New Town Students Shine At Science Fair
New Town High School and Middle School students competed at the NW Regional Science Fair at Williston State College on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
The high school had seven students competing with five projects.
Angel Lockwood received the Chord Energy Award and was named a ND State Science Fair alternate.
Creszah Mahinay earned several awards including a Naval Science award; ND Forest Service/Coalition for Conservation and Environmental Science award for outstanding project related to conservation and environmental education; ND Rural Water Works Association award for outstanding project related to drinking water; Botany Award for outstanding senior high division project related to botany; NASA Earth System science project award; student award for geoscience excellence; Ricoh Sustainable Development Award 2025; Stockholm Junior Water Prize as the regional water prize award. The project is also a ND State Science Fair qualifier with that competition being held March 31 and April 1 in Grand Forks.
Jhosthine Nina Tavera earned the Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc. award for the most outstanding exhibit in science, technology engineering and mathematics; NOAA’s 2025 Taking the Pulse of the Planet award; ND Section of the American Water Works Association award; Outstanding construction/inventor award; US Environmental Protection Agency award; Stockholm Junior Water Prize as the regional water prize award; and outstanding “inventor” project. The project is also a ND State Science Fair qualifier with that competition being held March 31 and April 1 in Grand Forks.
Middle schoolers also earned several awards.
The Pollution vs. Purity project by Ava Brugh, Kinsey Lahtinen and Danika LeBeau earned the ND Section American Water Works Association award; Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2025 award; and is a state qualifier.
The How Light Pollution Affects Fish project by Amara Stevens, Kalijah Koteen and Kobe DeCoteau earned the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2025 award and zoology award.
The Solar Oasis project by Aurora Bratvold and Cedar Fitzsimmons earned a construction/inventor award; Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2025 award; NOAA’s 2025 Taking the Pulse of the Planet award; and is a state qualifier.
A Study on Self-Diagnosing by Athena earned a Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge 2025 award; The American Psychological Association award; and is a state qualifier.
Sacred Hands by Autumn Dusenberry, Victoria Hale and Mataya Foote earned a Naval Science award; The United States Agency for International Development Award; a Women Geoscientists award; and is a state qualifier.