Thirty-two Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School seniors from Bowling Green, Glenns, and Warsaw campuses attended the 2016 Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences Research Symposium May 17-19^th at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA.  At the symposium students presented the results of their 2-year independent research project.

The following students are recognized for their selection to present at VJAS:

Allison Burgess (Northumberland H.S.), Destiny Chamberlain (King & Queen H.S.), Mathilde French (Essex H.S.), Elizabeth Hipple (Essex H.S.), Andy Jin (New Kent H. S.), Michael Johnson (Washington & Lee H.S.), Zachary Kaylor (Matthews H.S.), Nancy McClain (Lancaster H.S.), Stephen Parker (Northumberland H.S.), Edwin Rice (Northumberland H.S.), Kenneth Rioland (Northumberland H.S.), Kristen Shipman (Lancaster H.S.), Olivia Vogel (Northumberland H.S.), Kayleigh Webster (Lancaster H.S.), Alec Westall (Washington & Lee H.S.), Kelly Wood (Middlesex H.S.)

The following students received section and special interest awards:

Bowling Green Campus

Abigail Raposo (Caroline H.S.): 1^st Place Environmental Science C

Glenns Campus

JW Brown (Mathews H.S.): Honorable Mention Environmental Science A

Sam Gale (Mathews H.S.): 1^st Place Environmental Science B, Invited to present at the VAS Agriculture, Forestry, and Aquaculture Section Meeting

Nicholas Mann (Mathews H.S.): Sea Grant Award Honorable Mention

Sydney Griffith (New Kent H.S.): Honorable Mention Medicine and Health A

Sylvia Jones (Gloucester H.S.): 1^st Place Zoology, VABE Zoology Award, Sea Grant Award Honorable Mention, Invited to present at VAS Biology Section Meeting

Kirby Lingenfelser (Gloucester H.S.): 2^nd Place Zoology

Kiwan Lipscomb (King & Queen H.S.): 2^nd Place Environmental Science C (not pictured)

Jacob Beebe (Middlesex H.S.): Honorable Mention Environmental Science A (not pictured)

Warsaw Campus

John Richardson (Lancaster H.S.): 1^st Place Environmental Science D, Catesby Jones Award for presentation providing the most significant contribution to science, Invited to present at the VAS Environmental Science Section Meeting

Micaela Wilson (Northumberland H.S.): 3^rd Place Zoology

Megan Squires (Washington & Lee H.S.): Honorable Mention Environmental Science D

Hannah Gross (Essex H.S.): 3^rd Place Environmental Science B, Sea Grant Award winner

Keondra Jenkins (Lancaster H.S.): 1^st Place Botany, VABE Botany Award, Virginia Museum of Natural History Award, Invited to present at the VAS Biology Section Meeting

Elizabeth Ellis (Essex H.S.): 1^st Place Environmental Science A, Invited to present at VAS Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture Section Meeting

Sydney Scherer (Colonial Beach H.S.): 2^nd Place Environmental Science D (not pictured)

Nancy McClain (Lancaster H.S.): 3^rd Place Environmental Science C (not pictured)