ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL – High honors for outstanding achievement and recognition for students who are progressing to regional and state level competitions were announced at St. Lucie Public Schools Awards Events. Family and friends gathered to celebrate as award winners were announced for the recent St. Lucie County Science and Engineering Fair-STEM Competition, Project Citizen Showcase, and History Day.
Congratulations to the following students:
St. Lucie County Science and Engineering Fair-STEM Competition
Animal Science
Junior Division
1st Place – Emma Farr LPA
2nd Place – Farzeen Chagani LPA
3rd Place – Philip Dimarco PALM POINTE
Senior Division
1st Place – Cheyene Halstead FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
Behavioral & Social Science
Junior Division
1st Place – E. Briglia MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY
2nd Place – Asia Dwyer PALM POINTE
3rd Place – Anjali Gulcharan & Charlize Gonzalez MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY
Senior Division
1st Place – Nigel Johnson FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
2nd Place – Gabriella Lizoragga, Mackenzie Hart TREASURE COAST
3rd Place – Elize Starr, Lynsdey Scholuzo FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
Biomedical & Health Science
Junior Division
1st Place – Trevor Gil MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY
2nd Place – Summer Melrose PALM POINTE
3rd Place – Dominic Stewart SOUTHERN OAKS
Senior Division
1st Place – Claudia Lopez, Bay Deckert FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD HS
Chemistry
Junior Division
1st Place – Matthew Heady FOREST GROVE
2nd Place – Thomas Giraldo SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
3rd Place – Brooke Adams LINCOLN PARK
Senior Division
1st Place – Yanan Lin LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Matthew Pinto LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place – Robert Hofner LINCOLN PARK
Cellular/Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Senior Division
1st Place – Cole Demko LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Aliza Ahmed LINCOLN PARK
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Junior Division
1st Place – Melyna Vaudrin FOREST GROVE
2nd Place – Gavrielle Alberts MANATEE K-8
3rd Place – Jayden Weil and Megan Brookes LINCOLN PARK
Senior Division
1st Place Matthew Pizzarello LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Joshua Watkins LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place – Nicole Lehman & Jose Pinero FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
Honorable Mention- Ellyn Delano FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD
Environmental Engineering
Junior Division
1st Place – Jorge Regho SOUTHERN OAKS
2nd Place – Drew Gale and Jackson Chis M LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place – Ethan Hatton ST LUCIE WEST K-8
Senior Division
1st Place – Valerie Delgado and Maria Battaglino LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Vivek Talati LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place- Simon Coroza and Chris Oravec LINCOLN PARK
Engineering
Junior Division
1st Place – Liberty Juno FOREST GROVE
2nd Place – Adam Raynard OAK HAMMOCK
2nd Place Isaiah Workman OLIVET
3rd Place – Darian Brown LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place- Matthew Giraldo SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Senior Division
1st Place Joseph Lucas FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
2nd Place – Emily Ebner FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD
Intelligent Machines, Robotics & Systems Software
Junior Division
1st Place – Riley Holtzclaw PALM POINTE
2nd Place – Geoffrey Wirth, Malory Moroz, Lea King MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY
Senior Division
1st Place – Tristan Day & Chantal Franco TREASURE COAST HS
Mathematics & Computational Sciences
Junior Division
1st Place – Leo Perez PALM POINTE
2nd Place – Samantha Case LINCOLN PARK
Senior Division
1st Place – Sreya Banik LINCOLN PARK
1st Place -Joseph Parr ST ANDREWS
2nd Place – Julian DePinto FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD HS
MIcrobiology
Junior Division
1st Place Madison Adkins LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place Briana Constransitch PALM POINTE
Senior Division
