The annual event is the culmination of months of hard work for students who rose through their school and district ranks for an opportunity to showcase their science projects and compete at the county level.
Congratulations to Stockdale High School students Harjaisal Brar and Aarohi Patel for being awarded first place for their projects and advancing to represent Kern County in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held in Dallas, Texas, on May 13-19. They will join 1,800 students worldwide to compete for nearly $5 million in awards and scholarships.
Additionally, first and second-place finishers in the high school division may be eligible to compete in the 73rd annual Californian Science Fair, scheduled to be held virtually on April 11. Here are the regional results in each category for High School (9th-12th):
Behavioral & Social Sciences
First Place — Aarohi Patel, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Ekamjot Natt, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Jagriti Jha and Stephanie Felix, Stockdale High School
Honorable Mention — Sanjna Mizer, Stockdale High School
First Place — Aarohi Patel, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Ekamjot Natt, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Jagriti Jha and Stephanie Felix, Stockdale High School
Honorable Mention — Sanjna Mizer, Stockdale High School
Chemistry
First Place — Gurleen Toor, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Amrit Toor and Aubrey Jamison and Olivia Carrisoza, Ridgeview High School
First Place — Gurleen Toor, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Amrit Toor and Aubrey Jamison and Olivia Carrisoza, Ridgeview High School
Computational Analysis and Mathematics Science
First Place —Kathryn Ready, Highland High School
Second Place — Kaitlyn Corral and Kyle Kimbriel, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Jillian Carrisoza, Ridgeview High School
Honorable Mention — Anurag Banerjee, Stockdale High School
First Place —Kathryn Ready, Highland High School
Second Place — Kaitlyn Corral and Kyle Kimbriel, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Jillian Carrisoza, Ridgeview High School
Honorable Mention — Anurag Banerjee, Stockdale High School
Earth and Environmental Science
First Place — Madelyn Gayita, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Tanvi Thallapalle, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Warren Woolf, Valley Oaks Charter School
Honorable Mention —Ivan Tran and Summer Cortez, Ridgeview High School
First Place — Madelyn Gayita, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Tanvi Thallapalle, Stockdale High School
Third Place — Warren Woolf, Valley Oaks Charter School
Honorable Mention —Ivan Tran and Summer Cortez, Ridgeview High School
Mammalian Biology
First Place — Harjaisal Brar, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Rodolfo Garcia, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Diego Rojas and Jiya Sharma and Kevin Corral, Ridgeview High School
First Place — Harjaisal Brar, Stockdale High School
Second Place — Rodolfo Garcia, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Diego Rojas and Jiya Sharma and Kevin Corral, Ridgeview High School
Physics
First Place — Parveen Dhaliwal, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Diego Abad and Nicholas Frutos, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Brayden Maokosy, Ridgeview High School
First Place — Parveen Dhaliwal, Ridgeview High School
Second Place — Diego Abad and Nicholas Frutos, Ridgeview High School
Third Place — Brayden Maokosy, Ridgeview High School