The regional school science fair held in The Pas yielded many successful projects from Thompson.

 

Representing five of our schools, 26 Thompson middle years and junior high students with 17 projects walked away with medals around their necks.

 

Thompson swept the Grade Four General category, with Westwood students Namya and Maitri Patel winning gold and Harshan Sidhu winning silver, as well as Riverside’s Jenna Shier and Wapanohk’s Kasey Fourre and Alicia Ouskun tying for bronze. Mazy Diebert and Chelsey Andrews took the gold medal in Grade Four Life back with them to Burntwood School.

 

There was a three-way tie for gold in the Grade Five General category, with Wapanohk’s Angel Cooper, Westwood’s Deklan Coggan, and Riverside’s Anaya Permanand and Samara Green all walking away with a claim to the medal.

 

Burntwood School had winners in the Grade Five Life category, with Julie Grant and Alaina Francois’ project tying for gold and Tori May and Luca Dedominicis’ s project tying for silver.

 

Westwood School took gold in both Grade Six sciences, with Aeron Humaid winning the top spot in the Life category and Colby Grandy winning first in the General category. Grandy’s project would also be awarded Best Overall 4-6 project and Best in Fair.

 

In the Grade Seven and Eight Physical and Environmental category, Westwood’s Ashley Morgan won the silver medal, while Alex Stokes and Zander Reddy from Juniper School won bronze.

 

Juniper students Reeanna Hart and Judith Robinson were the lone Thompson winners in the Grade Seven and Eight Life category, with both students winning the gold medal for their project.

 

The bronze medal in the Grade Seven and Eight Health category was Danika Arnitage and Hannah Birch from Westwood, with the silver medal being awarded to Riverside’s Aksh Narhan, who will also be one of three students representing the region in the national science fair in Montreal from May 15-20.