Heritage Middle School Celebrates the 15th Annual Saturnelli Science Fair

On Saturday, April 6th, Heritage Middle School hosted an exciting event that encourages students to think like young scientists, it’s the15^th Annual Saturnelli Science Fair, named in honor of former NECSD Superintendent Dr. Annette Saturnelli.

Over 225 projects were entered by students in 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grades and ranged in topics from bio-engineering, behavioral and social sciences, microbiology, chemistry, plant sciences, medicine and health sciences, cellular and molecular biology, electrical and mechanical engineering, to name but a few. 

Over the course of a few months, our middle school students designed science projects that use the scientific method to solve a problem: identifying a problem, developing a hypothesis, designing an experiment, analyzing their data and making a conclusion based on that data. 

Students developed skills in writing, oral presentation, creative thinking, and problem solving.  Students are judged on the quality of their work, depth of difficulty, and experimental design, as revealed by their written and oral presentations. 

Students from Mount Saint Mary College as well as NFA’s Science Honor Society served as judges for the science fair.   “These judges did a phenomenal job, ensuring that the judging process was fair and that it was a positive experience for our junior scientists.”

A very special thank you to Pizza Mia for their generous donation, providing our judges with lunch.

Thank you to the Heritage Middle School PTO as well for providing snacks and beverages to our competing junior scientists throughout the science fair. 

8th Grade Winners:

3rd Place: Cadence Secreto & Jazzmine Warner

2nd Place: Tatianna Gomes & Mikaili Gibbs

1st Place: Quinston Leathers

8th Grade Honorable Mentions:

Inez OShea &Izaria Dicks  

Triston Herrera, 

Nicholas Newby,

Nicholas Ramos & Kevin Novella

7th Grade Winners:

Zoey Phemister-Jimenez 2nd Place

Richard Chen 1st Place
Maya Parodo 3rd Place

7th grade Honorable Mentions:

Reagan Roth

Ashley Gage

Sara Hyun

Isabel Montes

Stephanie Daly

Gia Kissel

6th Grade Winners:

2nd Place Taylor Costain

1st Place Zara Tranquada

3rd Place Lindsey Dando

6th Grade Honorable Mentions:

Emily Leonard

Lara Ozkovalak

Addison Smith

Samantha Gallic Velez

Amelia Moore-Marmol

More photos from the event can be found here.

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