BOCA RATON — Loggers’ Run Middle School students have earned more than 50 awards in 11 different county, state and national competitions.
The awards were for both individual and team performance in a variety of competitions. LRMS students swept 1st through 3rd twice and were recognized by national organizations and industry leaders such as Scripps Florida, the US Navy, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and two separate engineering associations.
Driving towards academic excellence started last December as 19 LRMS students earned 24 awards at Palm Beach County’s Science and Engineering Fair. Leading the way was Anton Relin and Nick Askin, two Pre-Medical Academy students, placing first in the mathematics and chemistry, respectively. Both earned special awards from Scripps Florida.
Anton and Nick then competed at the State of Science and Engineering Fair along with 600 other middle school students where they both earned 6th place in the respective categories.
David Lott, Kristina Askin, Olivia Tran (also the NOAA award), Austin Wright (also, the Astrological Society award), and Brittany Fischer placed 2nd, Alana O’Brien, Xavier Martinez (also, American Society of Sugar Cane Technologist award), James Fogarty (also, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Engineers and the US Navy – Submarine Division awards) and Ilana Szlamkowicz placed 3rd, Carissa Deranek (also, the US Navy – Submarine Division award), Amanda Blum (also, the PBC Steering Committee award), Phoebe Gould and Jenna Levine placed 4th and Matthew Silversmith, Kristen Vitagliano, Amanda Topolski and Dylan Mackey earned honorable mention at the county science fair.
This is the 7th consecutive year Loggers’ Run’s students earned first place at the county fair and represented Palm Beach County at the state science fair.
Early in 2011, the Language Arts Academic Team, Math Academic Team and Robotics teams all competed and were successful at the county competitions. Language Arts and Math Teams both took 4th place.
The robotics team, competing for the first time, earned the Team Spirit award. At the county Language Arts competition, Brittany Fischer earned an honorable mention and a perfect score at the national competition in Linguishtics. Ryan McCurry also earned an honorable mention at the county math games.
Starting in January and running through early May, LRMS students dominated all levels of the social studies competitions. The team placed first among all middle schools at the county competition and LRMS students Anton Relin, Brittany Fischer and John Webster swept 1st. 2nd, and 3rd and went to both state and national competitions.
The team placed 2nd at the state competition where Anton and Brittany placed 2nd and 8th respectively. At the national competition, the LRMS World Events team earned 1st place and Anton and Brittany tied for 2nd individually. Brittany Fischer also earned a 7th place in the Presidents competition.
In two highly regarded essay contests, LRMS students combined their writing skills, social studies knowledge and creativity. Kelsi Day, Hannah Doyal, and Noelle Hoffman earned 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the middle school division of the annual Fair Housing Open Hearts and Open Neighborhoods Essay Contest sponsored by the Palm Beach County Realtors Association. In addition, Hannah Doyal earned a 2nd place award in the Bill of Rights Essay Contest.
“How proud we are for the wonderful accomplishments achieved by our students,” said Richard Kabinoff, Academy director.