On Saturday, March 18, 45 Central Lee Middle School students and 11 High School students participated in the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair in Cedar Rapids.
Alicia Schiller Haynes served as high school science fair sponsor, while Amanda Schiller, Jansen Menke, and Nadine Weirather were middle school sponsors. Central Lee students competed against 19 schools and 156 projects, earning various awards and prizes that included top-five overall project awards.
The senior champions include Jacob Hohl (senior), Everlee Harvey (senior), and Sidney Gruntmeir (junior), who were awarded a trip to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Dallas, Texas, May 14-19.
In addition, Hohl, Harvey, and Gruntmeir earned the $100 Class I Senior prize. Hohl also earned the 7 Year Award of $50, the NASA Earth System Science Award, and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Outstanding Achievement. Gruntmeir received the $50 6 Year Award.
The junior champions from Central Lee Middle School were Addison Hohl and Caedon Newton, both seventh graders. Hohl and Newton took home the Class I JB prize of $50 and a trip to Dallas to observe the ISEF.
Addison Hohl also earned the 1st Place Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association T-shirt Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge. Newton won the Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club/Collins Amateur Radio Club, Lemelson Early Inventor Prize, Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge, and the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Naval Science Award.
“Science fair is one of the greatest things I have ever been involved in,” said Harvey. “Being selected for this is such a great honor, and I could not have done it without my amazing teacher, Mrs. Schiller. Science fair has brought me many connections and has also grown my intrapersonal skills!”
“Science fair the past two years has given me many opportunities and experiences that I will forever use in my lifetime,” said Addison Hohl. “I was thrilled to have earned grand champion in my category and be invited to ISEF. I am so excited to attend and continue my science fair years.”
“The amount of time, work, and effort that students put into each and every one of their projects is incredible,” said Menke. “All the science fair sponsors are so proud of every single student from Central Lee for getting out of their comfort zone. Because of these fairs, students earn so many other opportunities, and many students go on past high school to work in a scientific field of study.”
In total, 21 CLMS students took home over 30 awards, while 10 CLHS students earned 17 awards.
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Full List of Central Lee Awards from Eastern Iowa Science Fair:
HS Awards
Jacob Hohl
Class I Senior $100 (Trip to Dallas to compete at ISEF)
7 Year Award $50
NASA Earth System Science Award
Stockholm Junior Water Prize Outstanding Achievement
US Agency for International Development: Science Champion
Everlee Harvey
Class I Senior $100 (Trip to Dallas to compete at ISEF)
Sidney Gruntmeir
Class I Senior $100 (Trip to Dallas to compete at ISEF)
6 Year Award $50
Lara Canida
5 Year Award $25
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Emily Barnhardt
6 Year Award $50
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Mercedes Kirchner
6 Year Award $50
Paisley Grafton
7 Year Award $50
Audrey Sturdivant
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society $50
Honorable Mention Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association, T-shirt
Emma Bell
Excellence in Science Research Award
Beau Boyd
Excellence in Science Research Award
Middle School Awards
Addison Hohl
Class I JB $50 (Trip to Dallas to observe at ISEF)
1st Place Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association T-shirt Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Allison Gruntmeir
Class I JB $50
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Arabella McDowell
Class I JB $50
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Caedon Newton
Class I JP $50 (Trip to Dallas to observe at ISEF)
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club/Collins Amateur Radio Club
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
US Navy and Marine Corps: Naval Science Award
Macy Anderson
Class I JP $50
Excellence in Science Research Award
Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
Owen Burgess
Class II JB, Excellence in Science Research Award
HM Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association T-shirt Brett Cook and Carson Morrison
Class II JT
Makenah Cox and Ashton Putnam
Class II JT
Micah Ashmore
HM JP
Excellence in Science Research Award
Tristan Robins
HM JP, Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Jack Benner
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Austin Fogarty
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Hope Juarez and Alexis Hellweg
Inspiring Excellence Award $50
Ava Derr
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award
Excellence in Science Research Award
Parker Ellis
Excellence in Science Research Award
Julia Fraise
Excellence in Science Research Award
Ivy Smith
Excellence in Science Research Award
Henry Robbins
Excellence in Science Research Award