PEABODY — At the Peabody Municipal Light Plant’s 36th annual Science Fair Award Ceremony at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, 109 fourth grade students were recently honored.
The ceremony, held at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School June 9, represents a celebration of advancements in science and education alike.
During the month of May, all fourth graders attending Peabody public schools participated in the PMLP Science Fair. Student projects were presented to parents and classmates and judged by light plant employees. First, second, and third-place ribbons, as well as honorable mentions were awarded to student teams.
“Our fourth graders here today represent some incredible work that’s taking place at our [schools] and I’m very proud of the hard work that went into this,” said Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt, Jr. before the awards were handed out.
During the ceremony, students from the winning teams from all eight elementary schools were presented with plaques, citations from Mayor Bettencourt, State Sen. Joan B. Lovely, and State Reps. Thomas P. Walsh and Sally P. Kerans. Students also received a congratulatory letter from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton. The winners received a Barnes & Noble gift card courtesy of PMLP.
“You could see their enthusiasm exude from them,” said John Maihos, PMLP Human Resources and community relations director. “If we can encourage a student to think about science — that’s a plus.”
The science fair, supported by PMLP, would not have been possible without the help of the Peabody elementary school teachers and administrators, who were also praised at the ceremony.
After the awards, pastries made by the high school culinary department were available for those in attendance.
About the science fair, Maihos stated, “It’s an important community connection … not everybody can do that.”
The first place winners are: Lucas Mattuchio, Nina Silva, Lexie Brennan, Alvin Duran, Alex Linton, Chase Cabral, Morgan Gallagher, Jacob Secatore, Lucas Comeau, Kinsley Guimaraes, Benjamin Mallett, Nathan Titus, Louis Chipman, Raffaele LoPriore, Lucas Booth, Thomas K. Pereira, Gustavo Emerick Santos, Marcos Delacruz, Joni Maksutaj, Jeffrey Davidson, Zion Francois, Riley Gravelese, Lia Gaudet, Grace Kent, Gianna Lawrence, Keely Palmer, Hunter Lebrun, Guilherme Rocha, Christian Rodas Solares, Joseph Santana, Ryan Champigny, Madyson Fisher, and Cesia Juarez.
The second place winners are: Eddison Bun, Theodore Ferrante IV, Jonathan Santiago, Violet Trombley, Saliah Pacheco, Angeline Qirjazi, Sirena Doran, Abby Papajani, Anya Wall, Max Adams, Isadora De Oliveira, Hope Gichuki, Olivia Palmieri, Giulia Barbosa, Sophia Cesar, Layla Devoe, Nadia Mitchell, Mackayla Buckley, Adam Coimbra, and Cole Mattera.
The third place winners are: John Carbone, Caiden Charles, Anthony Jacobsen, Morgan Elizabeth White, Sienna Crosby, Sabrina Moore, Lindsay Patch, Isabelly Cardoso, Franyeni Gomez Luzon, Rylie Saulnier, John William Tyack, Isabella Gosselin, Raegan Perreault, Addison Sousa, Maya Shahin, Rafhael Barbosa, Jack Crombie, Jackson Le, Miguel Maneta-Faconi, Joshua Almeida, Olivia Broderick, Kelsey Pickett, Emily Sanon, Brendan Bartone, Brooklyn Costantino, and Luke Langone.
Honorable mentions include: Julie Cutter, Joseph Deleary, Camilla Lima, Tessa O’Brien, Murilo Dos Santos Souza, Landyn Mason, Nathan Mbanga, Joseph Billingsley, Ioanna Kalaitzidis, Nathan Mover, Charleigh Nugent, Ulysses Grullon, Jed Sencabaugh, “CJ” Christopher Colagiovanni, Ricardo Gonzalez, Brooklyn Ramirez, Meghan Foley, Gemma Krinsky, Kauan Patricio, Mason Barros, Vincent Doucette, Abby Lanphear, Grace Swindell, Yuri Aredes, Farrah Dupuis, Precious Omokoya, Elvin Polanco, Sofia Agnello, Paul Capurso, and Leland Dermody.
PMLP serves residents of Peabody and South Lynnfield as the community-owned, not-for-profit utility company. The PMLP Science Fair is one of many youth community programs in which PMLP participates.
Emma Fringuelli can be reached at [email protected].
