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NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Jeanne Kraft
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2015
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Paris ISD Students win honors at Region 8 Science Fair Seven Paris ISD students won four 1st place awards and three 2nd place awards at the Region 8 Science Fair hosted by the Education Service Center in Pittsburg on February 10. All first through third place award winning students in grades 5-8 advance to the East Texas Regional Science Fair (ETRSF) at Kilgore College on Feb. 27. The ETRSF is an International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) sanctioned event. The following students took top honors in their categories for their respective grades:
GRADE 4 5 6 7 7 8 9
NAME Caroline Petrikas Hana Syed James Petrikas Madeline Petrikas Andrew Fasken Sahil Prakash Zain Syed
AWARD 2nd Place, Behavioral/Biological 1st Place, Behavioral/Biological 1st Place Physical/Chemical 2nd Place Behavioral/Biological 2nd Place Physical/Chemical 1st Place Behavioral/Biological 1st Place Behavioral/Biological
SCHOOL Aikin Elementary Crockett Intermediate Crockett Intermediate Paris Junior High Paris Junior High Paris Junior High Paris High School
Top row: Fourth grader Caroline Petrikas placed second in the Behavioral/Biological category, fifth grader Hana Syed placed first in the Behavioral/Biological category, and sixth grader James Petrikas placed first in the Physical/Chemical category. Bottom row: Seventh grader Madeline Petrikas placed second in the Behavioral/Biological category, seventh grader Andrew Fasken placed second in the Physical/Chemical category, eighth grader Sahil Prakash placed first in the Behavioral/Biological category and ninth grader Zain Syed placed first in the Behavioral/Biological category.