The judges of the 2009 Science Fair Earth Science and Biology were the name of the game for the annual Science Fair at St. Joseph's School. The judges traveled from station to station quizzing each and every participant on their experiment. The students demonstrated a wide range of topics and months of tedious work. Samantha Levano, seventh grader, was the overall winner. Her project "Do School Desks Affect Your Health?" is very timely now due to the recent health issues in area schools. Samantha collected data from both fourth grade classrooms and compared the absence and leaving sick records from a class where wiping down the desks with antibacterial wipes is part of the dismissal routine to the other class and found that the class with the cleaner desks had a lower sick rate. Many thanks to Ms. Florio, Science Fair Coordinator, for a terrific event and to the judges for their time and effort. For more information on the Science program, please visit www.advantageforlife.org

Jack McKay, 2nd place winner from 8th grade, "Of Mice and Mazes" 7th grade 1st place winner Kayla Walczyk, "The Affects of Soda on Your Teeth" Ashley Zambrano, grade 8, with her "Windmills"...her 1st place project. Maggie Rogers, Grade 7, "How Does Your Sense of Smell Affect Your Taste?" won 3rd place 3rd place winner for 8th grade, Brendan Shea, with his project "Nutrition and Grades" 2nd place winner for grade 7, Kevin Neville, with "The Seed Vault" Science teacher, Ms. Florio, with Honorable Mentions: Nick Philippides, Deirdre Zuluaga, Brittany Rodriquez, Jack O'Malley and Ryan Peters The winners of the Science Fair with Ms. Florio