Three students from the Las Vegas Academy were declared high school sweepstakes winners in the 2000 Southern Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair held last week at UNLV and now will advance to an international competition in Detroit.
Rachel Peterson won first place in the high school sweepstakes category for individual work with her project, "Perceptions of Our World," in which she explored the role of gender and left- or right-brain dominance in the perception of dual-image black and white pictures.
The first-place award in the high school sweepstakes category for a team project was captured by Margo Marie Oliver and Margaret Ain. Their project, "How Does the Medicine Help You?" compared the differences in how parents and children perceived the effect of medications on children with Attention Deficit Disorder or with Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder.
The three teen-agers next will travel to Detroit for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will take place May 7-13.
Sweepstakes awards also were made for middle and elementary school students.
Winning the elementary division sweepstakes was fourth-grader Kelsey Fitzgerald of Kahre Elementary School, whose project, "Eyes in the Side of Your Head," looked at whether the color of an object affects a person's peripheral vision.
At the middle school level, Megan Dudley of White Middle School, was declared the sweepstakes winner. Her project, which was entered in the eighth-grade physical sciences category, was titled "Do Colors Affect Heat Absorption?" She placed colored cloth under a heat lamp and then used an infrared scanner to determine the exact amount of heat absorbed.
All the sweepstakes winners were awarded trophies for the accomplishment.
The sweepstakes winners were among more than 500 students from kindergarten through high school who competed in the fair at UNLV. Numerous awards were given for all grade levels.
For additional information, call Kristene Fisher at 895-1155.
2000 Southern Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair Winners
ELEMENTARY DIVISION
Kindergarten
1st Place: Austin Whitehead (McDoniel)
2nd Place: Andrew Campling (Selma Bartlett)
3rd Place: Kolten Wilson (Eisenberg)
Honorable Mention: Matthew Neverett (Wiener), Manuel Vieites (Beatty)
First Grade
1st Place: Erika Lebby (Bartlett)
2nd Place: Cole Clark (McDoniel)
3rd Place: Alexia Lombard (First Presbyterian Academy)
Honorable Mention: Cassandra Thornton (Beatty), Erika Elmore (Warren-Walker), Sarina Grant (Odyssey)
Second Grade
1st Place: Alexander Campling (Bartlett)
2nd Place: Dean Hatefi (Kahre)
3rd Place: Rachel Cawkwell (Vanderburg)
Honorable Mention: Laura Walsh (Meadows)
Third Grade
1st Place: Nicole Redford (New Horizons)
2nd Place: Joy Castiglione (Hancock)
3rd Place: Aaron Simon (Meadows)
Honorable Mention: Zachary Demby (Jewish Community Day School), Megan Schauers (Beatty)
Fourth Grade
1st Place: Kelsey Fitzgerald (Kahre)
2nd Place: Danielle Sullivan (Hancock)
3rd Place: Bryce Pierce (Bendorf)
Honorable Mention: Jackson Winkler (Bartlett), Caitlin Rautenstrauch (Eisenberg)
Fifth Grade
1st Place: Nicholas Stauffer (Adams)
2nd Place: Matthew Takahashi (Bendorf)
3rd Place: Christina Vino (Piggott)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Mitchell (Hayes), Eckley Keach (Meadows)
Elementary Division Sweepstakes Winner
1st Place: Kelsey Fitzgerald (Kahre)
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISON
Sixth Grade - Biology
1st Place: Stephanie Martino (Hyde Park)
2nd Place: Jennifer Rearich (Hyde Park)
3rd Place: Michael Moncrief (Hyde Park)
Honorable Mention: Kelley Mulroy (St. Viator), Hilary Billings (Hyde Park)
Sixth Grade - Earth and Space
1st Place: Michael Schiff (Hyde Park)
2nd Place: Alexandra Moran (Knudson)
3rd Place: Dallas Miller (St. Viator)
Honorable Mention: LaurenKenney (St. Viator), Aubrey Nelson (Las Vegas Day School)
