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Hamilton High - (2018-2019) For the first time in Hamilton history and after a nail-biting competition with the top two teams separated by only 9.1 points, our Academic Decathlon team won STATE and will now represent the Husky Nation at NATIONALS in Minneapolis at the end of April! Congratulations to the 2018-19 Hamilton STATE CHAMPIONS: Jake Nance, Aris Zhu, Jasmine Sun, Zuzia Stechly, Emma Keegan, Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, Emily Jefferson, Melina Chabolla, and Tyler Thornton.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) 

Academic Decathlon Individual Awards
Honors:

• Jake Nance - 1st overall and HIGHEST SCORER IN THE STATE, 1st Art, 1st Economics, 1st Math (tie), 1st Science, 3rd Social Science, 3rd Language and Literature
• Aris Zhu - 1st Math (tie), 2nd Music
• Jasmine Sun - 1st Social Science, 2nd Math, 3rd Science, 3rd Art

Scholastic:

• Zuzia Stechly - 2nd overall Scholastic, 1st Art, 1st Interview, 1st Music, 3rd Speech
• Navaneeth Unnikrishnan - 3rd Interview

Varsity:

• Emily Jefferson - 2nd overall varsity (6 points out of 1st!), 1st Math, 2nd Economics

2019 State Results
Top 5 OVERALL TEAMS:

• 1st - HAMILTON: 47,544.7
• 2nd - Canyon del Oro: 47,535.6
• 3rd - Westwood: 46,437.5
• 4th - Mountain View (Mesa): 45,239.9
• 5th - Cesar Chavez: 42,879.2

Super Quiz Relay:

• 1st - Hamilton
• 2nd - Canyon del Oro
• 3rd - Mountain View (Mesa)

 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) The Society for Science and the Public has awarded a STEM Research Grant for 2019 to Mrs. Rachna Nath to be used on resources to inspire the next generation of scientists at ACP Erie. Mrs. Nath is one of only 35 middle and high school science teachers from 23 states across the country to receive this prestigious grant. Congratulations! News release: Society for Science & the Public Grants $120,000 to 35 STEM Research Teachers 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Kazushi Iwamoto placed 2nd place overall at the Arizona Junior Science and Humanities Symposium finals. This finish earned Kazushi a $1,500 scholarship and a spot as a presenter at the Nationals Science and Humanities Symposium in New Mexico this April. This is a wonderful opportunity as the state of Arizona can only earn two spots for presenters at nationals each year.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus - (2018-2019) Our Liberty Eagle runners did an amazing job at our second race at Sendigar Park. Congratulations to our top 5 finishers in each grade level: Michael Ryan, Ben Bermudez, Ryland Benton, Cruze Laubenthal, Jordyn Price, Cayson Benton, Mateo Valverde, Paul Schwarz, Lauren Bermudez, Lucy Schwarz, Parker Butson, Caleb Eichner, Mason Trujillo, Nora Milner, Joseph Diaz, Lincoln Schmidt, Wesley Rigsby, Isla McMullan, Travis Johnson, Owen Thompson, Joshua Nguyen, Keiserinne Li, Emilia Carder, Jessica Nicoll, Parker Schmidt, T.J. Gallahar, Trey Dillman, Benwa Nguyen, Bella Schmerfeld, Roan Milner, Jason De La Torre Evan Eckhoff, and Eleanor Tibbits. CTA Liberty Running Club Photo Album - Second race of the season 
   Haley Elementary - (2018-2019) The Haley Drama Club put on a great performance of Seussical Jr. and were featured on Fox 10 News.  
   Sanborn Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Xavier Villa-Antone who was selected to be a member of the CUSD 6th grade Honor Band for Bass Clarinet.  
   Basha Elementary - (2018-2019) Principal Jessica Edgar was chosen as the Horace Mann Ruler of the Month, being nominated by peers for her contributions as a leader in CUSD.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Hamilton High student filmmaker Julio Ramirez. His film, "Paranoia," was selected on March 5 to be featured on the big screen at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 for the Arizona Student Film Festival on Saturday, April 13 at 9 a.m. as part of the Phoenix Film Festival. 2019 Arizona Student Film Festival Official Selections 
   Basha Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to LabelDaddy Teacher Appreciation Award winner Beth Northrop. She will receive recognition on LabelDaddy's blog and a $100 gift card to use on their website. LabelDaddy Teacher Appreciation Winners website 
   Andersen Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Andersen Elementary, honored as one of only 214 elementary schools in the U.S. as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School, recognized for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its Launch PLTW programs. Whether designing a car safety belt or building digital animations based on their own short stories, PLTW Launch students engage in critical and creative thinking, build teamwork skills, and develop a passion for and confidence in STEM subjects. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism. Project Lead the Way website 
   Andersen Elementary - (2018-2019) Andersen Elementary celebrated Character Day for the beginning of literacy week in March. Kindergartners dressed the part!  
