Thirty-nine seniors in the Authentic Science Research Program at Byram Hills High School competed in the virtual Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on Saturday, with 20 students, a school record, winning awards.
Twelve students won at the regional level and will compete next month at the state level. Students who came in first or second have the chance to advance to the national competition. Eight students won at the local level.
This year, Byram Hills had the highest number of competitors and winners at the Westchester-Rockland event in the history of its science research program.
“We are so proud of all of our seniors who presented in this record-breaking year,” said Stephanie Greenwald, director of the Byram Hills science research program. “Congratulations to all of our winners who represented our program so well.”
Regional winners
First Place
Danielle Eder - Behavior
Alicia Huang - Cell & Molecular Biology
Amelia Chung - Earth & Environmental Science
John Ndocaj - Medicine & Health
Second Place
Hannah Rippy - Behavior
Arianna Tabankin - Cell & Molecular Biology
Alex Berkman - Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Sydney Levy - Medicine & Health
Third Place
Morgan Aronsky - Biological Sciences
Lucy Kwittken - Genetics
Alana Foreman - Mathematics/Computer Science
Fourth Place
Nora Lowe - Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Local winners
First place
Ella Fleischer - Behavior
Eliza Goldman- Behavior
Ilana Kersh - Behavior
Danielle Freedman - Behavior
Gabriella Colabello - Behavior
Second Place
Jake Goldman - Behavior
Eva Shrayer - Biological sciences
Dylan Haber - Medicine & Health
The annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is a STEM competition sponsored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force that promotes original research by high school students and recognizes outstanding achievement. The next competition, the Upstate New York JSHS, is to be held in March at the University at Albany, followed by the national competition in April in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Byram Hills High School had a record 20 winners at Saturday’s Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, which was held online. They are, from left in the front row: Amelia Chung, Alicia Huang, Gabriella Colabello, Nora Lowe, Lucy Kwittken, Eliza Goldman, Arianna Tabankin and Sydney Levy, and from left in the back row: John Ndocaj, Alex Berkman, Dylan Haber, Jake Goldman, Hannah Rippy, Morgan Aronsky, Danielle Eder, Eva Shrayer, Ilana Kersh, Ella Fleischer, Alana Foreman and Danielle Freedman.