On March 29-30, students from Chamlian Armenian School in La Crescenta/Glendale participated in the 69th Annual Los Angeles County Science Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center. The fair provides cross curricular learning opportunities for students integrating multiple subjects into one project, such as English, math and science, as well as critical thinking, problem-solving, analysis, computer/technology and public speaking skills.
The Chamlian Science Dept., headed by Lida Gevorkian, was on full display winning several awards and various other accolades. Several hundred students from many different schools participated at the fair, and the Chamlian students were competitive placing first, second and honorable mention in several categories including chemistry, engineering, plant biology, physiology, mathematics, product science, behavioral science, environmental science, materials science and computer science.
The winners were: first place plant biology & physiology Gary
Shirikchian, first place engineering Jake Grigorian, first place materials science Keghon Kasparian and Vahan Kordian, second place environmental management Shant Koutnouyan, second place product science Michael Baghdassarian, honorable mention non-human behavioral science Nareh Almassian, honorable mention general chemistry Rafael Enfiadjian and honorable mention mathematics and computer sciences Isabella Kedikian. Daniel Scorza received a special award: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Award.
Submitted by
Steve SHENIAN