Excellence at Excelsior
State Science Fair
The Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair hosted close to 500 students from some of the most prominent School Districts in Utah including: Salt Lake City schools, Granite, Park City, Murray and Tooele County schools. Our students competed very favorably with this group, clearly placing Excelsior Academy on the map this year. We want to congratulate all our SLVSEF participants. The following awards were given to Excelsior Academy students at the awards ceremony, held at Rice Eccles Stadium on March 26th.
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Elementary Students
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Courtney – 5th Grade
- 1st place- Microbiology
Trenton - 5th Grade
- 2nd place- Plant Sciences
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Middle School Students
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Ema – 6th Grade
- 1st place- Environmental Sciences
- Special recognition from Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge (scored top 10% overall)
- Association for Women Geoscientists, Salt Lake Chapter – Elementary Division
- Only recipient of the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
- Invitation to the Roots and Shoots Youth Environmental Fair Dallin Taggart -8th grade
- 2nd place- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Special recognition from Invitations to the Roots and Shoots Youth Environmental Fair
- United States Army recognition
Dallin -8th Grade
- 2nd place- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Special recognition from Invitations to the Roots and Shoots Youth Environmental Fair
- United States Army recognition
Kacey -8th Grade
- 1st place- Physics and Astronomy
- Special recognition from Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge (top 10% overall)
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps recognition- 6th-8th Divisions
Devin – 8th Grade
- 1st place- Animal Sciences