THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Parents' Council and the faculty & staff thank Amy Lucas for all her hard work making the Red Wheel fundraiser a success. Profits from this project will be distributed by the Parents' Council to support and enhance the Rivermont Experience for our students.
FUTURE SCIENTISTS
Congratulations to our future scientists who participated in the State Science and Technology Fair of
Iowa March 26
and 27, 2010 at Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa
State University
Campus, Ames, Iowa. The Fair is
open to 6th -12th graders from private and public schools
from across the state.
Katie Beltz- won the 2nd place rank in 6th
grade Biological Division
Marta Storl-Desmond- won 4th place rank in 6th
grade Biological Division and an invitation
to compete in the National Environmental Hall of Fame "Hero of the Planet"
Competition in Chicago
later this spring
Brandon Eckhardt- won the 5th place rank in 6th
grade Biological Division, the Most
Outstanding Botany Project in 6th Grade and an invitation to compete in
the National
Environmental Hall of Fame "Hero of the Planet" Competition in Chicago later this spring
Neha Haque- won the 6th place rank in 6th
grade Biological Division
Christian Elliott- won the 3rd place rank in 6th
grade Physical Division, the Naval
Science Award from the Office of Naval Research in Arlington Virginia and the Excellence
in Science Research from Young Horizons of the SSTFI
Hannah Hansen- won the 5th place rank in 6th
grade Physical Division
Michal Porubcin won the National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration Top Award and an invitation
to compete in the National Environmental Hall of Fame "Hero of the Planet"
Competition in Chicago
later this spring
Suhas Seshadri won the SSTFI Outstanding Botany Award and an invitation
to compete in the National Environmental Hall of Fame "Hero of the Planet"
Competition in Chicago
later this spring
Abhishek Gowda won the 3rd
place rank in the 8th grade Biological
Division Geo-Science
Excellence Award and an invitation
to compete in the National Environmental Hall of Fame "Hero of the Planet"
Competition in Chicago
later this spring
Summer Lawrence won the 8th place rank in the 8th
grade Biological Division
Meghana Pagadala won the Senior Division prize from the Iowa
Water Pollution Control Association.
This includes a $500 scholarship and an invitation to compete in the Water
Environment Federation Stockholm -Junior Water Prize national competition in St. Louis, Missouri
from June 17-20. In order to qualify for
the competition, Meghana will be submitting her paper to the Water Environment
Federation in April.
Pavane
Gorrepati won a $2,500 scholarship for first place from
The Iowa Energy Council
Congratulations to our 6th and 8th graders whose Academic Fair projects were chosen to go to the state competition and placed so well.
Congratulations and thanks to the 7th and 10th graders who decided to enter the competition independently.
Special thanks to Linda Hampton, our Middle & Upper School science teacher who mentored the students through the process.
