Published Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
Twelve students qualified for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Science’s State Science Fair on April 18.
Eighty-one students from five area schools competed during the Nebraska Junior Academy of Science’s (NJAS) Northeast Regional Science Fair held March 22 at Wayne State College.
Twelve students received invitations to NJAS’s State Science Fair on April 18. 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, Oakland-Craig 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 12 state qualifiers are listed and so are the two alternate state qualifiers:
Allen Consolidated Schools
Tucker Anderson (Alternate – State Qualifier)
Grace Ankeny
Kaelyn Ankeny (State Qualifier)
Aybree Graves
Kristina Hogue
Leah Johnson
Logan Kraemer
Carter McNear
Hailey Millard
Ellise Niemann
Hank Niemann
Erika Pojar
Cora Ridenour
Carlee Stanley
Emma Webb
Lyons-Decatur Northeast
Ryanna Bacon
Colten Brehmer
Kenley Brink
Brogan Burback
Bryannda Chavira
Ivan Chizek
Izzy Christensen
McKenzie Christianson
Carter Cooper
Noah Erickson
Dakotta Erickson
Aiden Fisher
Brylee Hayes
Skylar Hollman
Hunter Jensen
Kellyn Knaak
Blake Lauritsen
Jaxsen Liles
Cali Madsen
Cameron Maryott (State Qualifier)
Emily Mendez
Carsyn Miller
Kaylin Miller (State Qualifier)
Chance Mock (State Qualifier)
Parker Norton
Peyton Petersen
Miranda Prieto
Hoss Punke
Brody Richardson
Isabelle Schrader
Jaylynn Simonsen
KayLei Svendsen (State Qualifier)
Alexander Timm
Caroline Timm (State Qualifier)
Kaylee Tomka (State Qualifier)
Regina Tomka
Mckennah Tuttle
Jaidyn Weber
Newman Grove Junior/Senior High School
Jayden Benson and Madysen Wiese (State Qualifier)
Ella Jarecki
Isabella Santarosa (Alternate – State Qualifier)
Serenity Strong (State Qualifier)
Oakland-Craig Junior/Senior High School
Talmage Hansen and Patrick Rayburn
Wayne Community Schools
Zoe Bolles
Kamden Dobbins
Isaac Fowle
Callen Gamble
Isaiah Hansen
Elizabeth Hix
Dreu Jensen
Gracyn Johnson
Alivia Kesting
Madilyn Korth
Daniel Kuchta (State Qualifier)
Grady Maas (State Qualifier)
Lainey Meyer
Sidney Nelson (State Qualifier)
Hunter Nolte
Kyler Parker
Liam Rockhill
Kynlee Schmale
Brayden Stegemann
Myles Tiedtke
Landon Woehler