Sixth Grade - Environmental Science
1st Place: Karina Webb (Hyde Park)
2nd Place: Candace Malone (St. Viator)
3rd Place: Kurt Sturm (Brown)
Honorable Mention: Brittany Johns (Our Lady of Las Vegas), Christina Jojola (St. Viator)
Sixth Grade - Physical Science
1st Place: Justin Franks (Brown)
2nd Place: Alexander Barnes (Brown)
3rd Place: Chimane Cowan (St. Francis)
Honorable Mention: Diana Ladkany (St. Viator), Dia Selch (Brown)
Seventh Grade - Biology
1st Place: Michelle Valpiani (St. Viator)
2nd Place: Alex Catalano (New Horizons)
3rd Place: Meghan Ahern (St. Viator)
Honorable Mention: Krista Albregts (Our Lady of Las Vegas), Taylor Trujillo(Our Lady of Las Vegas)
Seventh Grade - Earth and Space
1st Place: Cristina Villapando (St. Viator)
2nd Place: Matthew Hoepfner (St. Viator)
3rd Place: David O'Hagan (St. Francis)
Honorable Mention: Amaia Ituarte (St. Viator), Alexandra Reifenrath (Las Vegas Day School)
Seventh Grade - Environmental Science
1st Place: Andrew Matthews (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
2nd Place: Jeff Schlaack (St. Viator)
3rd Place: Amanda Sou (Las Vegas Day School)
Honorable Mention: Marlowe Rillera (Our Lady of Las Vegas), Garrett Logan (St. Viator)
Seventh Grade - Physical Science
1st Place: Tommy Maroney (St. Viator)
2nd Place: Emily McPherson (St. Viator)
3rd Place: Paul Fjare (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
Honorable Mention: Sarah Dziuba (St. Viator), Lauren Stewart (Las Vegas Day School)
Eighth Grade - Biology
1st Place: Amy Schlauder (Johnson)
2nd Place: Jennifer Ezell (White)
3rd Place: Mary George (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
Honorable Mention: John Culliver (Johnson), Kathleen Wilde (Woodbury)
Eighth Grade - Earth and Space
1st Place: Jennifer Fischer (Las Vegas Day School)
2nd Place: Bucky Howard (St. Viator)
3rd Place: Alex Garcia (Johnson)
Honorable Mention: Emmelle Israel (St. Viator), Brittany Loveland (Knudson)
Eighth Grade - Environmental Science
1st Place: Josh Crame (St. Viator)
2nd Place: Becky Cooper (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
3rd Place: Jennifer Shaw (Fremont)
Honorable Mention: Kevin Santos (St. Viator), Stephanie Espinoza (White)
Eighth Grade - Physical Science
1st Place: Megan Dudley (White)
2nd Place: Jonathan Harris (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
3rd Place: Greg Amundson (White)
Honorable Mention: Alan Schiff (Jewish Community Day School), Matthew McDonald (St. Viator)
Middle School Division Sweepstakes
1st Place: Megan Dudley (White)
1st Place Runner-up: Taylor Trujillo (Our Lady of Las Vegas)
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
Behavioral and Social Science
1st Place: Rachel Peterson (Las Vegas Academy)
2nd Place: Meghan Doughty (Las Vegas Academy)
3rd Place: Rhiannon Owens (Las Vegas Academy)
Biochemistry
No entries.
Botany
1st Place: Jessica DeMarre (Las Vegas Academy), Tyler Tharp (Las Vegas Academy)
Chemistry
No entries.
Computer Science
No entries.
Earth and Space
1st Place: Genevieve Pulsipher (Cimarron-Memorial High School)
Engineering
1st Place: Robert H. Stauffer III (Cimarron-Memorial High School)
Environmental Science
1st Place: Shanelle Henry (Las Vegas Academy), Katherine Ramsey (Las Vegas Academy)
Gerontology
No entries.
Mathematics
No entries.
Medicine and Health
1st Place: Noel Green (Cimarron-Memorial High School)
Microbiology
1st Place: William Mahon (Advanced Technologies Academy)
Physics
No entries.
Zoology
1st Place: Amy King (Pahrump Valley High School)
2nd Place: Amy Fredrick (Pahrump Valley High School)
3rd Place: Breanna Raner (Pahrump Valley High School)
Team Projects
1st Place: Margo Marie Oliver, Margaret Ain (Las Vegas Academy)
2nd Place: Heather Birdsong, Rachelle Houle (Las Vegas Academy)
Sweepstakes - Team Category
1st Place: Margo Marie Oliver, Margaret Ain (Las Vegas Academy)
Sweepstakes - Individual Category
1st Place: Rachel Peterson (Las Vegas Academy)
