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St. Joseph’s Academy held its annual school science fair on January 8 in the Activity Center. Student projects were judged by experts from a variety of disciplines. 

Results follow. An asterisk by a student’s name indicates she has been invited to participate in the 2026 Louisiana Region VII Science and Engineering Fair on March 4 at Louisiana State University.

Animal Sciences
Madelyn Perrault*, 1st place
Phoebe Martin*, 1st place
Emma Melville*, 2nd place 
Katie Dinh, 3rd place
Camille Toussant, 3rd place
Abbygail Gauthier, 4th place

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Annie Walters*, 1st place
Vivienne LeBlanc*, 2nd place

Biochemistry
Claire Wicker*, 1st place

Biomedical and Health Sciences
Kate Saunders*, 1st place
Mary Claire Roberts*, 2nd place
Anadele Lagarde*, 2nd place
Jenna Patterson, 3rd place
Kate Collette, 4th place

Biomedical Engineering
Helen Hannaman*, 1st place
Cameron Frost*, 2nd place
Layla Gomez*, 3rd place

Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sydney Naquin*, 1st place
Ava Thevenot*, 2nd place

Chemistry
Alyse Arceneaux*, 1st place
Lucy O'Brien*, 2nd place
McKenna LeBlanc*, 2nd place
Amelie Schmitt*, 3rd place
Chelsea Purpera, Honorable Mention
Georgia Fremin, Honorable Mention
Hannah Thornton, Honorable Mention

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Camille Mendler*, 1st place
Aisleigh Dufrene*, 2nd place

Earth and Environmental Sciences
Leonie Herrmann*, 1st place
Aubrey Spears*, 2nd place
Caroline Brown*, 3rd place
Olivia Crews, Honorable Mention

Embedded Systems
Audrey Bencaz*, 1st place
Ellie Blake*, 2nd place

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Aarielle Martin*, 1st place

Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Loghan Gustin*, 1st place 

Environmental Engineering
Olivia Sterken*, 1st place
Marquerite Uzee, 2nd place
Kalleigh Brown, 3rd place

Materials Science
Julia Trahan*, 1st place
Lucy Wood*, 1st place 

Mathematics
Brinkley Bennett*, 1st place
Lucy Miller, 2nd place

Microbiology
Noella Fields*, 1st place
Cheri Nguyen*, 2nd place

Physics and Astronomy
Rylan LeJeune*, 1st place
Mary Bellelo*, 2nd place
Scarlett Kirsch*, 2nd place
Camille Hamner, 3rd place

Plant Sciences
Amelia Chauvin*, 1st place
Emily Rawls*, 2nd place

Robotics
Whitney Nachman*, 1st place

Software Design
Madelyn Tessier*, 1st place
Sofia Ceruti, 2nd place
Lily Melancon, 3rd place

Translational Medical Science
Rebecca Berlin*, 1st place
Isabella Hammack*, 2nd place
Angelina Nguyen*, 3rd place