at IU Northwest. Nearly 140 students in grades 5-12 from the Lake County area participated in the two day event. For many students involved, their experiments were a culmination of more than a years worth of work. More than 60 judges sat and listened while the students explained their experiments several times over. The judges were professors from IU Northwest and Purdue University Calumet, local industry professionals, and science students from the two universities. 225 prizes in more than 20 categories were awarded at the ceremony which was held at the end of the second day of the fair in the Theater Northwest on campus.
IU Northwest recognized the top winners in the three divisions; Elementary Division, Junior Division, and Senior Division. The following is a list of the top winners, and their respective schools, in each category:
Elementary Division: 3rd Place- Tie- Diamond Nunnaly, Kenwood Middle School-
Hammond
Samantha Block, Franklin Elementary School-
Whiting
2nd Place- Melissa Hodge, Merkley Elementary School-
Highland
1st Place- Tie- Trace McCarthy, Protsman Elementary- Dyer
Zachary Lawson, Watson Elementary- Schererville
Junior Division: 3rd Place- Alexander Schindler Kahler Middle School- Dyer
2nd Place- Austin Englebrecht Grimmer Middle School-
Schererville
1st Place- Corey Homcho, Kahler Middle School- Dyer
Senior Division: 5th Place- Charlene Strong, Campagna Academy- Schererville
4th Place- Raymond Davis, Campagna Academy- Schererville
3rd Place- Brian Cherbak, Hanover Central High School-
Cedar Lake
2nd Place- Alesandra Vaccaro, Campagna Academy-
Schererville
1st Place- Nhila Jagadeesan, Lake Central High School-
St. John
The first and second place winners in the Senior Division, Vaccaro and Jagadeesan, will be representing the Calumet Regional Science Fair as finalists at the International Science and Engineering Fair in May of this year. The remaining winners in that division, along with the three Junior Division winners, will be competing at the Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair on April 1, 2006.
For more information on the annual Calumet Regional Fair contact Linda Wozniewski at 219-980-6637 or email lwoz@iun.edu
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