What better way to spend a warm spring evening than learning some new things at the first annual Edna Maguire Science Fair! Thanks to student scientists Lukas Affeltranger, Lara Akmehmet, Lucy Allen, Hannah Alpert, Sebastian Ames, Nikki Batroff, Mariam Bham, Hannah Bishop, Jake Bourdages, Eloise Breckbill, Natalie Bricker, Kyra Carney, Jack Chai, , Kennedy Cook, Connor Dargan, Anya Dimaio, Andrew Dunne, Jason Dunne, Ellie Evans, David Fineman, Kate Freda, Madeline Furey Peters, Carina Kelly, Audrey Herrera, Shanzeh Iqbal, Luke Jessup, Lilly Ignon, Sophia Krivoruchko, Samantha Locke, Tomas Ludin, Cooper Marshall, Lucy Meisler, Keri Nakae, Amina Nakhuda, Khadija Nakhuda, Dara Noonan, Juliet Oreste, Avi Perkoff, Zoe Philippides, Alex Podesta, Ian Pratt, Joe Rico, Piper Santos, Olivia Shine Harris, Katie Southern, Mikaere Todd, and Georgia Westfall for sharing your work with us. Your projects were AWESOME! 

Thank you to everyone who donated refreshments for the Science Fair Open House. And a special thanks to the following parents and staff members for making this event a success: Ann Eshoff, Kit Harris, Deborah Huber, Janie Karp, Julie McCrady, Lisa Orloff, Jo Southern, Kate Sprague and Lisa Zimmer

We also want to congratulate Georgia Westfall, the lucky winner of our drawing for a free week of summer camp at Camp Galileo. Thank you to Galileo Learning for donating this generous prize. At Camp Galileo, kids engage in hands-on art, science and outdoor activities, plus have tons of fun with camp traditions like dress up days, Waterball and the rubber chicken cheer. Visit the Galileo website to learn about four brand-new innovative themes for 2011.

Posted by Dorothy Odonnell on April 4