Manuel Jara Elementary held its school wide Science Fair the week of May 7 - May 14, 2012. With 100% participation from all classrooms, we had more entries that ever before! The competition was very tough, but the winners were selected and announced on May 14. The winners from each grade level are as follows:

1^st Grade Class Project:

1^st Place: Mrs. Patino’s Class

2^nd Place: Mrs. Hayley’s Class

3^rd Place: Mrs. Garza’s Class

2^nd Grade Individual:

1^st Place: Faith Bustamante (Lofland)

2^nd Place: Serena Hernandez (Lofland)

2^nd Grade Group:

1^st Place: Andrea Leija, Dora Leija, Paloma Hernandez, Annet Cardenas (Cook)

2^nd Place: Ana Huizar, Maria Villagomez, Jacquelyne Cardoza, Ayb Perez, David Galvan (Whitaker)

3^rd Place: Brayan Guerrero, Melissa Garcia, Marlen Palacios, Joan Serrano (Salva)

3^rd Grade Individual:

1^st Place: Natalie Cerrito Layva (Dotinga)

2^nd Place: Natalie Varela (Garcia)

3^rd Place: Mikael Echeveste (Gilliam)

3^rd Place: Teresa Romero (Garcia)

3^rd Grade Group:

1^st Place: Larry Vazquez, Cristo Duran, Kiran Biswa, Dhan Dhungana (Fief)

2^nd Place: John Gomez, George Oviedo, Michael Ortiz (Gonzales)

3^rd Place: Lluvia Gaucin, Alondra Gonzalez, Elena Velazquez (Garcia)

4^th Grade Group:

1^st Place: Liliana Bentura, Alan Correa, Paula Galvan, Jesus Rios (Lugo)

2^nd Place: Abel Amezcua, Isaac Gomez, Corey Martin, Asa Garcia (Willis

3^rd Place: Alize Ayala, Jacqueline Mosqueda, Alicia Mercado, Breanna Moreland (Willis)

3^rd Place: Rolando Guevara, Angel Rodriguez (Willis)

5^th Grade Individual:

1^st Place: Natalie Nevarez (Jones)

2^nd Place: Joe Perez (Valdez)

3^rd Place: Deisi Torres (Valdez)

5^th Grade Group:

1^st Place: Kevin Saldivar, Jorge Puebla, Edgar Puente (Compton)

2^nd Place: Anayanzith Reyes, Blanch Gutierrez, Humberto Flores, Dariela Juarez Rojas (Compton)

3^rd Place: David Bermudez, Gerardo Garcia, Kevin Rodriguez (Cox)

Congratulations to all students who participated and a special thank you to the judges! The 1^st Place winners will go on to represent Manuel Jara in the District Science Fair on May 17, 2012.

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