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Science Fair

Emma Morris and Annabelle Baurhyte

March 11, 2026

Mrs. Nystrom helps Gabriela Amaya Sanchez (7) and Mara Dauner (7) with their ideas. “I created this class to take stress off the students,” Mrs. Nystrom said.

Science fair is an elective class where students enrich their scientific knowledge by finding a prompt that relates to science and using the scientific process to make a board and then they show it at a competition. This year there were 5 individual projects and one group project that received an award, Noah Holman, William Wang, Raphael Shanad, John Riggio, Sam Llewellyn, Samirbek Tokhirjonov and Ethan Silvestre. Samirbek and Ethan worked together and won an honorable mention. Raphael and William both won special awards, William won the navy research award and Raphael won robot whisper. “I was very happy to get an award,” said Raphael.

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Emma Morris, Staff reporter

Emma Morris is a 8th grader. She likes volleyball and calling with her friends.

Annabelle Baurhyte, Staff reporter

Annabelle Baurhyte is a 7th grader, this is her first year on the yearbook staff. She attended camp Orlando this summer and had a great time with her friends. Currently Annabelle is a staff member. Over summer she went to Wisconsin to visit her family. During her free time she enjoys swimming, playing water polo, water skiing, track, and cross country. Annabelle also has 7 chickens, 1 parakeet.

Colton Fitch, Manager

Colton Fitch is a 8th grade member of the Yearbook Staff for the Panther Press. This is his 2nd year in the Yearbook class and hopes to make this yearbook the best one yet. He mainly focuses on organization and managing the staff and even Mrs. Brady, their advisor. In his free time, he enjoys playing Roblox and doing theatre.