Students awarded at science competition
Seventh and eighth-grade students at St. Gregory the Great School were awarded outstanding prizes in numerous areas of physical and life science at the CT Science and Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony held at Quinnipiac University on March 16.
More than 500 students from 211 schools across the state competed.
Eighth grade student Thomas Fanelli earned first place for the Laboratory Life Sciences Trophy and $300, the Alexion Biochemistry Trophy and $200, the Sister Mary Christine Life Sciences Award and $100, the Frank J. Link Family Award for Energy Related Research and
$50, and the Connecticut Science Teachers Association Marty Tafel Student Research Award for 2019 and
$500. He was also nominated for the National Broadcom Masters, with potential awards up to $25,000.
Max Coisman, an eighthgrader, was a finalist for the Lockheed Martin Physical Sciences Awards, a middle school finalist for the Computer Sciences Awards, finalist for the Collins Aerospace Engineering Awards, and second place for middle school for the Alternative/ Renewable Energy Awards, which earned him $200. He also earned a certificate and
$25 gift card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and $100 from the MIT Club of Hartford K-12 Initiative.
Aiden Doolabh, an eighthgrader, was a finalist for the Environmental Sciences and Future Sustainability awards. She also received a six-pack of free passes to the Yale Peabody Museum.
Seventh-graders Ryan Devin, Jack Halas and Patrick Heslin were awarded third place in the Jackson Laboratory Life Sciences Awards and were middle school finalists for the Future Sustainability Awards. They were invited to compete Broadcom MASTERS.
Tyler Fahey, seventhgrader, was a middle school finalist for the Future Sustainability Awards.