Students from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board had a tremendous showing at the 36th Sudbury Regional Science Fair held at Laurentian University recently, laying claim to 18 awards in several categories including, Junior Physical, Junior Life, Senior Life Sciences and Special Awards. Marymount Academy elementary students lead the way collecting a total of eight medals followed closely by the students from St. Charles College with five, St. Francis Catholic School with three. St. Anne and St. Raphael Catholic Schools rounded out the awards with one each.

Mike Csinos, Superintendent of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board presented Aashu Garg and Michael Trevisiol, Grade 7 students at St. Francis Catholic School with the Ontario Power Generation Award. The students’ project entitled, “The Solar” was recognized as the winner in the Power Generation category for the best application of renewable energy or electrical principals to solve a problem in the industrial, commercial or residential fields. The students also won First Place in the Junior Physical Sciences category and were recipients of the Laurentian Physical Science Award.

SCDSB would like to thank all students for their participation in this year’s Regional Science Fair and extend our warmest congratulations to the following students for their dedication to excellence and outstanding achievements.