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Students Embrace Science and Earn Awards

In the weeks leading up to Science Week at Ranney School, during which the Middle School hosted its 2nd Annual Virtual Science Fair, the Upper School JETS team participated in a statewide competition at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where it acquired outstanding results on Monday, March 12, 2012.

JETS — the Junior Engineering Technical Society — requires that students use math, science and 21st century learning skills to solve real-world issues in both the medical and health care industries. In state competition, a team of eight engineers must work together to solve a list of scenarios. While some scenarios may entail designing an artificial heart valve for use during valve replacement surgery, others may ask students to develop a rational drug design that can target a specific disease with minimal side effects. After answering 80 multiple choice questions — 10 questions per scenario — teams are also expected to answer numerous comprehensive questions that determine their national ranking.

While Ranney’s ninth through 10th grade team consisting of students Andrew Aboujaoude ’14, Madison Boyan ’14, Matthew Elkwood ’14, Caroline Korey ’14, Vincent Morano ’14, Marc Owitz ’14, Grant Parker ’14 and Steven Parlamas ’14 placed fourth amongst the 12 participating teams at NJIT, the school’s two 11th through 12th grade teams took second and 17th against their competitors. Ranney’s two 11th through 12th grade teams included the following students: Julia Palecki ’13, Omar Hozayen ’13, Rishi Sharma ’13, James Soldati ’13, Paul Sondhi ’13, Kendall Torpey ’13, Taylor Veralli ’13, Catherine Wolfe ’13, Sophia Lee ’12, Peter Goldberg ’12, Sanjit Shashi ’12, Philip Allen ’12, Yasmin Meleis ’12, Jonathan Rosenthal ’12, Lauren Harris ’12 and Christopher Schwake ’12. Placing first over both grade levels was the JETS program from East Brunswick High School.

Programs such as this one help students increase their knowledge of engineering and discover how, as future engineers, they can positively impact society. Fun with science continued the following week as 13 Ranney students traveled to the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for participation in the 2012 Jersey Shore Science Fair. Sponsored each year by the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, as well as Richard Stockton College, students grades six through 12 are eligible to compete.

A repeat of last year’s event, which saw five Ranney School students earn recognition for their projects, this year’s March 17th event also resulted in five students receiving Honorable Mention for their work. Presenting many of the same projects on display at the Upper School Science Expo earlier this month, the following students were awarded Honorable Mention in the categories of Environmental Science, Astronomy and Microbiology: Vincent Morano ’14, Elizabeth Martin ’14, Kaitlyn Casey ’14, Madison Boyan ’14 and Sabrina Palazzolo ’14.

Congratulations to Ranney’s JETS teams and all Science Fair participants, and to advisors Michael Dunn, Gerald Gance and Brian Moran.
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