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Henning students do well in Science Fair [UPDATED]
Published 11:07am Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Updated 11:07am Wednesday, March 7, 2012Henning Public Schools hosted their 3rd Annual Science Fair last month, on Feb. 6. The event saw over 180 projects on display from students in grades 4-9.
From this local fair, winners were selected and moved forward to the regional finals in Bertha two weeks later.
“Our regional fair saw students from nine different schools in grades 4-6 compete,” said Dana A. Damm of the Henning Public Schools Science Department. “Of the eight students selected to go on, six of them placed highly in their category.”
The awards ceremony was held February 16 at the Bertha Community Center.
Results from the Bertha Fair:
4th Grade – Research: Grand Prize, Ashley Black, Staples; First Place, Riley Woida, Bertha-Hewitt; Second Place, Katelyn Zillmer, Henning; Second Place, Lauren Stormoen, Eagle Valley; Third Place, Allison Asfeld, Eagle Valley; Honorable Mention, Kailey Wilson , Browerville; Honorable Mention, Emmalee Toon, Bertha-Hewitt; Honorable Mention, Shelby Bakken, Bertha-Hewitt; 4th Grade – Experiment: Grand Prize, Levi Vorderbruggen, Henning; First Place, Garrett Carlson, Staples; Second Place, Ben Olander, Browerville; Third Place, Jillian Cuchna, Eagle Valley; Honorable Mention, Bereket Loer, Browerville; Honorable Mention, Arden Homola, Henning; Honorable Mention, Kevin Zillmer, Henning; 5th Grade – Research: Grand Prize, Hunter Dietman, Staples; First Place, Tyler Reese, Henning; Second Place, Hunter Seefeldt, Verndale; Third Place, Lili Schneider and Hannah Dolezal, Staples; Honorable Mention, Krystal Yoder, Pillager; Honorable Mention, Kayla Sweno, Henning; Honorable Mention, Hunter Lamb, Bertha-Hewitt; Honorable Mention, James Barrett, Verndale; 5th Grade – Experiment: Grand Prize, Erica VanDenhuevel, Bertha-Hewitt; First Place, Samuel Eckel, Eagle Valley; Second Place, Zakary Irsfeld and Lucas Iten, Browerville; Third Place, Scout Stickland, Staples; Honorable Mention, Brady Emery, Browerville; Honorable Mention, Kallee Abbas and Kiara Storry, Staples; Honorable Mention, Abby Seamann, Staples 6th Grade – Research: Grand Prize, Nate Chaffin, Bertha-Hewitt; Grand Prize, John Hansen, Henning; First Place, Hannah Lindquist, Browerville; First Place, James Engebretson, Verndale; Second Place, Robert Richter, Verndale; Third Place, Derek Sudbeck, Eagle Valley;
Honorable Mention, Brooke Maijala, Bertha-Hewitt; Honorable Mention, Christina Asfeld, Eagle Valley; Honorable Mention, Stacy Richter , Verndale; 6th Grade Experiment: Grand Prize, Jacob Pedersen, Henning; First Place, Haley Youngbauer, Verndale; Second Place, Adam Bauch, Bertha-Hewitt; Second Place, Charlie Bakken, Bertha-Hewitt; Second Place, Addison Neal, Verndale; Third Place, Joe Fink and Jordan Host, Browerville; Honorable Mention, James Follmer, Bertha-Hewitt; Honorable Mention, Nick Niemi, Motley; Honorable Mention, John McIntire, Verndale.
