WINNERS OF THE 2002 ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM

For the third year in a row, St. Joseph High School has had a unique event take place - a science symposium. In this competition, students do a science project and then make a presentation of it on videotape. Copies are made of the tape which are sent to various professional people to be judged. This year, judging took place during the month of May.

The first place winner was Jamaris Carrasco who did research into the cleaning up of oil spills. Winning second place was Elson Carty who pursued the study of the human brain and the different abilities of its right and left sides. Taking third place was Jana James who applied Newton's third law to boat propulsion. The fourth place winner was Karen Henry, who observed the changing star patterns in the sky over St.Croix. Winning fifth place was Kenrick Roberts who did some practical applications of a chemical oxidation reaction.

Over a hundred dollars in cash prizes and scientific instruments were awarded to the winners. The science symposium was started by and is moderated by Bro.James Petrait, webmaster of this site and a science teacher at the school who received the National Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching in 1995. Other high school teachers are invited to start science symposiums at their schools and then to have a territory wide wide science symposium at St. Joseph High School during the 2002-2003 school year. Contact Bro. James for more details.