CVRSF 2026
The 2026
Champlain Valley Regional Science Fair
at Miner Institute
The projects we see each year continue to impress us. This year's field of High School Research presenters gave us a difficult job of judging. As evidenced by the multiple ties.
Every project showed excellent work, methodology and the students presented well. The evidence of the hard work put in by the students, their teachers, mentors and parents was clear.
Middle School Research
1st Place ..............Nate Sayward & Caleb Ford
"How Clean Is Your Toothbrush"
Adirondack Christian School
2nd Place ............Madeline Guay & Ophelia Dutil
"Making Popping Boba From Drink"
Northeastern Central School
High School Research
1st Place ............. Michael Perrigo & Elijah Hennins
"Optimization of Chlorine Injection Strategy Through
Spatial Decay Modeling and Microbial Threshold
Analysis in a Municipal Water Network"
Franklin Academy
1st Place ............. Josephine Sabella
"The Effect of Varying Ascorbic Acid Concentrations
on Yeast Cell Density After Eight Hours"
Peru Central School
2nd Place ............ Lucille Deso
"Engineering the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie:
The Effect of Initial Dough Temperature on Spread
Ratio and Fracture Force"
Northeastern Central School
2nd Place ........... Charlotte Isecke & Alyssa Darrah
"Microplastics in the Winter in the Lake
Champlain Region"
Peru Central School
3rd Place ............ Lauren Davey
"The Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on the
Quality of Ambrosia Apples after 90 Days of Storage"
Peru Central School
We Want To
Thank:
- Miner Institute for hosting again this year!!
- The Judges who volunteer their time !!
- The Teacher/Mentors:
Carrie Benatti & Steve Deso from Northeastern Central
Rich Hathaway & Curtis Buker from Peru Central
Denise Rogers from Franklin Academy
Melissa Sayward from Adirondack Christian School
- Our Sponsors: The Development Corp, Norsk Titanium & Miner Institute
- ANY AND ALL who volunteer their time to help !