Dixie Fifth Graders Win Grand Prize at Science Fair

Three fifth graders from Dixie Elementary School took home the grand prize in the Marin County Elementary Science Fair.

Blake Benson, Nick Cauz and Jack De Graves won in environmental science for thie project "Lead Is In What?" There were 150 projects entered in the fair for fourth through sixth grade students. The projects were on display at in San Rafael on March 27.

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Other winners include:

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Grade 4        

First Place: Abby Lauter, Brookside School Upper Campus

Second Place: Grace Reilly, St. Rita School

Third Place: Hannah Kaye/Sydney West, Brookside School Upper Campus

Grade 5        

First Place: Charlotte Willin, St. Rita School

Second Place: Eli Larson, Old Mill School

Third Place: Hayden Hallatt, Good Shepherd Lutheran School

Grade 6

Third Place: Castor Hetfield/Chase King,  Saint Mark’s School; Antonia Thomson, St. Anselm School

ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Grade 4

Second Place: Max Neeley, Old Mill School

Grade 6        

Second Place: Parker Leon, Ross School

Third Place: Haley Catton, Ross School

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Grade 4

First Place: Victor Pilgaard/Quinn Wiley,  Dixie Elementary School

Second Place: Spencer Benjamin/Jason Tighe, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School

Third Place:Sophie Bryan/Abby Hakewill/Sabrina Gelini,  Vallecito Elementary School

Grade 5

Second Place: Jessie Collins/Mira Buchholz, Vallecito Elementary School; Julian Haggard, St. Rita School

Third Place: Sam Knapp, Good Shepherd Lutheran School

Grade 6

First Place:  Christopher Mothersill, St. Rita School

Second Place: William Drury/Matthew Hansen, Saint Mark’s School; Anika Kaplan, St. Anselm School; Ben Foehr/Mitchell Tanaka, Miller Creek Middle School

Third Place: Dane Goodman,Ross School; Leah Martin, St. Rita School; Stella Orr, Ross School; Patrick Swallow, Miller Creek Middle School

LIFE SCIENCE 

Grade 4        

First Place: Johnny Troller, Vallecito Elementary School

Second Place: Jenna Evans/Alana Slanec, Dixie Elementary School; Charlotte Marsh, Rancho Elementary School

Third Place: Elsa Dunn/Amanda Eriksson,  Mary E. Silveira Elementary School                                        

Grade 5        

First Place: Jay Salvi, Good Shepherd Lutheran School

Second Place: Cindy Escobar/Anna Qiu, Vallecito Elementary School

Third Place: Nicole Baird-White, Good Shepherd Lutheran School; Cole Parker, Vallecito Elementary School

Grade 6        

First Place: Jack Wight, St. Anselm School               

Second Place: Tiyler Clar/Zhulin Dixon, St. Raphael School; Anya Sriram, Saint Mark’s School

Third Place: Daniel Brown/Camden Pettijohn, Miller Creek Middle School; Eric Stoner, St. Anselm School; Tori Tarantino, St. Anselm School   

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Grade 4

First Place: Shoshana Harlem,  Mary E. Silveira Elementary School

Second Place: Caj Holt/Jack Reuter/Ethan Yurke/Ethan Zanghi,    Brookside School Upper Campus; Molly Madden, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School; Kristina Poliseri/Isabelle Kenny, Vallecito Elementary School

Third Place: Aurelia Moriyama-Gurish, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School; Sofia Kakleas ,Dixie Elementary School; Kathryn Whitten, Dixie Elementary School

Grade 5

First Place: Bennett Flynn,  Old Mill School; Reece Foehr/Tyler Yu/Daniel Wiltey, Dixie Elementary School

Second Place: Adeline Ellison, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School; Myla Gupta, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School; William Todebush, Old Mill School

Third Place: Geoffrey Brunell/Sean Lane-Bortell, Mary E. Silveira Elementary School; Matt Erickson/Rylen Karchem, Dixie Elementary School; Sofia Reis, Old Mill School; Scarlett Trnka, Old Mill School

Grade 6

First Place: Antony Bechet/Patrick Wallace, Miller Creek Middle School; Amelia Tierney/Elias Goudey, Saint Mark’s School

Second Place: Kendall Kobalter, Saint Mark’s School; Athena Manthouli, Saint Hilary Elementary School;Nathan Roll, Miller Creek Middle School; Chloe Walter, Miller Creek Middle School

Third Place: Sophie Daffern, Ross School; Malaika Kirkwood, Ross School