Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Fritsch Elementary School fifth-grader Shashank Kandhadai, 10, explains his science project Wednesday night. Winners were recognized in a district-wide awards ceremony at Western Nevada Community College. Kandhadai won a first place award for his effort to see if the angle of a solar panel would effect the amount of power it produced.
More than 100 projects from students in the Carson City School District's six elementary schools and Carson Middle School are headed to the state's regional science fair at the Lawlor Events Center on Thursday through Saturday.
Schoolwide winners from Carson City who will compete include:
Bordewich-Bray Elementary
Third grade: Carson Barnett, Darby Beckwith, Reagan McLaughlin
Fourth grade: Rebecca Matley, Evan Carlson, Emily Stimac
Fifth grade: Alissa Hayes, Chris Barchus, Cody Reno/Roger Heilig
Special recognition: Antonio Rubio; Sharon Meier's class; Colton Kromrey/Jermaine Andrus
Empire Elementary School
Kindergarten: Matthew J. Edwards
First grade: Allan Scot Huntington
Second grade: Lisarah B. Simonson, Bryant Ramirez. Gave W. Hammon, Gayle Magee's class, Theresa Marler and Lauren Urbina's class
Third grade: Reid Reichelt, Collin M. Wille, Julie Mobley's class
Fourth grade: Rosa Cazares, Luis Pacheco
Fifth grade: Davey Villalobos, Cameron Arnold
Fremont Elementary School
Third grade: Gregory Martin, Kiana Jiron, Cameron Brown, Nate Brown
Fourth grade: Heather Evans, Nicholas Lani, Haley Abeyta, T.J. Olson
Fifth grade: Makayla Ragnone, Michelle Sandage, Troy Cavins, Sophie Holmes
Fritsch Elementary School
Second grade: Nick Hansen
Third grade: Alexis Lequerica, Sarah Byrd
Fourth grade: Alex Drozdoff, Joel Hines, Nicole Vairo, Mateo Bilyeu
Fifth grade: Sashank Kandhada, Tash Martel, Vanessa Brown, Amy Arias, Maddi Saarem, Matthew O'Hare
Mark Twain Elementary School
Kindergarten: Hayden Story
First grade: Robbie White, Bobula/Lane Class
Second grade: Delaney Fine
Third grade: Zachary DeBar, Emily Schmid/Kylie Schmid
Fourth grade: Andrea Ballestros, Marielle Samii, Paige Hemsley
Fifth grade: Kyle Lethcoe, Kenny Koop, Michael Samii
Seeliger Elementary School
Third grade: Fred Christensen, Bailee Zuber, Jerod Powers, Shelby Brown, Traver McQueary, Dalton Butler, Corinne Defilippi
Fourth grade: Paul Tschirhart, Anthony Cacioppo, Walker Plaut, Nevin Elliott, Vanessa Rauch
Fifth grade: Madyson Stokes, Zac Hudson, Cody Schmidlin, Dan Zuber, Caitlyn Morton
Inventors fair: Taylor Parrish, Kendall Gilliam
Carson Middle School
Sixth grade: Andrew Peckham, Megan Breen
Seventh grade: Emma Kortemeier, Joe Ward, Britania Potts, Sarah Maier, Kalie Parmenter