Sleepy Hollow students qualify for Intel competition

March

From Sleepy Hollow…

Sleepy Hollow High School junior Tara Bonanno, along with her Yorktown High School partner Stephanie Capogna, qualified as finalists at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) and will present their research at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair during the week of May 11th in Reno, Nevada.

WESEF, held at PACE University in Briarcliff, offers high school students from Westchester and Putnam counties the opportunity to present their research to scientists, business leaders, and the general public. The top eight individual projects and the top four teams represent Westchester and Putnam counties in the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair where they will compete with over 1,500 top high school research students from over forty countries worldwide.

Allyson Miscioscia qualified to move on to the New York State Science and Engineering Fair on March 30th in New York City.

In addition, the following students won awards for the following:
•    Emily Arduino with partner Tyler Lipperman from Yorktown HS, and Sleepy Hollow’s Elyssa Swanson tied for first place in Behavioral Science.
•    Max Epstein: second place in Chemistry
•    Tara Bonanno: second place in Medicine and Health
•    Allyson Miscioscia: third place in Medicine and Health
•    Mariya Redko and Valentina Guzzo with partner Dianna Morales: third place in Environmental Science
•    Sydney Gaylin: fourth place in Cell Biology
•    David Salter: fourth place in Behavior Science
•    Greg Valdespino: fourth place in Animal Science
•    Roy Lotz: fourth place in Chemistry

This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm by Diana Costello.
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