Friends Presents cash prizes to LCPS Science & Engineering Fair

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