Four schools participated in the fair on March 28, with 16 students being invited to the state science fair on April 24.
Seventy-eight students from Northeast Nebraska schools competed during the Nebraska Junior Academy of Science’s (NJAS) Northeast Regional Science Fair held March 28 at Wayne State College.
Sixteen science projects received invitations to NJAS’s State Science Fair on April 24. Schools participating in the Northeast Regional Science Fair at Wayne State were Allen Consolidated Schools, Lyons-Decatur Northeast School, Newman Grove Junior/Senior High School, and Wayne Community Schools.
As an affiliate of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, the NJAS seeks to stimulate science education and to encourage young people to become involved in science, according to the NJAS handbook.
A list of students who competed at the Northeast Regional Science Fair are listed below. The 16 state qualifiers are noted below and so are the three alternates:
Allen Consolidated Schools
Grace Ankeny (State Qualifier)
Kaelyn Ankeny (State Qualifier)
Aybree Graves (State Qualifier)
Leah Johnson
Logan Kraemer (State Qualifier)
Carter McNear (Alternate)
Ellise Niemann (State Qualifier)
Hank Niemann
Erika Pojar
Mason Rastede
Cora Ridenour (State Qualifier)
Jude Ridenour (State Qualifier)
Carlee Stanley
Cheyenne Sullivan
Lyons-Decatur Northeast School
Delaney Anderson
Ryanna Bacon (Alternate)
Florida Bibbs
Colten Brehmer
Bryannda Chavira-Prieto
Ivan Chizek
Mckenzie Christenson
Charlotte Dolezal
Dakotta Erickson
Rylee Forrester
Kade French
Kellyn Knaak (State Qualifier)
Brooke Larson
Jaxsen Liles
Cali Madsen
Meika Maryott
Autumn McCullock
Emily Mendez
Carsyn Miller
Cassidy Miller
Kaylin Miller (State Qualifier)
Janaveev Myers
Peyton Peterson
Archie Pond
Hoss Punke (State Qualifier)
LilliAnn Rief
Angel Sandoval
Kaytee Stewart
Alexander Timm (State Qualifier)
Carolyn Timm (State Qualifier)
Kaylee-Renae Tomka (State Qualifier)
McKennah Tuttle
Tucker Vhlidal
Majenta Volkmer
Newman Grove Junior/Senior High School
Jayahn Banks
Jayden Benson and Maddy Wiese (State Qualifier)
Savannah Douglas
Pierce Fehringer
Owen Flood
Jace Forre
Elia Jarecki
Abby Matson (Alternate)
Ariyana Potmesil
Isabella Santarosa (State Qualifier)
Cash Sweeter
Morely Warren
Wayne Community Schools
Molly Allemann
Jonah Davis
Ava Eilers
Sadi Fredrickson
Avery Gubbels
Rhys Hanish
Isaiah Hanson
Dreu Jensen
Reagan McManigal
Lainey Meyer
Daniel Kuchta (State Qualifier)
Sarah Kuchta
Benjamin Patefield
Kian Pick
Liam Rockhill
Ashlyn Trautman
Penelope Zavada-Cupp