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Basha High, honored as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School, the only high school in Arizona to receive this award for the second year in a row. Basha High was recognized for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its PLTW programs. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism. Project Lead the Way website 
   Carlson Elementary - (2018-2019) Carlson 6th grader Talynn Ellsworth competed recently in the regional MatchCounts competition and performed so well she was invited to compete in the State Competition in Mesa on March 30. Congratulations, Talynn! MATHCOUNTS Competition Series website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Theatre performed Les Miserables and wowed Chandler Center for the Arts audiences for three nights. Congratulations to the cast, directors, and stage crew for a terrific production.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High French AP/IB students placed 1st in the Created Play category at the ASU International Language Fair.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High French 3 Honors students placed 1st in the Known Play category at the ASU International Language Fair.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High German 3/4/5 students placed 2nd in the Created and/or Known Play category at the ASU International Language Fair.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High Spanish Heritage 5/6 students placed 3rd in the Created Play category at the ASU International Language Fair.  
   Chandler Unified School District - (2018-2019) Hartford Sylvia Encinas, Conley, Andersen Elementary, Sanborn and Basha High have been recognized as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished Schools for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its Launch PLTW programs. These four elementary schools join 214 elementary schools across the U.S. to receive this honor and Basha High is the only high school in Arizona to receive this award for the second year in a row. Whether designing a car safety belt or building digital animations based on their own short stories, PLTW Launch students engage in critical and creative thinking, build teamwork skills, and develop a passion for and confidence in STEM subjects. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism. It is because of them, we are able to offer this program. Congratulations to these five schools! Project Lead the Way website 
   Conley Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Conley Elementary, honored as one of only 214 elementary schools in the U.S. as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School, recognized for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its Launch PLTW programs. Whether designing a car safety belt or building digital animations based on their own short stories, PLTW Launch students engage in critical and creative thinking, build teamwork skills, and develop a passion for and confidence in STEM subjects. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism. Project Lead the Way website 
   Galveston Elementary - (2018-2019) Galveston Kiwanis Kids met in February to plan and prepare for upcoming community service projects. Pictured are the club officers.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High's girls basketball team captured its second state title in four years Tuesday night by defeating Xavier College Prep of Phoenix, 45-33, in the 6A championship game at Wells Fargo Arena. The Huskies, under the direction of coach Trevor Neider, wrapped up a 26-5 season with nine straight wins, capturing the Premier Region title along the way.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High School students, under the direction of Dee Sillanpaa, have advanced in the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) debate competition – and remain eligible to win a $10,000 grand prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City.  
   Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Hartford Sylvia Encinas, honored as one of only 214 elementary schools in the U.S. as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School, recognized for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its Launch PLTW programs. Whether designing a car safety belt or building digital animations based on their own short stories, PLTW Launch students engage in critical and creative thinking, build teamwork skills, and develop a passion for and confidence in STEM subjects. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism.  
   Riggs Elementary - (2018-2019) Riggs Elementary School hosted a VEX IQ Robotics tournament with guests Auxier Elementary and Tarwater Elementary. Students worked collaboratively with other schools to show off Robotics skills to gain points as they drove and completed tasks on the VEX IQ Next Level playing field. For fun, the groups also did some drag racing in the main hallway and showed off programming skills in a maze.  
   Riggs Elementary - (2018-2019) Riggs Elementary sixth grade students studied, with their families, where their families originated and made a quilt piece to represent their heritage. They were asked to tell a story from their family that has been passed down through the generations. History really came to life when they realized that the U.S. is their home, but they all come from rich cultures and traditions from around the world. They have had rich conversations when looking at the quilt and seeing that other students' families came from the same countries. "Together, We Are One!"  
   Sanborn Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Sanborn Elementary, honored as one of only 214 elementary schools in the U.S. as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School, recognized for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through its Launch PLTW programs. Whether designing a car safety belt or building digital animations based on their own short stories, PLTW Launch students engage in critical and creative thinking, build teamwork skills, and develop a passion for and confidence in STEM subjects. We would like to thank Intel for their generous support of this program over the years through monetary donations and classroom volunteerism. Project Lead the Way website 
   Santan Junior High - (2018-2019) Santan Junior High cheer teams won the U.S.A. Championship in Anaheim, California in the "Show Cheer Advanced" and the "All Girl Stunt" team categories. The girls set goals and made them happen through determination and hard work.  
   Ryan Elementary - (2018-2019) All Ryan Elementary 6th grade classes teamed up and collected over $300 to buy fleece blanket kits. They made 62 blankets to donate to Project Linus. This organization gives new, homemade, blankets to children who are sick or who have experienced trauma. This is our 5th year doing the project. Project Linus website 
   Ryan Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the following Ryan Elementary students who were chosen to participate in the CUSD 6th grade honor band or orchestra. Band: Ashley Woodburn, Sarah McGowan and Helena Sherman. Orchestra: Hannah Johnson, Macey Johnson, Jordin Cowing, Jensen Holbrook and Kailani Higgins.  
