Homer High School students who competed at the Region II Science Fair at Louisiana Tech on January 26, 2018: (left to right). Tyrese Ambeau, Maria Lumbreras, Chandler Glanc, and Mariah West.

Chandler Glanc and Maria Lumbreras with their Chemistry project titled “Chemical Reactions: Made to Entertain”

Mariah West with her Physics project titled “Magnificent Magnets: Fun with (Ferro) Fluids”

Tyrese Ambeau with his Biology project titled “The Fingerprint”

The Region II Science and Engineering Fair was held in the Student Center at Louisiana Tech University on Friday, January 26, 2018.  Project submissions were judged on the research plan and procedure, as well as data analysis. As part of the competition, students were also interviewed by teams of judges.  Congratulations to the winners from Homer High School. They are as follows:

Physics and Astronomy Category—1^st place Mariah West with her project titled “Magnificent Magnets: Fun with (Ferro) Fluids”

Chemistry Category—2^nd place Chandler Glanc and Maria Lumbreras with their project titled “Chemical Reactions: Made to Entertain”

Cellular and Molecular Biology Category—3^rd place Tyrese Ambeau with his project titled “The Fingerprint”

Congratulations to these students–we are very proud of the great job that they did in representing Homer High so well! Mariah West, Chandler Glanc, and Maria Lumbreras are now eligible to compete in the Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair competition to be held at LSU in Baton Rouge March 21-22, 2018.