On February 11th, 2019, the North East Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium. San Jose sent a strong team of 19 middle schoolers to compete against public and private school students from across the first coast. 16 of the 19 walked away with awards and two were selected to the state team to represent North Florida at the State Science and Engineering Fair in Lakeland later this year.
Winners from San Jose were:
| 1st Place | Stella Shaw – Junior Earth Science Juliana Namen – Junior Environmental Science Olivia Wakefield – Junior Microbiology |
| 2nd Place | Megan Erne – Junior Chemistry Ellie Brown – Junior Microbiology |
| 3rd Place | Abigail Tonto – Junior Behavorial and Social Sciences Jalila Nackashi – Junior Chemistry Blaine Parry – Junior Environmental Science Magnolia Fox – Junior Environmental Science Maura Madigan – Junior Medicine and Health Annie Brophy – Junior Physics & Astronomy Maddox Fox – Junior Physics & Astronomy |
| Honorable Mention | Thomas Cratem – Junior Chemistry Marianna Hernandez-Abdallah – Junior Environmental Science Millicent Fox – Junior Microbiology Anna Bass – Junior Physics & Astronomy |
The State Team representatives are Juliana Namen and Ellie Brown. Juliana Namen, Stella Shaw, and Olivia Wakefield were also recognized as Broadcom Masters program contestants.
Each year San Jose competes at a high level in the regional science fair and has consistently sent representatives to the state fair. This year was no different. Congratulations to all of the NEFRSEF participants, and good luck to our state fair students.
STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real-world lessons as students apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and the global enterprise enabling the development of STEM literacy and with it the ability to compete in the new economy.
(Tsupros, 2009)