• Methacton High School Wins at DVSF 

    methacton science fair participants Thirty Methacton High School students participated in the 69th annual Delaware Valley Science Fair at the Greater Philadelphia Convention Center in Oaks.
     

    "Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc. (DVSF) was founded in 1949 and incorporated as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization in 1993, making it one of the oldest Fairs in the country. It is now also one of the largest.  The Fairs were designed as a vehicle for stimulating interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among students in middle and high schools in the tri-state area.  The philosophy behind the Fairs is that students learn science by doing science. DVSF provides an opportunity for students to excel and reach their full potential fostering intellectual curiosity and creative problem solving - essential skills for future innovation.  Our Mission is to  bring parents, teachers, and industry together to stimulate and nurture young people so that they grow and develop into contributing members of the community. We provide a forum for students to present their scientific work and interact with scientists in their field to receive feedback on their efforts. Students are awarded, scholarships, cash prizes, and other non-monetary recognition for outstanding work. We provide mentoring and teacher training to facilitate participation in this activity.  DVSF presents over $2,000,000 in awards and scholarships." 

     

    Attached are the full Category and Special Awards winners list for Montgomery County.  Two students from Methacton will be advancing to the International Science and Engineering Fair in May and will be flying all expenses paid to Los Angeles , CA  May 14 to 19.  
    • Claire Tse (Medicine and Health: Harnessing Anti-Inflammatory and Immunoregulatory), who earned the Bronze MEDAL in the 9th grade (#3 ranked  in the Delaware Valley)  
    • Karthik Yegnesh (Mathematics: The Homotopy Theory of Parametrized Objects ) won the SILVER MEDAL in the 11th grade(#2 in the Delaware Valley)

    They will join Sanjna Shelukar and Judy Zhong , from Wissahickon and Upper Dublin School Districts as representatives from Montgomery County.  Montgomery County has 4 of the 14 medal winners! 
     

    Methacton’s share of prizes, awards, and scholarships was in the neighborhood of $215,000.  It was very nice to see our students rewarded in such a generous fashion for all their hard work.  Two of our students, Karthik Yegnesh and William Chen both won $60,000 scholarships each!