1st Place – Shreya Reddy LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Vraj Parikh LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place- Nichapa Dancharnjitt LINCOLN PARK
Physics & Astronomy
Junior Division
1st Place – Kiley Hsu MANATEE ACADEMY
1st Place – Antonio Delatorre SOUTHPORT
2nd Place- Miles Biglin LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Riley Orr NORTHPORT
3rd Place – Freddy Amontoya MANATEE K-8
3rd Place – Mariah Johnson ST LUCIE WEST K-8
Honorable Mention Morgan Cosgrove ST LUCIE WEST K-8
Senior Division
1st Place – Miles Garriques, Andrew Krueger and Kolby Herring TREASURE COAST
2nd Place Andrew Johnson FORT PIERCE CENTRAL
3rd Place – Alexander Palazzolo OLIVET
Plant Sciences
Junior Division
1st Place – Lilian Crawford LINCOLN PARK
1st Place- Jackson Bank MANATEE K-8
2nd Place- Brian Wu LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place- Kristian Herlihy NORTHPORT
3rd Place Autumn Thomas LINCOLN PARK
3rd Place Samantha Plambeck SOUTHERN OAKS
Senior Division
1st Place – Callie Zheng LINCOLN PARK
2nd Place – Camy Rodgers FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD
3rd Place – Mason Kozac LINCOLN PARK
FLORIDA STATE SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS
Junior Division
Madison Atkins LPA
Riley Holtzclaw PPK
Lilian Crawford LPA
Brian Wu LPA
Matthew Heady FGM
Senior Division
Shreya Reddy LPA
Sreya Banik LPA
Claudia Lopez FPW
Bay Deckert FPW
Nicole Laman FPC
Jose Pinero FPC
Vraj Parikh LPA
Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA
Yanin Lin LPA
FLORIDA STATE SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS
Junior Division
Madison Atkins LPA
Riley Holtzclaw PPK
Lilian Crawford LPA
Brian Wu LPA
Matthew Heady FGM
Senior Division
Shreya Reddy LPA
Sreya Banik LPA
Claudia Lopez FPW
Bay Deckert FPW
Nicole Laman FPC
Jose Pinero FPC
Vraj Parikh LPA
Nichapa Dancharnjitt LPA
Yanin Lin LPA
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR QUALIFIERS
Shreya Reddy LPA
Sreya Banik LPA
2018 SPECIAL AWARDS
American Meteorological Society Award
American Psychological Association Award for Achievement in Research in Psychological Science Joseph Parr
Association for Women Geoscientists
Melyna Vaudrin
Ellyn Delano
AT&T Advancements in Technology
Riley Holtzclaw (Jr. Project)
Broadcom MASTERS
Emma Farr
Elizabeth Briglia
Trevor Gil
Matthew Heady
Melyna Vaudrin
Jorge Rego
Liberty Juno
Riley Holtzclaw
Leo Perez
Madison Atkins
Kiley Hsu
Antonio Delatore
Lilian Crawford
Jackson Bank
David A. Pick Entomology or Field Study Award
Vraj Parikh
Mason Kozac
F.A.S.T. Award (Florida Association of Science Teachers)
Jordan Knapp
Florida Water & Pollution Control Operators Association (FWPCOA) Region V
Jr. Projects
Ali Saeed
Roseanne Rodriguez
Sr. Projects
Matthew Pizzarello
Jordan Knapp
4-H Award
Shreya Reddy
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
Tristan Day
Chantal Franco
James McKenzie Innovative Inquiry Award
Emily Ebner
Mu Alpha Theta Award
Shreya Reddy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “Taking the Pulse of the Planet” Award”
Gabriel Foss
NASA Earth System Science Award (Intel)
Kiley Hsu
Office of Naval Research
Sr. Project
Tristan Day
Chantal Franco
PNC Good Science Award
Callie Zheng
Joseph Parr
Publix Super Markets Good Science Award
Ellyn Delano
Morgan Cosgrove
Samantha Plambeck
Thomas Giraldo
Leo Perez
Riley Orr
Kristian Herlihy
Regeneron Science Talent Search
Nicole Laman & Jose Pinero
Shreya Reddy
Sydney Edgett & Nala Beatrice
Gabriella Lizarraga & Mackenzie Hart
RICOH Americas Corporation: Regional Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Valeria Delgado & Maria Battaglino
Sherry Reed Marine Biology Award
Matthew Pizzarello
Society for In Vitro Biology
Shreya Reddy
St. Lucie County Fair
Megapass
Cheyenne Halstead
Emma Farr
Morgan Cosgrove
Nathan Brewer
Guest Single Day Pass
Ellyn Delano
Austin Daigle
Casie Schulz
Chelsea Cantarero
Kaitlyn Gonzalez
St. Lucie County Master Naturalist Environmental Award
Matthew Pizzarello
Vraj Parikh
Jordan Knapp
St. Lucie Soil and Water Conservation District Award
Sr. Tristan Robinson
Sr. Ty Coward
GRACE STOCK ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
Ethan Hatton
Farzeen Chagani
Valerie Delgado
Maria Battaglino
US Air Force
Emily Ebner
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize
Martyn Feliciano, John Curd, Alex Boulous
Valerie Delgado, Jose Pinero
Jordan Knapp
Wal-Mart Distribution Center
Nathan Brewer DMMS
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiative
Shreya Reddy
Valeria Delgado & Maria Battaglino
