St Rose Students Compete In Science Horizons 2010

Students from St Rose of Lima School received recognition for outstanding science achievement at the Science Horizons 2010 competition held at Western Connecticut State University the weekend of February 19–21.

More than 800 students competed at Science Horizons this past weekend, with 150-plus judges overseeing the evaluating process.

St Rose School had 11 single entry finalists, one team entry finalist, and one second place winner from the competition.

The finalists in the Junior Physical category were Brittany Boggs, daughter of Denise and Joseph Boggs, for her project Light The Way; Gabby DeBartolomeo, daughter of Stephanie and Kevin DeBartolomeo, for her project Hungry H2O; Ellie Doering, daughter of Katie and Don Doering of Southbury, for her project Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; John Locke, son of Donna and Christopher Locke, for his project  Hot to Trot Copper Top; and Brianne Moulder, daughter of Laura and John Moulder, for her project More or Less, It’s Magnets.

Finalists in the Junior Biological category were Michael Cirone, son of Jen and Anthony Cirone, for his project Cone Zone; Daniel Colucci, son of Kathy and Robert Colucci, for his project Antibacterial Effects of Natural Substances; Anthony Coppola, son of Karen and Michael Coppola of Southbury, for his project Stain Be Gone;, and Haley Ryan, daughter of Ginny and Michael Ryan, for her project, A Better Bio Building.

Finalists in the Junior Team Biological were Austin Adamcheck, son of Lucy and Daniel Adamcheck, and Leah Mais, daughter of Chris and Steven Mais, for their project, Goes on the Ground, Goes in the Sound.

 Seventh grade student Haley Ryan was the recipient of the second place award in the Junior Biological category. Her experiment proved that algae placed in a chamber on the roof of a model house acts as an insulator. The algae also absorbed the CO2 emissions from the model house.

“I did this experiment because global warming is a problem,” Ryan said. “I have been thinking about how to slow or end the production and release of CO2 into the atmosphere and end global warming.”

Ryan received a cash prize and admission into the Connecticut Science Fair competition to be held next month at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.