Students Advance in Science Competitions

Sixteen students from The Bolles School competed at the Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NEFRSEF) Feb. 12-14 at Episcopal School of Jacksonville with five advancing to the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida April 2-4 in Lakeland: Christina Dovellos, Simran Naval, Sarah Park, Krish Patel and Dylan Schwartz. Naval and Park were also selected as International Science and Engineering Fair alternates.

Naval and Dovellos won first and second place, respectively, in the biochemistry category. Naval was awarded the Johnson and Johnson Outstanding Research Award and Dovellos the Johnson and Johnson Excellent Research Award and JU Excellence Scholarship.

Park and Patel took home first and second place, respectively, in the medicine and health category with Park receiving a Johnson and Johnson Outstanding Research Award. Patel was also honored with a Johnson and Johnson Project Excellence, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award and UF College of Medicine First Place Medicine and Health Project Award.

Schwartz won the Johnson and Johnson Project Excellence Award, Society of American Military Engineers to a Project with Potential Military Application, Haskell Award for First Place Mechanical Engineering Project and an invitation to the Haskell High School Internship Program. Other winners included Thomas Catto, Inspiring Excellence in Physics; Sloane James, Society of American Military Engineers Award in Environmental Science; Madeline Kaiser, Florida Association of Science Teachers Award; and Riya Kar, Johnson and Johnson Excellent Research Award in zoology.

Bolles science teacher Brad Bullington was also honored with the NEFRSEF Inspiring Excellence award, which recognizes “untiring dedication, selfless commitment and continuing support of science.”