   Conley Elementary - (2018-2019) Conley was recognized recently by PLTW (Project Lead the Way), receiving the Distinguished School Award designation. The PLTW recognition program honors districts and schools committed to increasing student access, engagement and achievement in Project Lead the Way programs. Project Lead the Way website 
   Santan Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Santan Elementary students Reeghan Arp and Cayden Heddleston who were selected to participate in the Chandler Unified School District 6th Grade Honor Band concert.  
   Basha Elementary - (2018-2019) U.S. Lacrosse announced that Basha Elementary School was selected to receive a Soft-Stick Equipment Grant (with an approximate retail value of $600.00). Through this grant award, Basha will receive 15 blue and 15 red soft lacrosse sticks, as well as 30 orange soft lacrosse balls.  
   Andersen Elementary - (2018-2019) Andersen Elementary held their Family Superhero Dance recently. It was a hit with students, families and staff.  
   Andersen Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Canyon Hutchinson who won 2nd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Brine Shrimp. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Sebastian Javadpoor, Tej Patel and Sophia Sun who won 1st Place in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the News Source on Number of "Loaded Words". HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winners Lucas Conklin and Ryan Harding who won 1st Place in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Relationship of RAM Allocation to CPU Usage. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Jacy Fuller who won 1st Place in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Type of Magnet Used in a Magnetic Levitation Cart on the Time Taken to Go Down a Slope. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Mihira Karnik who won 1st Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Varying Times Broccoli is Steamed on the Cellulose Breakdown, Enzyme Activity, and Nutritional Value of the Broccoli. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Pooja Athmanathan who won 1st Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Measuring the Velocity of Sound Using a Resonance Column and a Tuning Fork. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Nevan Hanford who won 1st Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Quantity of Plants Performing Photosynthesis on the Temperature Change in the Environment. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Kazushi Iwamoto who won 1st Place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Deep Learning Technology Based Real Time Visual Driving Assistance. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Chloe Tognacci who won 2nd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Temperature on the Number of Artemia Eggs Hatched. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Ryan Newsom who won 2nd Place in Biochemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Environmental Humidity on Honey Mass. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Kyrene Patarakun and Tamuyen Truong who won 2nd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Types of Salt on the Amount of Electrolytes. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Omina Nematova who won 2nd Place in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Angle of a Parabolic Reflector on the Signal strength of a Wireless Router. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Annelise Velarde who won 2nd Place in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Height of Chimney on the Amount of Airflow out of a Heated Building. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Bridge Bach and Ivy McNeil who won 2nd Place in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Plant Species on Retention Value within Different Soils with Concerns to Water Consumption and Cost. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Diya Nath who won 3rd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Diabetes Herbal Remedies on the Body Length of C. elegans. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Tamara Grujicic who won 3rd Place in Biochemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Amount of Sugar in Ginger Beer on the CO2 Pressure. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Kristin Myer and Yuna Choi who won 3rd Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of a Single Mutation in the F8 or F9 Gene on Protein Function and the Corresponding Development of Hemophilia. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winners Jacob Kaufman-Warner and Deangelo Brasen who won 3rd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the pH of Water on the Volume of Yeast Foam. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Waldo King who won 3rd Place in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Amount of Salt and Temperature in Solution on its Conductivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Robert L. Glanville who won 3rd Place in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Dirt Concentration on Solar Panel Efficiency. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Andrea Linder who won 3rd Place in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Medium of Shuffling on Quality of Randomness Observed. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Izaan De Bruyn who won Honorable Mention in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Lemon Oil on the Number of Crickets in an Area. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Sohani Sandhu who won Honorable Mention in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Fruit Peels in Bio- plastics on the Longevity of the Bio-plastic. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yashraj Singh who won Honorable Mention in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Heat on a Diode's Current. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yibo Chen who won Honorable Mention in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Cooling on Peltier Module Efficiency. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Nealin Banerjee who won Honorable Mention in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Cost and Effectiveness of Various Sensors for a System to Prevent Drawers Smashing Fingers. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Yaniv Briker who won Honorable Mention in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Type of Sensor on the Time Taken to Detect and Stop a Water Leakage. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Pooja Athmanathan who won Northrop Grumman Award in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Measuring the Velocity of Sound Using a Resonance Column and a Tuning Fork. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Bridge Bach and Ivy McNeil who won Water Wise Award in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Plant Species on Retention Value within Different Soils with Concerns to Water Consumption and Cost. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to ACP Erie Robotics class and teacher Lynn Hoang, winner of the Intel Robotics Showcase Award in the Robotics Competition at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Annabelle Williams who won 1st Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Types of Chicken Feed on the Weight of a Chicken. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Niharika Abbaraju who won 1st Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Lethal Light?!?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Dawn Shim who won 1st Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Nonverbal Bias of Newscaster When Discussing Candidate on the Voting Preference of the Viewer. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Avery Bird who won 1st Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Sound on the Accuracy of Test Answers and the Completion Time of Tests. