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North Polk Shines at the State Science and Technology Fair

North Polk Shines at the State Science and Technology Fair
A group photo of the students presenting at the Iowa State Science & Technology Fair.

Monday, March 30

Last week, over 30 North Polk students took their ideas, research, experiments, and projects to Iowa State University for the 69th State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa.

Their efforts truly paid off—our students collectively earned over $9,000 in scholarships and awards.

Awards & Honors: 

Hayden Ocheltree 

  • 1st place Animal Science 
  • 3rd place Animal Systems FFA Agriscience Fair 
  • STEM Trip to Greece  $2000 Scholarship 

Krista Schoenberg 

  • ISU College of Liberal Arts & Science $500 Scholarship
  • NASA Earth Systems Science Award
  • U.S. Metric Award 
  • Yale Science and Engineering Award 

Addy Baker 

  • Honorable Mention Food Science 
  • $750 Scholarship to Loras College 

Katie Goetz 

  • Honorable Mention Food Science 

Liz Fletchall 

  • $750 scholarship to Loras College 
  • Horizon Award Winner 
  • STEM Trip to Greece  $2000 scholarship

Grady Bacon 

  • Honorable Mention Engineering 
  • $750 Scholarship to Loras College 

Reagan Flemmer 

  • Women’s in Geoscience Award 
  • US Metric Systems Award
  • Excellence in Plant Science Award 
  • Outstanding Research Award

Evan Hogan 

  • NOAA Award 

Izzy Bauer 

  • Excellence in Research Award 

Mallory Byrd 

  • STEM Trip to Greece $2000 scholarship

Bella Boehmer

  • Naval Award

Ellie Crawford 

  • Honorable Mention Robotics and Intelligent Machines 

Izzy Goforth 

  • $1000 scholarship to ISU College of Human Sciences 

Congratulations to our entire science department, students, and staff, for all their efforts and on a great showing at this year's fair!