Johns Creek Students Dominate Science Fair

Seventeen Johns Creek school science projects — out of 43 overall in Fulton County — are competing in the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair this weekend at the University of Georgia.

After earning first place at the regional level, these 43 projects now advance to the state fair. In the 2011 Fulton County Schools Regional Science and Engineering Fair, nearly 240 budding scientists and engineers competed.

The regional competition was open to students in middle school and high school whose research projects were deemed exemplary at their own school fair. First place winners from Johns Creek schools include:

Junior Division – First Place

Sarah Doverspike – Autrey Mill Middle School

Connor Cable – River Trail Middle School

Aarushi Kalra – River Trail Middle School

J. P. Oberste – River Trail Middle School

Vikram Varadarajan – River Trail Middle School

Cassandra Langmann – Taylor Road Middle School

Danny Caplan – Taylor Road Middle School

Senior Division – First Place

David Mayo and Albert Shaw – Chattahoochee High School

Manasa Bhatta – Chattahoochee High School

Brian Byon – Chattahoochee High School

Abhiti Prabahar and Jenny Di – Johns Creek High School

Malcolm Barnard – Johns Creek High School

Eileen Kim – Johns Creek High School

Siva Movva and Anthony Chen – Northview High School

Sitan Chen – Northview High School

Denise Yoon and Kunal Potnis – Northview High School

Keshav Parwal – Northview High School