Anjali Chandra with her Honors biology teacher Linda Dizer.
GPS students walked away with the most awards and the Senior and Junior Division plaques in the Chattanooga Regional and Science Engineering Fair, at the 60th annual event, held in March at UTC. In addition, freshman Anjali Chandra won first place in the Medicine and Health category, placed second overall at the fair, and was awarded an all-expenses paid trip to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in May in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Science department chair Linda Dizer said that the trip is “an opportunity for Anjali to see serious research her peers around the world have accomplished.” Anjali worked with a professor from UTC on how the aluminum compounds found in deodorant affect cell division and development of a small water animal.
Upper School students in the Honors Biology and Honors Chemistry classes won over a dozen awards, and several award winners received cash prizes for their hard work. The City of Chattanooga Future Environmentalist Award went to freshman Meagan Oscar, and a group of Bruisers won a field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium’s isolation/breeding and raising area. Nine middle school students won named awards, and 11 placed first (six), second (four), or third (one) in the category competition.
Three special awards in the junior division went to eighth grader Christina Love: the ATA Hap Arnold Award which she shared with Sarah McDougal; the Navy Award, and the Broadcom Masters Award, which she shared with Lucy St. Charles. Christina was the first place grand prize winner in the Junior Division.
Chemistry teacher Keith Sanders reports that one official of the fair said in terms of documents that accompany the project displays, no other group was close to GPS in the quality and professionalism of their written reports.
Christina Love with her teacher Pamela Wilson