[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE STUDENT WINNERS OF THE 1997 EXPLORAVISION AWARDS

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 1997

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, for the recognition of their 
achievement, I am inserting into the Record the names of the student 
winners of the 1997 ExploraVision awards:

                   1997 First Place Finalist Winners

       Sacred Heart Academy, Mt. Pleasant, MI; Grade Level: K-3; 
     Project: Kid Watch; Students: Ashton Bowlby, Cristianna 
     Caleca, Alisa Cwiek, Lawrence Gross; Community Adviser: Gail 
     L. Caleca; Teacher Adviser: Marla A. Schneider.
       Cross Street Elementary School, Williston Park, NY; Grade 
     Level: 4-6; Project: The Trash Tummy-Digesting Garbage for a 
     Healthy Planet; Students: Michele Guido, Robert Lupfer, 
     Shannon Murphy, Jessica Napolitano; Teacher Adviser: Sidney 
     W. Burgreen.
       Central School of Science, Anchorage, AK; Grade Level: 7-9; 
     Project: ORACLE: Optical Revolution and Contact Lens 
     Enhancement; Students: Katie Cueva, Karoline Enzenberger, 
     Christopher Cueva, Nick Shepherd; Community Adviser: Karl A. 
     Augestad; Teacher Adviser: Gail D. Coray.
       University Laboratory High School, Urbana, IL; Grade Level: 
     10-12; Project: The Artificial Vision Restoration System 
     (AVReS)--Eye of the Future; Students: Ranjit Bhagwat, Asad 
     Husain, Anand Sarwate; Teacher Adviser: David M. Stone.


                   1997 second place finalist winners

       Mandeville Elementary School, Mandeville, LA; Grade Level: 
     K-3; Project: Meal-O-Meter: The Future Food Reader; Students: 
     Michael Kelly, Wade Kreider, Kristen Murphy; Community 
     Adviser: Ginny Kelly; Teacher Adviser: Laura K. Fischer.
       Read-Turrentine Elementary School, Silsbee, TX; Grade 
     Level: K-3; Project: Microwave Lunch Kit; Students: Jason 
     Helton, Jordan Deaver, Shea Sapp; Community Adviser: Andy 
     Haidusek; Teacher Adviser: Nelda Doyen.
       Homes Elementary School, San Diego, CA; Grade Level: 4-6; 
     Project: Robo Buoy; Students: Melissa Hopkins, Michael 
     Hrenko, Valerie Jaffee, Rebecca Shadwick; Community Adviser: 
     Steve L. Celle; Teacher Adviser: Diana L. Celle.
       Clara Byrd Elementary School, Williamsburg, VA; Grade 
     Level: 4-6; Project: Mission Impossible; Students: Meghan 
     Antol, Claire Heidt, Kyle Ellis, Chris Wahl; Community 
     Adviser: Jeffery J. Antol; Teacher Adviser: Jennifer E. Kim.
       Vancouver Talmud Torah School, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Grade 
     Level: 7-9; Project: M&M's: Magnetic Medicines Buckyball 
     Therapy in the 21st Century; Students: Isaac Elias, Carly 
     Glanzberg, Robyn Massel, Barry Wohl; Community Adviser: 
     Sanford M. Wohl; Teacher Adviser: Elazar Reshef.
       John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO; Grade Level: 7-9; 
     Project: RST-Rapid Salmonella Tester; Students: Pafi Nemes, 
     Alex Permutt, LeRoy J. Stromberg III, Everett Stuckey; 
     Community Adviser: Dr. Scott S. Heinzel; Teacher Adviser: 
     Mary E. Harris.
       University of Detroit Jesuit High School, Detroit, MI; 
     Grade Level: 10-12; Project: Magnetorheological Fluids in 
     Automotive Applications; Students: James Kirt, Brett Lee, 
     Bill Schlotter, Daniel Tremitiere; Teacher Adviser: Father 
     James R. Kurtz, SJ.
       Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA; Grade Level: 10-12; 
     Project: New Arms and Legs; Students: Holly Deng, Wilson Mok, 
     Eric Wong, Jimmy Yam; Teacher Adviser: Ray A. Hill.

     

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