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Maansi Bodla who won 1st Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Waterlogged! The Effect of Wood Type on Water Resistance. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Sandro Lynch who won 1st Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Various Cleaning Methods on the Presence and Quantity of Microorganisms. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Eliana Rutka who won 1st Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled From Slimy Composts to Natural Energy: Biogas. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Priyanka Chudasama who won 1st Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Enzymes on How Much Juice They Can Extract. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Kunal Chawla who won 1st Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Pipe Coatings on the Corrosion of Steel. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Kate Person who won 1st Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Color Pencil Base on the Spread by Solvent. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner William Ballew who won 1st Place in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Crypto Currency Mined on Power Usage. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Doer He who won 1st Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Ventilation on Evaporation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Ethan Wolford who won 1st Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Are You Ready to Rumble?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Sahasra Pechetty who won 1st Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Biodegradable Plastic. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Matthew Svienty who won 1st Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What Keeps You Cool? The Effect of Type of Insulation on the Temperature Difference Inside of a Model House Before and After. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Samantha Cox who won 1st Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Types of Wax on the Dissolving Rate of Paper Straws. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Jordan Hill who won 1st Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Ground Cover Type on Soil Moisture Retention. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Morgan Lavin who won 1st Place in Mathematical Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Dancing to the Coefficient of Friction! The Effect of Different Fabrics and Leathers on Four Different Dance Movements. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Aaron Martin who won 1st Place in Mathematical Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Root Functions on the Root Sum Square Error (RSSE) in Predicting Swim Times. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner JT Mulvihill who won 1st Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Football Helmet Lining or Coating on Impact Force to the Head. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Jack Welch who won 1st Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Pucks Beware! The Effect of Hockey Stick Flex on Puck Speed as Measured by an Arduino Sensor. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Madison Smith who won 1st Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of LED Radio Frequencies on Household Remote-Control Interference. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Shrinidhi Venkat who won 1st Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Technique in which Romaine Lettuce is Being Grown in to the Health and Growth of the Lettuce. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Alicia Bai who won 1st Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Alkalinity on Germination. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Fiona Franz who won 2nd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The All You Can Eat Bee Buffet! Effect of Sugar Content in Concentration on Honey Bee Visitation Rate. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Cailyn Bambanian who won 2nd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Open Space and Going for Walks on the Weight of a Chihuahua. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Candice Liu who won 2nd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Scent on the Number of Mosquitoes Trapped. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Grace Oh-Lee who won 2nd Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Sensory Stimulation on Reading Comprehension Efficiency. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Iris Lyman who won 2nd Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled One Bad Apple Ruins the Barrel. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Marissa Ruiz who won 2nd Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Weathering Pots!!! The Effect of Weathering on Different Types of Pottery Clays. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Michael Lau who won 2nd Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Wind Field Speed on the Velocity of a Hurricane. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Lekha Shrivastava who won 2nd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Wireless Communication on the Safety of the Patient by Creating Device that Prevents a Dementia Patient from Wandering Outside their Designated Zone. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Noah Nasir who won 2nd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Magnets on Placement of Levitating Magnets in Millimeters. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Arhan Sankhla who won 2nd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Pure Water From the Air. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Defne Aydin who won 2nd Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Need a Drink?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Kenneth Su who won 2nd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Mucilage of Drought Resistant Plants on Water Quality. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Isabella Small who won 3rd Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Power of the Mind. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Rahil Shah who won 3rd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Affordable Flood Alarm. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Shray Patel who won 3rd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Amount of Mangroves in a Saltwater System on the Decrease in the Salinity of the Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Conner Redmond who won 3rd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Phytofighting. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Eldrick Chang who won Honorable Mention in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Transcription Complexity Reviewed by Program on the Number of Accurate Transcription Predictions. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Vir Dolasa-Sahani who won Honorable Mention in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Types of Bathroom Floorings on the Amount of Friction Produced. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Ellery Donlon who won Honorable Mention in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Shoe on the Amount of Pirouettes. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Doer He who won Water Wise Award in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Ventilation on Evaporation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Auxier Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to the Auxier VEX Robotics team sponsored by Curt Landon, winner of the Vex IQ Next Level Robotics Competition at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Auxier Elementary - (2018-2019) Auxier Elementary Principal Tony Smith was selected as a semifinalist for the Maricopa County Exemplary Principal award by the Maricopa County Education Service Agency. The winner will be announced this spring.  
