2023 FMS District Science Fair Results

FMS, below are the lists of winners of the 2023 FMS District Science Fair Awards, which took place on Saturday, February 4, at Piedra Vista High School. Twenty-eight students will represent Farmington Municipal Schools at the San Juan Regional Science Fair on March 3 & 4, 2023. Click here to view this year's amazing 3D projects from our students and sponsors.

San Juan Regional Science Fair Overall Division Winners

  • 2023 Science Fair Sponsor of the Year: Amy DeWees
  • Overall Division Winner – Lower Elementary: Brandon Lee
  • Overall Division Winner – Upper Elementary: Jude Elmore
  • Overall Division Winner – Junior: Ryan Loney
  • Overall Division Winner – Senior: June Loukinas

In the photo: Students at Ladera del Norte participate in virtual interviews for the District Science Fair on Friday, February 3, 2023.

 

FMS District Science Fair Results By Category

*Students who qualified to compete at the San Juan Regional Science Fair

 

Animal Sciences

  • *First Place: Olive Todacheeny (Animas Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Aliyah Yazzie (Animas Elementary School)

Behavioral & Social Science

  • *First Place: Tommy Henry (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Aaron Tsinigine (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Emily Boognl (Hermosa Middle School)
  • *Second Place: AB Torres (Mesa View Middle School)
  • *Second Place: Alejandro Magallanes (Mesa View Middle School)

Botany

  • *First Place: Ryan Loney (Heights Middle School)
  • First Place: David Westbrook (Mesa Verde Elementary School)
  • First Place: Brandon Lee (Bluffview Elementary School)
  • First Place: Antecia Nakai (Animas Elementary School)
  • *Second Place: Mya Sandoval (Mesa View Middle School)
  • Second Place: Cooper Curtis (Mesa Verde Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Leila Giebitz (McKinley Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Brexton Fine (McKinley Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Ashlynn Thrower (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)

Chemistry

  • *First Place: Ryker Burns (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Lucas Serna (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Maggie Goodsell (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Andrea Hammond (Mesa View Middle School)
  • *First Place: June Loukinas (San Juan College High School)
  • First Place: Joseph Sypher (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • First Place: David Decker (Northeast Elementary School)
  • First Place: Hailey Coleman (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • First Place: Sophia Stallings (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • First Place: Rogue Thompson (Northeast Elementary School)
  • *Second Place: Aaron Mansinas-Camarillo (Mesa View Middle School)
  • *Second Place: Hector Heras (Mesa View Middle School)
  • Second Place: Charley Garrett (McKinley Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Claire Hammond (Bluffview Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Ivanna Demokhina (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Sarah Eberhard (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Third Place: CJ Leyva (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Third Place: Westden Davis (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Payton Jacquez (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Caiden Simpson (Ladera del Norte Elementary
  • Honorable Mention: Cael Johnson (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Callie Patton (Animas Elementary School)

Computers

  • First Place: Daisy Kimlinger (Animas Elementary School)
  • First Place: Marquez Wood (Animas Elementary School)
  • Third Place: Finnigan Raines (Hermosa Middle School)

Earth & Space

  • Second Place: Jed Reynolds (Northeast Elementary)
  • Second Place: Aliyah Porras (Northeast Elementary)
  • Second Place: Thompson Lyanna (Northeast Elementary)

Energy and Transportation

  • First Place: Jude Elmore (Ladera del Norte Elementary)
  • Second Place: Lisa Konda Lutondo (McKinley Elementary)
  • Third Place: Levi Patton (McKinley Elementary)

Engineering

  • *First Place: Amber Bizardie (San Juan College High School)
  • *Second Place: Scarlett Henderson (Hermosa Middle School)

Environmental Science

  • *First Place: Tysn Bluel (McKinley Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Seth Lobato (McKinley Elementary School)
  • First Place: Rebecca Morgan (Animas Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Connor Murphy (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Chance Castaneda (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • Third Place: Ziva Devargas (Animas Elementary School)
  • Third Place: Breklyn Christensen (Hermosa Middle School)
  • Honorable Mention: Alyssa Brown (Mesa View Middle School)

Medicine & Health

  • *First Place: Cambre Kern (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Shaughnessy Yazzie (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Sylas Crawford-Noel (Heights Middle School)
  • First Place: Aliya Kimball (Mesa Verde Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Savannah Collyer (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Sophia Mosley (Esperanza Elementary School) 

Microbiology

  • *First Place: Phoebe Winfrey (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Leyla Palacios (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • *First Place: Drake Rivera (Mesa View Middle School)
  • *First Place: Cassius Montoya (Mesa View Middle School)

Physics & Astronomy

  • *First Place: Gordon Hilton (Northeast Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Jaxon House (Mesa Verde Elementary School)
  • First Place: Deja Flores (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • First Place: Alyssa Cornelison (Ladera del Norte Elementary School)
  • First Place: Emalyn Berry (Bluffview Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Carver Smouse (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • Second Place: Gibram Acosta (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • Third Place: Jackson Jensen (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Kenneth Ocampo Ortiz (Animas Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Urias Harry (Esperanza Elementary School)
  • Honorable Mention: Jeremiah Charley (Northeast Elementary School)

 Zoology

  • *First Place: Ellianna Thornburg (Mesa View Middle School)