STARS—Medea Creek Middle School students are recognized for their achievements at the Ventura County Science Fair. STEPHANIE BERTHOLDO/Acorn Newspapers Shruti Aggarwal, an eighthgrader at Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park, wasn’t the only student to gain recognition at the Ventura County Science Fair.

At the Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education meeting on May 17, all of the winning science fair competitors were recognized for their outstanding efforts at the science fair.

Special Awards

Billy Follett, sixth grade— Air and Waste Management Association ($75).

Jonah Li- Paz, seventh grade— American Petroleum Institute ($100).

Roopa Chandra, seventh grade—Society of Women Engineers (Honorable Mention).

Division Awards

Emily Markarian, seventh grade—third place, Animal Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Emma Berns, eighth grade— first place, Human Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Shruti Aggarawl, eighth grade—second place, Human Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Anthony Lanuza, seventh grade— third place, Amgen Biochemistry.

Raju Ivatura, seventh grade—second place, Amgen Biochemistry.

Jacob Speerts, seventh grade— fourth place, Amgen Biochemistry.

Amanda Reilly, seventh grade—first place, Chemistry.

Juliana Furgala, eighth grade—fourth place, Time Warner, Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences.

Jonah Li- Paz, seventh grade—first place, Vintage Engineering.

Caitlin Takeda, seventh grade—third place, Microbiology.

Noah Fischer, seventh grade— first place, Product Science: Biological.

Sarah Lee, seventh grade— third place, Product Science: Biological.

Hayla Angha, eighth grade— second place, Product Science: Physical.