Monterey County Science Fair Results!

On Sunday, March 7, students, parents and friends from middle schools and high schools all over the county gathered at CSU Monterey Bay eagerly anticipating the announcement of the winners.  Once again, York School was proudly represented by outstanding student scientists that had devoted many long hours to the scientific process.  Eighth graders participated in the junior divisions; all 9th through 12th grade students were entered in the senior divisions for each category. 

This year, the Monterey County Science Fair chose three additional outstanding projects, in addition to the Grand Prize winner, to send to the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.  In the Senior Division, Jeremy Blalock was selected as the Grand Prize third runner up, and he will enter the Intel ISEF competition to be held in San Jose with his project, entitled “The Potential for Electroactive Polymers as Actuators in a Reflected Light Display Modeled on Cuttlefish Skin Behavior” in May.  Congratulations, Jeremy!

Also deserving high praise were the many winners in individual categories, which included the following categorical awards:

Applied Mechanics/Structures    2^nd place                Kendall Ronzano

Behavioral and Social Sciences  1^st place*               Brian Clark
   (junior division)

Behavioral and Social Sciences  2^nd place                Susel Mata
   (senior division)

Material Science                         3^rd place                 Andrea Alexander

Mathematics and Software          2^nd place*              Ryan Batterman

Microbiology                              2^nd place                Joshua Pompan

Pharmacology                             2^nd place                Evan Coleman/Reggis Zhang

Physics & Astronomy                 1^st place*               Jeremy Blalock
                                                  2^nd place                Mollie Mustoe

Plant Biology                              2^nd place                Caroline Chan
                                                  3^rd place                 Natasha Nogueira

Zoology                                      3^rd place                 Michael Cho

*will advance to the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles in May. 

In addition to the category awards, York students were the recipients of some special awards including:

Monterey County Schools Insurance Group                       Brian Clark

US Dept of Public Health and Human Services                   Brian Clark

United States Army                                                            Jeremy Blalock

United States Navy/US Marine Corps                                 Ryan Batterman
                                                                                           Kendall Ronzano

Congratulations to all!