   Basha Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Sophia Marquez and Tiffany Poole in Diane Russhon's 6th grade class who were awarded the City of Chandler Environmental Award for the entry Ocean Contamination in Project Based Learning at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Adam Slater, Dylan Ramey and Vala Hojabr who won 3rd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Which Water Would You Choose. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Nicholas Howell who won 1st Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Toxic Tipping Point: At what atmospheric CO2 levels and temperature do milkweed cardenolide concentrations become toxic to monarch butterflies?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Elise Bouchal who won 1st Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Exploring the Impact of Neural Mutation on Neuron Size and Connectivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Thomas McGowan and Colin Tucker who won 1st Place in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Use of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Efficiency and Heat Retention of Gel Solar Ponds. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Riya Gaur, Divya Natarajan and Prisha Shroff who won 1st Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Aqua Saver. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Nishka Bhoite, Eashani Ghosh and Sofia Borczon who won 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Are You Drinking Plastic?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winners Jerome Kau who won 2nd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Skies the Limit. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Brandon Sayler who won 2nd Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Extending the Capabilities of Amateur Astronomy to Determine if a Visual Multiple Star System is Gravitationally Bound. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Karvin Sheble who won 3rd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Surface Superiority. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Elizabeth Ovelil, Jasmine Ho and Zachary Huang who won 3rd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Hydroponics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Thomas McGowan and Colin Tucker who won Best of Fair: Physical in Energy: Physical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Use of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Efficiency and Heat Retention of Gel Solar Ponds. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winners Shreya Ganesh and Maddie Seal who won Honorable Mention in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Fingerprints. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Ryenne Belt who won Honorable Mention in Biochemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Optimization of the Protection of PBMC Utilizing STF after Exposure to Chemotherapy. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Aiden Neill and Ethan LaBelle who won Honorable Mention in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Predicting Colony Collapse Disorder using a Convolutional Neural Network. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Katie Sue Pascavis who won Honorable Mention in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Utilization of Biochar Produced from Switchgrass for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Evan Kienholz who won Honorable Mention in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Wind Power and Transportation = Our Future. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Loretta Tran and Braque Unger who won Honorable Mention in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Acid Rain. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Riya Gaur, Divya Natarajan and Prisha Shroff who won Intel Innovator Award in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Aqua Saver. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Basha High sophomore Justin La Zare in Charina DeCaro's class who was awarded the Intel Computer Science and the State Farm Computer Science Awards for the entry Digiclash in the Computer Science Showcase at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Basha High - (2018-2019) Basha High cheer team won the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) State competition in Div. I Varsity Coed Cheer Small. Additionally, the Div. I Varsity Coed Cheer Small and the Div. I Varsity Dance Large team won at the Arizona State Cheer and Pom competition.  
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Dominique Moise who won 1st Place in Mathematical Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Skyscrapers in Metro Phoenix. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winners Luke Dempsey and Mathew Griffin who won 2nd Place in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What is the Effect of Different Methods of Password Protection on the Amount of Time it Takes a Rainbow Table to Bypass Them?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Andrew Lee who won 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Lateral Erosion on River Banks. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Anna Maier who won 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Run-off Water: A Pollution Problem. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Brenna Buckley who won 3rd Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Music and Memorization. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Nikasha Kapadia who won 3rd Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Various Household Remedies in Lieu of Base Coat on Nail Yellowing Rates. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Bogle Junior High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Jacob Hernandez who won Honorable Mention in Mathematical Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Velocity at Which the Ball is Thrown Affects the Distance it Traveled. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Ashley Kalscheur who won 2nd Place in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Math and Marketing Behind Mother Nature: Correlating the Fibonacci Sequence with Monocotyledon and Dicotyledon Flower Sales. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Madison Rueb who won 2nd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Accidental Physics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Bianca Abne who won 3rd Place in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What are the effects of different microbial extracts on bacterial cultures of Escherichia Coli?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Madeline Salonic who won 3rd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Practically Plastic, Basically Bioplastic. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 7th Grade award winner Mackenzie Long who won Honorable Mention in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Hurricanes Affecting Clouds. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Casteel High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 8th Grade award winner Ashlyn Drew who won Honorable Mention in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Heightened Hydroponics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Aryan Mathur who won 2nd Place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Low Cost Intelligent Machine for Folding Clothes. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Cassandra Smith who won 3rd Place in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Genetic Variation in SP-A2 and the Effects on Phagocytosis. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Isha Paode who won Honorable Mention in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Concentration of NaCl ions in a Solution on the Rate of Osmosis in Chicken Skin. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) The Chandler Rotary and CHS's Interact Club, a service club involved in numerous community projects throughout the year, hosted a Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony Friday, February 22 in the courtyard. The ceremony included a history of the project, "Let Peace Prevail on Earth" sung by the Advanced Women's Choir, student definitions of Peace, and "May Peace Prevail on Earth" communicated in nine languages.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High AVID students worked with Frye Elementary students in February and urged 4th graders to take action to be kind on their campus as part of the Youth Frontiers program.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Twenty Chandler IB Diploma candidates and AP Spanish students served the children of our community and made great connections at the Knox Gifted Academy 5th grade Kindness Retreat.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High's Link Crew helped Ryan Elementary students learn leadership skills last week through Youth Frontiers.  
