This week, a number of Arlington Public Schools students took home honors in the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Research Symposium at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The students recognized include:

Statistics Award – The Statistics Award is given for the paper that evidences the most significant contribution in the field of Statistics.
Caroline Cunningham; Washington-Lee High School

Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Leake Award in Applied Chemestry – The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Leake Award in Applied Chemistry is given to the author of a research paper which best exemplifies how chemicals, chemical principles, or chemistry have been used, are used, or might be used to enhance or even to save life.
Ryan Mark, Yorktown High School

Infectious Diseases Award – This award is given to commemorate Dr. Smith Shadomy by the Virginia Chapter of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to the paper that evidences outstanding research in the field of infectious diseases.
Caroline Cunningham, Washington-Lee High School

Animal and Human Sciences
Honorable Mention: Delia Curran and Hayley King, Williamsburg Middle School

Chemical Science B
Second Place: Isabelle Van Wagenen, Gunston Middle School

Chemistry A
Second Place: Maya Elby and Mikayla Jones, Washington-Lee High School

Ecology and Earth Sciences
Third Place: Avery Donmoyer, Williamsburg Middle School

Engineering B
Honorable Mention: Jayaprakash Kambhampaty, Washington-Lee High School

Engineering and Math A
Honorable Mention: Anna Westbrook, Williamsburg Middle School

Earth and Environmental Science A
First Place: Skylar Brodowski, Washington-Lee High School

Earth and Environmental Science C
Third Place: Evan Maly, Washington-Lee High School

Earth and Environmental Science D
Third Place: Sydney Rood, Washington-Lee High School
Honorable Mention: Sabrina Shuster, Washington-Lee High School

Human Behavior A
First Place: Grant Harris, Williamsburg Middle School
Honorable Mention: Shushantika Barua, Kenmore Middle School

Human Behavior B
Third Place: Margaret Rappoport, Williamsburg Middle School

Math, Statistics and Computer Science A
Second Place: Caroline Cunningham, Washington-Lee High School
Honorable Mention: Julia Billera, Washington-Lee High School and David Day, Yorktown High School

Math, Statistics and Computer Science B
First Place: Ryan Mark, Yorktown High School

Medicine and Health A
Honorable Mention: Shaelyn Dempsey, Washington-Lee High School

Physical Science A
Second Place: Alexandra Fall, Swanson Middle School
Third Place: William Graf, Williamsburg Middle School
Honorable Mention: Colin Berry, Williamsburg Middle School; Cooper Donovan and Kyle Wilson, Gunston Middle School; and Jocelyn La Force Regli, Williamsburg Middle School

Physical Science B
Honorable Mention: Ari Pearlstein; Jefferson Middle School

Physics A
Second Place: Sylvain Chassagneux, Washington-Lee High School

Honorable Mention: Alexander Galin, Eashington-Lee

Physics B
Honorable Mention: Sarah Russell-Hunter and Kelton Williams, Washington-Lee High School

Plant Science and Microbiology A
First Place: Anuj Khemka, Jefferson Middle School
Honorable Mention: Joshua Golden and Jason Hsu, Swanson Middle School and Spencer Lewis, Gunston Middle School

Plant Science and Microbiology B
First Place: Noah Porter; Williamsburg Middle School

Psychology A
Second Place: Io Kovach, Washington-Lee High School
Honorable Mention: Lindsey Gradowski and Atti Rattleman and Dakota Klapper, Washington-Lee High School

Psychology B
First Place: Nicola McHugh, Washington-Lee High School
Third Place: Caris Weilnmann, Yorktown High School