Portageville Students Attend Regional Science Fair

Twenty-six students from Portageville School District participated in the 58th Annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Tenth grade biology students participating were Anna Birdwell, Destiney Crossno, Hannah Jackson, Johanne Karizamimba, Erica Maddox, Amanda Moody, Harmony Patton, Briannia Pitts, Mikayla Rone, and Taylor Tiffany. Eleventh and twelfth grade physics students participating were Sydney Carter, Austin Crysler, Molly Frakes, Hailey Godair, Caleb Gooch, Michael Hopkins, Hunter Jackson, Keileigh Jones, JaTyra Marsh, Kurt Penn, Alison Pepper, Cooper Samples, Madison Shaw, Kylie Spence, Myles Stafford, and Bryce Wallace. The sponsors for this trip were high school science teachers Christina Brands, Ashlie Patton, and Paige Palmer. These students presented their projects during a two-hour judging period. Judges included professors from Southeast Missouri State University, teachers from Southeast Missouri school districts, and individuals from the Missouri Department of Conservation, U.S. Navy, Cape Girardeau Area Engineers Club, Southeast Missouri Dental Society, and MODOT.

2014 Regional Science Fair winners.

2014 Regional Science Fair winners.

Portageville School District had six students to receive awards for their projects. Keileigh Jones, daughter of Cherity Jones, received second in the Senior Botany Division for her project, "Effect of Different Colored Lights on Plant Growth." Harmony Patton, daughter of Magnolia West, and Briannia Pitts, daughter of Hattie Parchell, received second in the Senior Medicine and Health Division for their project entitled "How Sweet Is It?." Austin Crysler, son of Greg and Vickie Crysler, and Michael Hopkins, son of Michael and Michelle Hopkins, received third in the Senior Physics division for their project, "Build a Hovercraft." Johanne Karizamimba, son of Taremba and Corrine Karizamimba, received third in the Senior Chemistry division for his project called "Effect of Increased Chemical Solutions on the Briggs-Rauscher Reaction."

Congratulations to Keileigh, Harmony, Briannia, Austin, Michael, and Johanne!!