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Twenty-five Chandler High students had the opportunity to hear astronaut Scott Kelly speak at Comerica Theater in downtown Phoenix in February. He was part of the Arizona Speakers Series. Other notable speakers throughout the year included Sanjay Gupta, Condoleezza Rice, and Joe Biden. Arizona Speaker Series website 
   Chandler High - (2018-2019) Chandler High students attended the 10th annual Teen Town Hall hosted by the Chandler Mayor's Youth Commission. Students attended workshops on three trending topics that affect youth and teens in today's society: Mental Health and Wellness, Teen Dating Violence, and Life Skills. They also participated in team-building activities and heard from the City of Chandler's Mayor, Kevin Hartke.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Freedom Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Andrew Garcia, Brycen Conrad and Connor Weigele who won 1st Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Solar Powered Water Fountain Solution on the Rate of Osmosis in Chicken Skin. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Freedom Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Delainey VanZuidam, Noah Thomas and Jaden Lau who won 1st Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Epic Magnetic Levitation Solution on the Rate of Osmosis in Chicken Skin. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Freedom Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Sawyer Hauk, Edgar Jimenez and Gianna Owens who won 2nd Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Color Coordination: Which Lens Works The Best?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Freedom Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Samantha Felix, Eleonora Warner and Addison Boysaw who won 2nd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Underwater Volcano. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Goodman Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Heath Owens, Benjamin Nicholls and Troy Abney who won Honorable Mention in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Scrumptious Science. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Goodman Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Nico Acedo, Kaden Blunt and Ayden Letona Martinez who won Water Wise Award in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Don't Think Salty. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Goodman Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Goodman is so proud of the Slyter kids raising $250 from their fruit stand for One Dog Arizona Rescue. One Dog Arizona Rescue 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Humphrey Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Humphrey sixth grader Zakk Bolton won the regional spelling bee competition on Friday, Feb. 22. He won in the 26th round with the word "Sasquatch." He will head to the state competition on Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m. at the Arizona PBS station.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Humphrey Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Humphrey/Elite Performance Academy Principal Luke Hickey was selected as a semifinalist for the Maricopa County Exemplary Principal award by the Maricopa County Education Service Agency. The winner will be announced this spring.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Humphrey Campus - (2018-2019) CTA Humphrey/Elite Performance Academy held a "Dental Health Awareness Assembly" this month. The students had fun learning all about dental health.  
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Humphrey Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Allison Bowman and Randy Renteria Temoxtle who won 2nd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Growing Grass. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Humphrey Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Lila Heffron, Kiley Jacobson and Haseeb Qader who won Honorable Mention in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Brightest Flowers. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Samyak Duggirala and Alex Kim who won 2nd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Egg celent Experiment. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence Campus - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Aaron Cao, Rampranav Maremanda and Dominic Servino who won Honorable Mention in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Egg prot-"egg"tion. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence Campus - (2018-2019) Dinosaurs came to visit CTA Independence during the "Dino-Mite" book fair. Jennifer Lundgren, the librarian, and Toni Kyle, third grade teacher, befriended him.  
   Chandler Unified School District - (2018-2019) Tonya Lawson, CUSD bus driver, recently collected books from the community to have for all the kids on her bus route. Her original intent was to motivate the kids to behave, but it has turned into a huge gift for the kids, encouragement and recognition to them all. She stated the rewards are working well, it is especially heartwarming to see the older kids read to the younger kids.  
   Chandler Unified School District - (2018-2019) Twenty-one schools participated in the CUSD elementary choral festival at the Chandler Center for the Arts last week. Megan Vogus, choir teacher at Basha Elementary was key in organizing the event. This festival is a long running tradition music teachers at the elementary level have established to provide choir students with a chance to enrich their choral experience. The students attending were able to perform onstage at the Chandler Center for the Arts, work with a clinician on rehearsal techniques, learn choreography for a final performance, and sing in groups with students from other schools. They saw a performance done by several choirs from Perry High School, encouraging students to continue with choir at the secondary level.  
   Conley Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Jayden Vo and Christian Gomez of the Conley Circuit Breakers robotics team sponsored by John Flores, the Vex IQ Winner in the Robotics Competition at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Elite Performance Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winner Leila Tensuan who won 3rd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Power of Fruits and Vegetables. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Frye Elementary - (2018-2019) First graders make a Prioritize: Put First Things First presentation at Frye Elementary Leadership Day.  
