Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains presented special awards totaling $500 at the 38th Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Regional Science & Engineering Fair (RSEF), held this year at Riverside High School in Leesburg. A record-breaking 324 students participated in this event, an increase of over 40 from previous years. The winners of the Friends awards project titles ranged from; The Effect of Weather Patterns on the Chemical Distribution of ROCKWOOL Factory Fallout; Understanding the Academies of Loudoun’s Bodies of Water; Investigation of Microplastics in Loudoun County Farms; The Effect of a Multi-functional Water Filtration Filter on Water.
Friends awarded cash prizes and certificates to the following students:
Photo courtesy of Victoria Bellerose
First Place: $250
Jennifer Colucci: Rock Ridge High School
Isha Kalaga: Rock Ridge High School
Second Place: $150
Theodore Kostal: Woodgrove High School
Patrick Swisher: Woodgrove High School
Third Place: $100
Arleen Martinez: Loudoun County High School and Academies of Loudoun
Ria Shah; Riverside High School and Academies of Loudoun
Honorable Mention
Abigail Zurfluh: Tuscarora High