Briarcliff Science Research Students Impress at Regional Symposium

From Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District: Briarcliff High School’s budding scientists stood out among their peers at the annual Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, held at John Jay High School in Cross River on Feb. 4.

“Briarcliff did exceptionally well and we could not be more excited for our students and program” said Melissa Carnahan, who along with Kim Dyer, Michael Inglis and Annmarie O’Brien, are the school’s science research teachers. Congratulations to the award winners:

Posters

 Overall 1 st Place Poster – Elizabeth Kreppel

 1 st Place – Ava Goldwyn (biology)

 1 st Place – Elizabeth Kreppel (behavior)

 2 nd Place – Aidan Bohan (biology III)

 2 nd Place – Julia Duffy (neuroscience)

 2 nd Place – Julia Goodkin and Liza Pacchiana (medicine and health)

PowerPoint Presentations

 2 nd Place – Jackie Contento (cellular and molecular biology)

 2 nd Place – Joseph Raphael (chemistry and materials science)

 3 rd Place – Kaveri Gowda (environment)

 5 th Place – Lin Xie (medicine and health)

In addition, the presentations from Contento, Gowda and Raphael earned them a spot as presenters at the regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, which will be held in Albany.

Photos Courtesy of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District