Riverdale sixth-grade student Stella Steury received the Newton Award and a $50 prize for her project.
Butler sixth-grade student Teagan Vanover received the Indiana Association of Environmental Professionals Award for Excellence in Environmental Science and a third-place prize of $50.
Steuryâs project, âValidating Vaccines,â studied how many people would need to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before the disease would be gone.
Vanoverâs project, âSoil Pollution,â studied how industrial manufacturing affects soil.
All projects were judged virtually this year, with students in grades 4-8 judged April 5-10.
BUTLER — Nine DeKalb Eastern sixth-grade students — eight from Butler Elementary School and one from Riverdale Elementary School in St. Joe — have qualified for the regional science fair