   Fulton Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Tyler Mesias, Maci Maruca and Hannah Rahamim who won 3rd Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled This Experiment Will Blow You Away!. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Fulton Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Lexi Factor, Addison Sroufe and Chloe Chapman who won 3rd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Icy Flask. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Galveston Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Alonda Barocio, Ester Jimenez, Emanuel Jiemenz, Angelo Fimbres, Gregorio Hernandez and Jesus Gutierrez of the Galveston Team All-a-bot-it sponsored by Dana Shaw, First Lego League Robotics Competition winners at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Haley Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Jessica Wright's 4th grade class who was awarded the Grand Canyon University Invention Convention Award for the entry Got drama? Feel good! in the Invention Convention at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Haley Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Kelty Bartholomew, Nathan Watson and Loper Jordan who won 2nd Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled How Absorbent is your Diaper?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Haley Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Julia Fountain, Lilly Watson and Henley Coyle who won 3rd Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Pain Pain Go Away. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Anshul Verma who won 1st Place in Biochemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Reducing Food Waste Using Cloud Analytics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Maggie Han who won 1st Place in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Microbiome Profiling of Saliva Samples from Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Ashlyn Wang who won 1st Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Gelatin pHacts. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Matthew Torel who won 1st Place in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Interferon Gamma and Eosinophil Cells. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Rishabh Guttal who won 1st Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Sugarcane Waste as a Potential Oil Adsorbent: Characterization of an Effective and Sustainable Approach to Controlling Oil Spills. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Shruti Ramkumar who won 1st Place in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Smartphone Enabled, Low Cost, Novel Approach to Monitoring Air Quality. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Joshua Grumski who won 1st Place in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Effect of the Number of Hidden Layers of Efficiency in a Convolutional Neural Network. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Thilina Balasooriya and Pranav Mantri who won 1st Place in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled IoT Based Smart Watering System. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Dravid Navale who won 1st Place in Materials Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Geopolymer Nanoaggregate and Nano-Zero Valent Iron Carcinogen Remover/Absorber. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Michael Chung and Shivam Mohite who won 1st Place in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Zeno What I Mean Riemann?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Matthew Layne and Vinay Raman who won 1st Place in Microbiology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Novel Way to Approach the Bio-Degradation of Oil Spills Implementing Ultra Archaeabacteria and its Effect on the Difference in Interfacial Tension of Oil. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alexander Gonzalez who won 1st Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled An Integrated Environment on Mars for Visualizing Ground-Based and Orbital Planetary Data. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Grace Zhang who won 1st Place in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled A Framework for Proactive Cyber-Attack Prediction by Mining Dark Web Threat Intelligence. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Devrath Iyer who won 2nd Place in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Automatically Analyzing Open-Ended Survey Responses using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Mindy Long who won 2nd Place in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled What's in your blood?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Benjamin Voller-Brown and Roshan Sanyal who won 2nd Place in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Investigating the ability to prevent lysis of influenza through the integration of gold nanoparticles. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Aris Zhu and Shreya Tripathi who won 2nd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Biochar Filtrate: A Novel Approach to Lead Absorption. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winners Garrett Young, Shristi Garg and Aditi Vannela who won 2nd Place in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Algae Biofuel Productivity. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Alyssa Wong and Candice DeCuna who won 2nd Place in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Sizes of Wind Turbine Blades on the Number of Complete Rotations. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Rujuta Sane and Bianca Ashar who won 2nd Place in Materials Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol on a Starch Based Polymer. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Risha Bhoite who won 2nd Place in Materials Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Polymeric Carbohydrate on Tensile Strength and Decomposition of Bioplastics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Shaun Victor who won 2nd Place in Microbiology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Are Your Cells Stressed?. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Sherif Elsayed who won 2nd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Fertilizer Solutions on the Rate of Growth of Tomato, Arugula, and Coriander. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Sanjana Sarkar and Andy Wong who won 2nd Place in Systems Software at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Trafficking Light: Putting a Stop to the Vehicles of Human Trafficking Online. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Shreyas Konanki and Deval Deliwala who won 3rd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Magnetism on the Regeneration of Planaria. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Ika Lin who won 3rd Place in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of the Type of Starch Used in the Production of Bioplastics on the Durability of Bioplastics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Benjamin Tung who won 3rd Place in Embedded Systems at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Gameboy Zero: a Retro Gaming Emulator. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winners Akshay Murali, Tejas Singh and Gautam Sethi who won 3rd Place in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Application of Natural Ingredients to Remove Impurities in Water. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alina Chisti who won 3rd Place in Microbiology at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Sustainable Alternatives to Agrochemicals: The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer versus Rhizobium Bacteria on Plant Growth. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Savar Sinha who won 3rd Place in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Ising Spin Model: From Ferromagnets to Financial Markets. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Jerry Sun who won 3rd Place in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Squiggling in the Air: A Fickle Approach to Biometric Security. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Maggie Han who won Best of Fair: Biological in Biomedical and Health at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Microbiome Profiling of Saliva Samples from Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 12th Grade award winner Samihan Dani who won Honorable Mention in Energy: Chemical at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Ammonia Gas Delivery via Composite Hollow Fiber Membranes for Microalgal Cultivation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner Michael Randolph who won Honorable Mention in Engineering Mechanics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Variable Metal Width and Space on Quality Factor of Spiral Inductors. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winner William Napolitano who won Honorable Mention in Mathematics at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect of Different Income Tax Percentages on Gross National Product. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Annika Buelt who won Honorable Mention in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Effect a Racket Dampener has on the Amount of Vibration in a Tennis Racket. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 11th Grade award winner Travis Zhang who won Honorable Mention in Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled GAN-based Synthetic Medical Image Augmentation for Increased CNN Performance in Skin Cancer Classification. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Alexander Gonzalez who won Intel Innovator Award in Physics and Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled An Integrated Environment on Mars for Visualizing Ground-Based and Orbital Planetary Data. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 10th Grade award winner Arthur Yang who won SRP Engineering Award in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Investigating Geobacter Sulfurreducens For Simultaneous Soil Bioremediation and Power Generation. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 9th Grade award winners Thilina Balasooriya and Pranav Mantri who won Water Wise Award in Environmental Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled IoT Based Smart Watering System. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Three Hamilton teams, each composed of four to five students, competed at the Arizona Science Bowl Competition on Saturday, February 23. Team 1, composed of Michael Chen, Karina Yang, Christian Vu, Nagaprasad Rudrapatna, and Omkar Arasaiah, placed 4th overall!  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton Dance Company Varsity Jazz, and Varsity Hip Hop and the Hamilton Cheer Pomline, Varsity Pom (small), won state titles at the Arizona State Cheer and Pom competition. It was Hamilton's sixth straight win in the jazz competition.  
