LMS students qualify for state science, engineering fair

Jadan White, Emily Koszarek and Aidan O’Brien earned first place in their respective grade levels at Langley Middle School’s science and engineering fair March 3, according to a recent news release.

Jadan White, Emily Koszarek and Aidan O’Brien earned first place in their respective grade levels at Langley Middle School’s science and engineering fair March 3, according to a recent news release.

The students will have an opportunity to compete at the Washington State Science Fair in Bremerton on March 26 and 27.

The science and engineering fair was a part of the school’s science curriculum.

Members of the community visited to view the displays, and judges from the community helped to decide the top three projects per grade level.

In addition to the top three in each grade level, five students from each grade received honorable mentions.

In eighth grade: Jadan White received first place; Michael Maddux received second; and Caden Spear received third. Marla Kelly, Max Dodd, Brent Dewolf, Robert Roberts and Noah Ratcliff received honorable mentions.

In seventh grade: Emily Koszarek received first place; Sam Baesler received second place; and Ahnika Burt received third place. Makenna Parcell, Flannery Friedman, Ashley Ricketts, Chloe Loehr, Madison Ellerby-Muse and Arthur Kinata received honorable mentions.

In sixth grade: Aidan O’Brien received first place; Thomas Simms received second place; and Laila Gmerek received third. Riley McVay, Corbin Klaft, Luc Gandarias, Brennen Pearson and Tristan Betteker received honorable mentions.