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