US Metric Association
Shreya Reddy
Project Citizen Showcase
1st Place
Westgate K-8 – Let’s Give Attention to Suicide Prevention – Teacher: Lauren Kappler
2nd Place
Manatee Academy – Drop the Weight – Teacher: Meagan Shaver
3rd Place
Lincoln Park Academy – Alert, Alert Food Desert – Teacher: Alaina Moise
History Day
Senior Division
1st Place Exhibit – Individual: Building a Future for Women, SPA – Kassidy Donaldson
2nd Place Exhibit – Individual: The Christmas Truce, SPA – Alofania Taylor
1st Place Exhibit – Group: Particion of India and Pakistan, SPA – Malaika Butt, Amanda Sleight, Nicole Churion
2nd Place Exhibit – Group: Toussaint L’Overture Hatian Revolution, PSLHS – Emmanuela Tranquille, Rose David
1st Place Documentaries – Individual: The Treaty of Versaille, SPA – Tristan Boore
2nd Place Documentaries – Individual: New York City Draft Riots, SLWCHS – Mia Irizarry
1st Place Documentaries – Group: War Bride, TCHS – Arielle Wynter
1st Place Websites – Individual: The Troubles, SPA – Curtiss Oakley
2nd Place Websites – Individual: The Salem Witch Trials http://50822336.nhd.weebly.com/, PSLHS – Marie Glykas
1st Place – Websites – Group: The Space Race: Conflict, Compromise, and Achievement, SPA – Meagan Roge, Emma Johnson
2nd Place – Websites – Group: Clara Barton http://10696650.nhd.weebly.com/, PSLHS – Belinda Ortega, Freedom Scholes
1st Place Performance – Individual: Joan of Arc, SPA – Pearl Ray
2nd Place Performance – Individual: Haitian Revolitution, PSLHS – Cathia Oge
1st Place Research Paper – Individual: Conflicts and Compromises of the Comics Code Authority, SPA – Nicholas Young
2nd Place Research Paper – Individual: Conflict and Retribution of Seminole Wars, PSLHS – Mogan Emerson
Junior Division
1st Place Exhibit – Individual Salem Witch Trials, LPA – Brighid Macchia
2nd Place Exhibit – Individual Torrijos Carter Treaties, WGK8 – Dylan Daniel
1st Place Exhibit – Group The Brink and Diplomacy: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, PPE – Joshua Sherman, Ariadna Hiller
2nd Place Exhibit – Group American Asylum Reform of the 1840’s: Conflict and Compromise, NPK8 – Rebekah Papsidero, Lily Swantic
1st Place Documentaries – Individual: Nazi Ghettos and Concentration Camps, NPK8 – Arthur Sanders
2nd Place Documentaries – Individual: Attack on Pearl Harbor, PPE – Lucas Siminski
1st Place Documentaries – Group: The Assassination of Julius Cesar, FGMS – Matthew Heady, Kiana Fraga, Genesis Antunez, Liberty Juno, Whintney Beauvil
2nd Place Documentaries – Group: The Berlin Wall, SLWK8 – Emerson Dent, Alexandria Paddyfote
1st Place Websites – Individual: Child Labor vs. Child Education http://69332477.nhd.weebly.com, SLWK8 – Ethan Hatton
2nd Place Websites – Individual: A Catholic who refused to Compromise: Queen “Bloody” Mary http://86817282.nhd.weebly.com, SPMS – Charlize Molina
1st Place – Websites – Group: The Civilian Conflict and Compromise in War: The Japanese Internment Camps http://78188640.nhd.weebly.com, SLWK8 – Dillon Montague, William Pierro, Isabela Westling, Kaelyn Campa-Harrison
2nd Place – Websites – Group: Blood Diamonds http://86817282.nhd.weebly.com, OHK8 – Jacy Lettera, Reese Gippert, Alexis Franklin
1st Place Performance – Individual: Marilyn Monroe: How She Overcame Her Past & The Public Eye to Become an American Icon, PPE – Brianna Clow
1st Place Performance – Group: The Real Tudor Queens of England: Henry the VIII, the Anglican Reformation, and the Great Matter, SLWK8 – Juliana Pack, Adriana Bravo, Alexa Tango, Samantha Jenkins, Emily Bouchillon
2nd Place Performance – Group: The Conflict & Compromise of How 1940’s Jazz Influenced the Civil Rights Movement, PPE – Rollin Pattison, Riley Hotlzclaw, Braylen Lopez
1st Place Research Paper – Individual: The Conflict and Compromise of the Salem Witch, LPA – Megan Brookes
2nd Place Research Paper – Individual: Compromising through Conflict about Slavery, SPA – Erin Budge
About St. Lucie Public Schools
St. Lucie Public Schools (SLPS) ranks fifth in Florida and proudly serves as the highest-ranking District on the Treasure Coast with a graduation rate of 90.1 percent. As a B rated District, there are no failing schools, and SLPS has the distinction of being recognized as one of St. Lucie County’s Best Places to Work. The mission of SLPS is to ensure all students graduate from safe and caring schools equipped with the knowledge, skills and desire to succeed. For more information, visit http://www.stlucieschools.org.
