Students excel at competition

Crestwood students recently presented science and math projects at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) state meeting held at Penn State Main Campus. The students earned 11 First Awards, five Second Awards and two Third Awards. Perfect scores were earned by Jason Cornelius and Danielle Metzger. Steven Waskie was awarded the Pennsylvania Science Teacher Award. Jason Cornelius, Neil Patel and Nikhil Patel all earned scholarships to Penn State. Crestwood Middle School earned nine First Awards and one Second Award. Perfect scores were achieved by Alexandra Ayers, Preston Isreal and Ryan Toporcer. Participants, from left, first row, are Alexandra Ayes, Tara Full, Zachary Metzger, Michael Paranich, Steven Waskie and Preston Isreal. Second row: Alice Novatnak, Jillian Penney, Curtis Tokach, Ryan Toporcer and John Filipczyk. Third row: Richard Supkowski, Danielle Metzger, Grace Hao and Nikhil Patel. Fourth row: Ravi Dalsania, Jordan Mera, Lexi Jones, Nimita Patel and Gabrielle Marotta. Fifth row: Hursh Patel, Jason Cornelius, Connor Barry, Neil Patel and Janek Jethva.