PMHS Students Participate in Banner Day, Qualify for State Competition

From PMHS: Pelham Memorial High School’s Science Research program had a banner day competing on Feb. 4 at the Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium with five of eight participating students qualifying for the state competition to be held in March.

The students competed at John Jay High School against more than 400 of their peers, sharing their power points and poster board’s explaining their research into complex topics such as behavior, genetics, physical science, biology, medicine, engineering environmental and biochemistry.

Science Research teacher Steve Beltecas praised the students, as well as science teacher Joe DiBello and the District’s Director of Science and Mathematics Dr. Tom Callahan for the program’s success.

“All of our students were awesome and validated that we are one of the best research programs in the State,” Beltecas said. “I would like to extend a special thank you to Joe DiBello and Tom Callahan for all of their hard work and hours spent working with our students to help put us back on top.”

Below are the results from the WR-JSHS Competition:

Senior PPT Presenters (moving on to States)

• James Chandler, 1st place - Biology
  

Genetic Differentiation in Scarlet Macaws (Ara Macao)

• Megan Ploch, 1st place - Environmental Science

Solar Powered UV-c Treatment for Bacteria in Stormwater Overflow

• Sarah Jacobson, 2nd place - Medicine and Health

Characterization of New B7 Immune-checkpoints in the Tumor Microenvironment of Human Carcinoid and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

• Ehsan Ahmed, 3rd place - Cell and Molecular Biology / Biochemistry

WNT3 Activation and GSK3 Inhibition Promote Myelination in Preterm Rabbits with Intraventricular Hemorrhage

• Rachel Radvany, 5th place - Cell and Molecular Biology / Biochemistry

Myosin - IIA Heavy Chain Phosphorylation on Serine 1943 Regulates Invadopodium Formation

Junior Poster Board Session Winners

• Jillian Harrison, 2nd place – Behavior
  
• Samantha Tsang, 2nd place - Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Sam Imperato, 3rd place - Physical Science

Photo courtesy of PMHS