EBS STAFF
BUTTE – Ninth grade students from
Lone Peak High School recently competed at the Montana Tech Regional Science
and Engineering Fair on March 5. Competing for the first time in school
history, 34 LPHS students showcased 19 different projects, earning a second-place
finish overall in the small school’s division.
Projects by Lindsey Blackurn, Jaiden
Spence and Pierce Farr, Gus Hammond, Max Romney, and Ben Saad earned bronze
medal honors. Skylar Manka and Katrina Lang captured silver medal honors with
their project, “Holding back a Landslide.” Maddie Cone, Avery Dickerson and
Myla Hoover brought home gold medal honors for their project focusing on
washing machines and microplastics.
Many other LPHS student projects
earned various accolades and cash prizes at the event as well. Distinctions
included Air Force awards, best water-related science research project,
and best ninth through twelfth grade project related to human health and the
environment, to name a few.
