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Students qualify for international and national science fairs

Jessica Reguera
April 5, 2013

The CREST-Jane Goodall Science Symposium took place in the Auxiliary gym on March 14 and 15, and 25 students moved on to the next level today being held at the Northwest Science Expo in Portland. Over 180 students district-wide participated in the CREST-Jane Goodall Science Symposium, a fair associated with ISEF.

Out of everyone who participated, Arianna Hall, Zoe Maxwell, and Clara Altemus, seniors, are moving on to International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environment Project Olympiad.

“Our project was generating electricity from rainfall,” Hall said. “We built a water wheel to do that.”

All ISEF fairs are run by the Society for Science and The Public. The district coordinator, Amy Schauer has been doing the fairs for over seven years.

“The projects are very diverse,” Schauer said. “They range from new inventions to new insights into how people behave.”

Microbiology, physiology and engineering are some of the most common topics. Students spend many months working on their projects. Their science teachers are their mentors, along with an outside adviser.

“There are students working on testing new ways to eradicate harmful bacteria,” Schauer said, “students working on new devices to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and students working on brain wave measurements that are related to the best learning.”

Also going to the Northwest Science Expo today are: Milo Webster, Teresa Condon, Caroline Swanson, Diana Swanson, Arianna Hall, Zoe Maxwell, Clara Altemus, Nick Trese, Seth Mann, Olivia Kramer, Stephanie Pettro, Rickey sala, Markus Woltjer, Jassiel Pena, Henry Li, Brett Barraclough, Salvatore Henderson, Duncan Prince, Caleb Archuleta, Krista Wurscher, Madeline Ford, Kayleah, Starr, Emily Hamel, Kayla Gadd, Daniel Tang, Talia Litchtenberg, Shana Feltham, Melanie Martinsen, Tyler Jordan, Milleena Lefever, Kenua Fuentes, Katya Campos, Camille Collier, Kim Tran, Bo An, Kelsey Underwood, Zaina Zaidan, Anna Fernandez, Charlena Kea, Danni Burkhartzmeyer, Amiette Bakersville, Dylan Martins, and Anton Anikin.

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Jessica Reguera, Photographer

As a nature photographer, Jessica Reguera, freshman, enjoys snapping photos of many different species of nature. In her photographs, she has no specific preference of what type of nature she captures. She enjoys using unusual angles while making the photos more interesting.

“My favorite photo was one that I took while in downtown Portland of a glass wall with raindrops running down it,” Reguera said. “I like different angles and just different things, nothing ordinary.”

Reguera also has a knack for taking photos of her medium-sized pug, Frankie. These photos usually end up on Christmas cards that she sends to others who can appreciate her pictures of her dog.

Reguera prefers digital photography over film photography.

“You can view what you’re taking and if it’s not good you can retake it” Reguera said. “It’s a hassle with film to do that.”

When it comes to film photography, she likes the quality and different views that you can receive from film photography. Reguera’s favorite place to take photos is at the beach.

“You can do so much there, there’s endless possibilities like the water, the sand and the scenery,” Reguera said.

As she goes on in high school she hopes to take more photography classes, preferably digital photography.

When Reguera is not taking photos, she is creating web layouts. Web design is a hobby of hers that started about three years ago when she saw her friend’s brother making web sites and she thought it was interesting. Web design is one of her classes this semester where she has made web layouts but hasn’t made her own web site yet.

“I likes web design because its fun and I get to make web layouts and work in Photoshop,” Reguera said.

Reguera eventually wants to make a website for her photography. This website would help combine her love of photography and her hobby of web design into one. This will also help her to share her knowledge of photography and web design. Reguera’s favorite thing about photography is “It can capture what can’t really be see with your eyes.”