   Hamilton High - (2018-2019) Hamilton High's one-in-four benefit gala on February 8 had approximately 120 attendees from Hamilton, local businesses and the Chandler community. The gala was held at a private residence and raised funds for the Hamilton High homeless fund, which exists to provide students and their families with financial and crisis support intervention and resources.  
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Fifth grade students at Hull Elementary pitched their innovative creations to "Shark Tank" in preparation for the Chandler Innovation Fair.  
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Enzo Borrego who won 2nd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Laser Beams. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Annie Andersen who won 3rd Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Tortoiseshell Cat Genetics. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Christian Earl and Alexander Ngo who won 3rd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Electrolyte Extravaganza. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Addison Baltodano who won 3rd Place in Physics & Astronomy at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Simple Harmonic Motion. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Sierra Powers who won Honorable Mention in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Daphnia Magnificent. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Hull Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Emma Schmidt who won Honorable Mention in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Music Media. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Jacobson Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Nathan Nguyen, Andrew Nelson and Luke Jones who won 2nd Place in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled The Brawl of the Brilliant Voice Assistants. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Jacobson Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Alex Huang and Abhijay (Jay) Tambe who won 3rd Place in Computer Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Going Green on Laptops. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Jacobson Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners James Belardo, Kyle Ray and Ziyad Hassan who won 3rd Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Shinguard Shenanigans. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Jacobson Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Caroline Ritchie and Reese Whyte who won Honorable Mention in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled pH Problem. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Ceyda Oz, Neil Joshi and Shreyas Bhatt who won 1st Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Toxic Waters:The Effects of Water Pollution on Algae. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Ashwin Iyengar, Aditya Malge and Jordan Serres-Gonzalez who won 1st Place in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Energy Of The Future. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Manasi Mouli Reva Shah Alex Hu who won 1st Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Fertilizer On Fenugreek. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Emma Weiss and Disha Sankhla who won 1st Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Toxic Beauty. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Colin Shunk and Noah Burboz who won 2nd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Aquatic Plants or Terrestrial Plants. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Maya Komenaka, Sanskriti Dobriyal and Gabriela Sheffield who won 3rd Place in Plant Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Hydroponics: A Sustainable Source for Growing Plants. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to Pranav Samanthapudi, Greyson Cagle and Samik Mathur in Sara Zion's 5th grade class who were awarded the Waymo Invention Award for the entry Wildfire Prevention Device in the Invention Convention at the 2019 Chandler Innovation Fair. CIF 2019 Award Winners 
   Knox Gifted Academy - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Siya Poddar and Kennedy In who won Honorable Mention in Behavioral & Social Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Naturally Needing Nature. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Alexis Lemus and Ruby Copeland who won 1st Place in Animal Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Plastic-Eating Worms. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Sadie Hartman and Ashlyn Endicott who won 1st Place in Earth & Planetary Science at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Efficacious Erosion. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 5th Grade award winners Preston Womatopolous, Tyler Lavigne and Jacob Rosales who won 2nd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Solar Oven. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Jack Gerovac who won 2nd Place in Chemistry at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Glowing Reactions. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Carter Henry and Trey Howardell who won 2nd Place in Mathematical Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Probability Possibilities. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winner Riley Wiggins who won 2nd Place in Medicine & Health Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled pH in Cheese. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners Jacqueline Reynolds, Paige Watson and Yami Johnson who won 3rd Place in Environmental Sciences at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Micro-Problem. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
   Navarrete Elementary - (2018-2019) Congratulations to 6th Grade award winners David Richter, Garrett Silvertooth and Tate Carpenter who won Honorable Mention in Engineering at the 2019 Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF) for the project titled Length vs Strength. HISEF 2019 Award Winners 
  

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