March 4, 2015 News Release
Girl Power!
Four girls sweep top awards at La. STEM Expo
Four girls from Baton Rouge middle schools swept the grand awards at the 2015 Louisiana STEM Expo at Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School on Saturday.
Jasmine Gray, a 6th-grade student from McKinley Middle Magnet School, was the 1st grand award winner with her demonstration, "Cornstarch Experiment." Monica Deras, 6th-grade student at Kenilworth, took the 2nd grand award for "Tornado Tube and Fountain Connection." Anusha Zaman, 8th-grade student from Glasgow Middle School, was the 3rd grand award winner with "Hookah vs. Cigarette Smoke," and Carley Whitty, a 6th-grade Kenilworth student, took the 4th grand award with "Wimhurst Machine."
Dozens of students participated in the expo, which was open to all middle-school students in Louisiana. Special speakers included U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, DOTD Secretary Sherri LeBas, LSU Boyd Professor Dr. Isiah Warner and local businessman Brian Rodriguez, president of Gatorworks.
A spokeswoman for one of the expo's partners, the U.S. Navy Recruiting District in New Orleans, said the STEM Expo is an important event to encourage students to get involved in STEM activities.
"The Department of the Navy is committed to identifying, attracting, and preparing our nation's students in the STEM fields with a the goal of meeting the global workforce challenges of tomorrow," said Dr. Yvonne Simmons, education program manager for the recruiting district. "We salute Kenilworth for being a leader in this field, and the Navy Recruiting District-New Orleans looks forward to supporting Kenilworth's future STEM events."
Other winners in their categories included:
1st place
Bell ring Jar
Zoe Patton
1st place
Hand Boiler
Hailey Hansberry
1st place
Occluded Artery
Alacya Derozen
1st place
Surface Tension Jar
Julia Rodriguez
1st place
Inflatable Lung
Mystique Price
2nd place
Singing rod
Justin Simpson
2nd place
Disappearing money
Stephen Jackson
2nd place
Two potato clock
Angel Caine
2nd place
Cartesian Diver
Serenity Hines
2nd place
Indicator Sponge
Angie Patton
3rd place
Resonance Bowl
Breanna Robinson
3rd place
Jelly Marble
Zyan Booker
3rd place
Balloon helicopter kit
Devin Batiste
3rd place
Euler's disc
Louis Smith
4th place
Mini Hovercraft
Roquan King
4th place
Baby Diaper
Jamar Beckwood
4th place
Balancing Nails
Cady Drake
4th place
Incredible Ice Melting blocks
Kolby Trosclair
4th place
Magic Bottle (Pour More)
Kyrah Anderson
5th place
Magic Sand
Trayonjarnae and Zakia Stewart
5th place
Bubbling Concoction
Alisha Paudel
5th place
Ballistics Car
Joshua Bibbins
5th place
Fun Fly Stick
Asia Robson & Emily Garcia
5th place
Cloud in a bottle
John Pembrooke
Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School is a state-sanctioned charter school with an academic focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. Formerly a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system, Kenilworth has demonstrated consistent academic growth since its conversion to a charter school in 2009.
2015 Louisiana STEM Expo grand award winners, from left: Carley Whitty, 4th place, Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School; Anusha Zaman, 3rd place, Glasgow Middle School; Monica Deras, 2nd place, Kenilworth; Jasmine Gray, 1st place, McKinley Middle Magnet. U.S. Rep. Garret Graves presented the awards.
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