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San Bernardino County Science Fair Crowns 37 Gold-Medal Winning Students

Regional Science Fair Crowns 37 Gold-Medal Winning Students

Ontario, CA – Thirty-seven students from the San Bernardino, Inyo and Mono region received gold medals following the 37th annual Inland Science and Engineering Fair’s awards ceremony on April 4.
      
The students from the three-county region were among 407 projects from approximately 500 students in the region that competed at the event. The gold-medal recipients were in three categories: Elementary, Junior and Senior divisions. Only the Junior and Senior projects advance to the California State Science Fair, which will be held in Los Angeles in May.
      
Three San Bernardino County students won Sweepstakes Awards for the outstanding project in their respective divisions. The Sweepstakes winners were: Sidney-Corinne Williams of Cooley Ranch Elementary in Colton Joint Unified School District (Elementary Division); Noah Cain of Ranchero Middle in Hesperia Unified (Junior Division); and Laura Noronha of Redlands High in Redlands Unified (Senior Division).
 
Three projects also qualified for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix in May. Intel qualifiers are William Porayouw of Redlands High in Redlands Unified; Ellery McQuilkin of Lee Vining High in Eastern Sierra Unified; and Noronha of Redlands High.
   
Individual and group projects were judged in 23 categories of science – from microbiology to zoology, math, and physics to electronics, and consumer sciences to earth sciences. The regional fair is sponsored by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Inyo County Office of Education, Mono County Superintendent of Schools and Professional Engineers of California Government.
 
2019 San Bernardino County Elementary, Junior, Senior Divisions Gold Medalists
 
Adelanto
Landon Collins, Melva Davis Academy of Excellence
 
Apple Valley Unified
Jennalynn Negrete, Rancho Verde Elementary
Gabriel Reder, Apple Valley High
Varun Salwan, Sitting Bull Academy
 
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Farid Manshaii, Los Osos High
 
Chino Valley Unified
Kirra Heller, Chaparral Elementary
Nicholas Meksavanh, Edwin Rhodes Elementary
Julia Melgoza, Eagle Canyon Elementary
Wynn Phaychanpheng, Chino Hills High
William Ian Lyle Sahagun, Ramona Junior High
Audrey Sogata, Chino Hills High
Lillian Todd, Magnolia Junior High
 
Colton Joint Unified
Brooke McMorris, Grand Terrace High
Sidney-Corinne Williams, Cooley Ranch Elementary
 
Etiwanda
Kaavya Kaka, Caryn Elementary
Marley Dalton, Grapeland Elementary
 
Hesperia Unified
Noah Cain, Ranchero Middle
Isaiah Weaver, Carmel Elementary
 
Morongo Unified
Amelia McMurachy, Onaga Elementary
Redlands Unified
Laura Noronha, Redlands High
William Porayouw, Redlands High
 
Rialto Unified
Dolores Hernandez, Rialto High
Natalie Montes, Rialto High
 
San Bernardino City Unified
Lino Gomez, George Brown Elementary
 
Snowline Joint Unified
Madison DiGiorgio, The Heritage School
Brady Elliott, The Heritage School
Kyndell Hendrix, The Heritage School
 
Upland Unified
Jason Chavez, Upland High
Joshua Samaniego, Upland High
 
Victor Valley Union High School District
Alexander Diaz-Cruz, University Prep
Leila Kessler, University Prep
Mylah Punla, University Prep
Kayenne Scaletta, Cobalt Institute of Math and Science
 
Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
Kadence Button, Ridgeview Elementary
 
Private schools
Miguel Velasquez, St. Adelaide School
Sophia Watson, Sacred Heart Academy
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