April 7, 2004

Photo courtesy of Linda Reeves
FAIR AWARDS Holding their certificates are Sacred Heart science-fair honorees (from left, front) Will Coulter, Kelly Booth, Jenna Mire, and Anna Namey; (middle) Lanzi Young, Katie McMahon, Juliet Stutzker, Julia Namey, Addison Springer, Lauren Jacobi, and Becky Pocase; and (back) Tanner Ball, D. Coughlin, Spencer Payne, Tyler Gibson, Michael Fisher, David Reeves, Patrick Proctor, and Tate Ball.

Seventh-graders at Sacred Heart Cathedral School in Knoxville recently concluded their school science-fair research with a two-day display of their work.

The fair ended with an awards ceremony, during which moderator and seventh-grade science teacher Jan Byers praised the students for their hard work, originality, and problem-solving techniques.

Students Kelly Booth, Katie McMahon, Spencer Payne, and David Reeves received first-place honors. Second-place awards went to D. Coughlin, Lauren Jacobi, Julia Namey, and Lanzi Young, and Michael Fisher, Tyler Gibson, Julia Slutzker, and Addison Springer earned third-place certificates.

Honorable-mention awards went to Tate Ball, Anna Namey, and Patrick Proctor for originality and to Tanner Ball, Will Coulter, Jenna Mire, and Becky Pocase for problem-solving and presentation.

Top-three finishers competed in the Southern Appalachian Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held April 5 through 9 at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.