St. Joseph High School Takes Home the
Gold Cup at the 68th Annual Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair
2007

The St. Joseph High School science team caught the attention of the crowd as they arrived at the Awards ceremony on Saturday morning, many dressed in khakis and light blue shirts declaring themselves to be "nerds" belonging to the SJHS Science Department.  By the end of the Awards Ceremony, everyone knew we were more than just a group of well-dressed competitors.  SJHS walked away with the Senior Division Gold Cup declaring us to be the high school with the most winning entries. 

We were the team that won six category awards which includes six medals and a total of $425 in cash, over a $130,000 in scholarship monies, $250 and five medals in sponsor awards, two Associate Scientists Trophies, an opportunity for one of our students to be honored a the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Awards dinner, an opportunity for one of our students to enter the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Competition at the State level, an affiliate sponsor award and a collegiate award.

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Awards

Most Winning Entries in the Senior Division
St. Joseph High School
Trophy and Cash Award to Mrs. Greco

Category Awards

Biology - Senior Division
Bronze Medal - Karlee Gustafson
Honorable Mention - Nathan Catalano

Chemistry - Senior Division
Honorable Mention - Lauren Brock

Medicine/Health/Microbiology - Senior Division
Bronze Medal - Chris Sparacino

Physics - Senior Division
Bronze Medal - Angelica Matta

Earth/Space/Environment - Senior Division
Silver Medal - Matthew Orlowski

(Bronze Award receive a medal and $75,
Honorable Mentions receive a medal and $25)

Perseverance Awards
Karlee Gustafson and Louis Greco received trophies in recognition
of being named Associate Scientists.  This award recognizes their
participation in PRSEF for four years.

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Scholarships

Lauren Brock
Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-College Program Scholarship valued at $5,377
This scholarship can be utilized for the Advanced Placement/Early Action Program, which is a program in which students can take two regular Carnegie Mellon classes for full credit
St. Francis University Science Fair Scholarship
$1,000 a year

Angelica Matta
Allegheny College
Trustee Science Scholarship
minimum annual amount of $12,500
Duquesne University
Advanced Credit Honors Initiative
Robert Morris University Scholarship

Matthew Orlowski
Duquesne University
$10,000 - renewable annually
Geneva College
$2,000
Robert Morris University Scholarship
St. Vincent College Science Fair Scholarship
$2,000 per year
Theil College
$4,000 Theil Scientist Scholarship - renewable
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg University Scholarship
$2,000-$5,000 renewable

Alison Pavilonis
Penn State Beaver
$1,000 Blue and White Scholarship

Kristen Pelczar
St. Francis University Science Fair Scholarship
$1,000 per year
St. Vincent College Science Fair Scholarship
$2,000 per year

Christopher Sparacino
Penn State Beaver
$1,000 Blue and White Scholarship

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Sponsor Awards

Lauren Brock
Dental Association of Western Pennsylvania
$50.00 and medal

Colleen Fisher
American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Division
$50.00 and medal

Matthew Orlowski
Mascaro Construction Company
$50.00 and medal
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Matt can now apply to the State Competition

Erin Rapsinski
Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
$50 and medal
Erin will also be honored at the Society's Annual Awards Dinner

Stephanie Shetler
Pittsburgh Society for Coatings Technology
$50.00 and medal

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Affiliate Sponsor Awards

Clare Barkowski
United States Army Certificate of Achievement
for an outstanding science project

Louis Greco
United States Army First Place in Environmental Science

Richard Vaerewyck
Collegiate Award

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Participants

Clare Barkowski
Frank Borland
Lauren Brock
Nathan Catalano
Nicole Englert
Colleen Fisher
Dana Golembiewski
Louis Greco
Karlee Gustafson
Angelica Matta
Matthew Orlowski
Alison Pavilonis
Mallory Pavilonis
Kristen Pelczar
Erin Rapsinski
Stephanie Shetler
Christopher Sparacino
Sarah Straub
Richard Vaerewyck
Kevin Voller

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