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Parsippany's Hunting Ridge Held First Annual Science Fair
The PAL Building was the site for the community's budding engineers and scientists to showcase their experiments and projects.
Article and Photo Courtesy of Kinjal Shah.
Members of the Hunting Ridge Townhome community on Route 46 and North Beverwyck Road in Parsippany organized their first annual science fair on Saturday, June 2.
The PAL building on Baldwin Road hosted the event. Nearly 40 different exciting science experiments were demonstrated by over 60 enthusiastic children.
This event was judged by acclaimed academic members from various local children's education and enrichment centers. Teachers from local schools attended the event to encourage their students.
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The event's guest of honor was the Mayor Michael Soriano, who gave a very inspiring speech to the kids highlighting the importance of science in various aspects of life. The Mayor showed deep interest and involvement by interacting with the participants regarding their experiments.
The event provided an opportunity for the community's families to come together in a friendly, fun, education-forward way.It was a overwhelming success hailed by the children , parents and other local academic community members.
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This event was funded partially by registration fee and from the support of sponsors, including education and child enrichment centers.
Due to the success of the event, the community hopes to make the science fair an annual tradition.