Los Alamos Public Schools 2020 Science Fair junior and senior best of show winners are,  Karin Ebey, Ming-Yuan Lo, Sasha Simakov and Brayden Allen. Also pictured is Supt. Kurt Steinhaus. Photo Courtesy LAPS

Best of Show award elementary school level winners at the 2020 Los Alamos Public Schools Science Fair are, from left, Jac Counce, Brennan Caldwell and Conner Lattimore. Also pictured is Supt. Kurt Steinhaus. Photo Courtesy LAPS

LAPS NEWS

Winners of the 2020 Los Alamos Public Schools Science Fair held at Saturday, Feb. 1 were announced Tuesday by LAPS.

Elementary Award Winners: 

Class Projects K-2
1st  Mrs. Martens – Aspen 

Class Projects 3-5
1st – Ms. Lopez – Barranca
2nd – Ms. Waidler – Barranca
3rd – Mrs. Bartram – Aspen 

Earth Science
1st – Brennan Caldwell – Mountain
2nd – Kyrsten Martinez – Chamisa
3rd – Arshia Chalayil Sreejith – Aspen
Honorable Mention – Beau Herring – Barranca 

Life Science
1st – Jac (John) Counce – Barranca
2nd – Noah Bane – Aspen
3rd – Sean Lo – Mountain
Honorable Mention – Anna Simakov – Mountain 

Physical Science
1st – Connor Lettimore – Piñon
2nd – Mark Romero – Piñon
3rd – Emmitt Tibbitts – Piñon
Honorable Mention – Hudson Bathrick-Price – Piñon
Honorable Mention  – Jordan Herrera – Piñon 

BEST OF SHOW 

Class K-2 Mrs. Martens
Class 3-5 Mrs. Lopez 

Earth Science Brennan Caldwell 

Life Science Jac (John) Counce 

Physical Science Connor Lettimore 

Physical Science Mark Romero 

Junior Award Winners: 

Animal Science
1st – Sasha Simakov – LAMS
2nd – Kiowa Carlson – Aspen
3rd – Henry Middleton – LAMS
Honorable Mention – Zoe Bent – LAMS 

Biology
2nd – Dhruv Tulasi – LAMS
3rd – Ethan Martinez and Kiana Pacheco – Mountain
Honorable Mention – John Cawkwell – LAMS 

Behavioral and Social Science
1st – Hana Raby – LAMS
2nd – Ciara Nichearnaigh – Aspen
3rd – Kieran Gattiker – Mountain
Honorable Mention – Jamie Grow – Aspen 

Chemistry
1st – Stetson Trujillo – Piñon
2nd – Rebecca Li – LAMS
3rd – Celia Pesiri – Barranca
Honorable Mention – Ian Sandborgh – Barranca
Honorable Mention – Michael Witkowski – Piñon 

Earth Science
1st – Brayden Allen – LAMS
2nd – Veronica Parra – LAMS
3rd – John Kang – Barranca
Honorable Mention – Maclain Griffin – Chamisa 

Environmental Science
1st – Penelope Barry-Hoffman – Barranca
2nd – William Borovina – LAMS
3rd – Micah Finstad – Aspen 

Energy and Transportation
1st – Reece Lovato and James Gurule – Mountain 

Engineering 

1st – Andres Inturregui and Daniel Kim – LAMS
2nd – Haiden Jorgenson – LAMS
3rd – Edwina Martinez – LAMS 

Mathematics 1st – Asher Koh and Hyuno Kim – LAMS
2nd – Cara Gauss – Chamisa
3rd – Julian Singell – LAMS 

Medicine and Health
Honorable Mention – Isabel Meana – LAMS 

Physics and Astronomy
1st – Xiaran Chen – LAMS
1st – Annie Dolence – Barranca
3rd – Carson Ulrich – Aspen
Honorable Mention – Willow Chartrand – LAMS 

Plant Science 1st – Rosario Dodd – LAMS

1st – Matthea Fung – Barranca
3rd – Brenden French and Brodie Seekins – Piñon
Honorable Mention – Ty Morris – Piñon 

BEST OF SHOW 

Life Science Sasha Simakov 

Physical Science Brayden Allen 

Senior Award Winners: 

Animal Science 1st – Karin Ebey – LAHS 

Biology 1st – Lillian Petersen and Max Corliss – LAHS 

Computer Science 2nd – Naveen Velappan – LAHS 1st – Ming-Yuan Lo – LAHS 

Environmental Science 1st – Anna Abeyta – LAHS 

Mathematics 1st – Robert Strauss – LAHS 

Medicine and Health 

1st – Charles Strauss – LAHS 

Physics and Astronomy 1st – Anthony Lestone and Phillip Ionkov – LAHS 

BEST OF SHOW 

Life Science Karin Ebey 

Physical Science Ming-Yuan Lo