Plano ISD Student Recognitions

Plano ISDStudent RecognitionsJune 12, 2018

SCIENCERecognitionsPlano ISD students win awards in the Intel InternationalScience and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

International Science andEngineering FairBurzin Balsara and Malav ShahPlano Senior High School 2018 Best in CategoryAward of 5,000 andFirst Award of 3,000 EyeMove: UsingElectrooculography toProvide Mobility for theDisabled

International Science andEngineering FairThird Award of 1,000 Kevin Meng, Jasper High School Way to Transform Advanced Driver Assistance Systems from Reactive toProactive Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School A Low-Cost Technique to Combat Eutrophication and Soil Contamination inOrganic Agricultural Communities

International Science andEngineering FairFourth Award of 500 Yesh Doctor and Kshitij Sachan, Plano East Senior High School Assessing the Impacts of CRISPR Editing on Protein Expression; Utilizing dCas9 asa Potential Roadblock to DNA Transcription Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School Electroencephalogram (EEG) Sensor and Subsequent Analysis SystemOptimization for Objective and Point-of-Care Concussion Diagnosis Ashay Shah and Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School Highly Mesoporous Electrodes Derived from Polymer Blends of PolyacrylonitrilePolystyrene and Polyacrylonitrile-Poly(Methyl-Methacrylate) Paired with a CostEffective Deep Eutectic Solvent for High Energy Density Supercapacitors

International Science andEngineering FairSpecial Awards Kevin Meng, Jasper High School Association for Computing Machinery – First Award of 4,000 First "Future of Computing" Award of 1,000 Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School International Council on Systems Engineering - Certificate of Honorable Mention Burzin Balsara and Malav Shah, Plano Senior High School King Abdul-Aziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity 20,000 Scholarship for Innovative Technology in Solving Real-World Problems Eshan Chhabra, Plano Senior High School National Security Agency Research Directorate - First "Cyber Pioneer" Award of 1,000

International Science andEngineering FairSpecial Awards Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School Patent and Trademark Office Society - Second Award of 500 Ashay Shah and Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force - FirstAward of 750 in each Intel ISEF Category Smaran Velidi and Aditya Sai Vishnubhotla, Plano East Senior HighSchool Samvid Education Foundation - Honorable Mention

MATHRecognitionsRice Middle School Eighth Grader Is National MATHCOUNTSGold Medalist

National MATHCOUNTSCompetition2018 Raytheon National MATHCOUNTS ChampionsRithvik GaneshRice Middle School, 8thGrade Texas StateMATHCOUNTSteam member

FINE ARTSRecognitionsState of Texas Visual Arts Scholastic Event and Junior State ofTexas Visual Arts Scholastic Event Results

Visual Arts Scholastic EventDoreen Chen“The Cowherd and TheWeaver Girl”State Gold Seal WinnerJasper High SchoolTeacher: Adriane Anderson Selected for Gold Seal Exhibit –one of only ten in the state

Visual Arts Scholastic EventYayi Ding“The Jeweler”State Gold Seal WinnerJasper High SchoolTeacher: Adriane Anderson

Visual Arts Scholastic EventJulia Feng“Self Portrait ShowingFrustration”State Gold Seal WinnerJasper High SchoolTeacher: Adriane Anderson

Visual Arts Scholastic EventEmily Ren“Sushi”State Gold Seal WinnerJasper High SchoolTeacher: Adriane Anderson

Visual Arts Scholastic EventStephanie Chen“Large Vessels withFlowers”State Gold Seal WinnerShepton High SchoolTeacher: Melissa Pierce

Visual Arts Scholastic EventNathan Kwan“Asian Cityscape”State Gold Seal WinnerPlano West Senior High SchoolTeacher: Sarah DePetris

Junior Visual Arts Scholastic EventPlatinum Medal Winners: Dabmne Nunez, 8th grade, Haggard Middle School Phydy-Dy Chu, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School (2) Rylie Jones, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School Camila Kenefick, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School (2) Jenny Ong, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School Grace Phan, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School Odette Saenz, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School Megan Trieu, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School Neharika Vajinapalli, 8th grade, Murphy Middle School

Junior Visual Arts Scholastic EventPlatinum Medal Winners: Samantha Jewell, 8th grade, Otto Middle School Izabel Jones, 8th grade, Otto Middle School Ella Key, 8th grade, Renner Middle School Fanying Tang, 8th grade, Renner Middle School Tuyen Nguyen, 8th grade, Rice Middle School Christine Yan, 8th grade, Rice Middle School Lena Castro, 7th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Etash Chandran, 8th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Noya Gal, 7th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School

Junior Visual Arts Scholastic EventPlatinum Medal Winners: Audrey He, 7th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Katherine Li, 8th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Louis Li, 8th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Kush Vashishtha, 7th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Grace Xu, 8th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Srikar Yang, 8th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Hannah Zhao, 7th grade, Schimelpfenig Middle School Olivia McCarty, 7th grade, Wilson Middle School Soren Thiemann, 8th grade, Wilson Middle School

FINE ARTSRecognitionsPlano West Senior High School Mixed Choir invited to performfor the TMEA membership during the 2019 TMEAClinic/Convention in San Antonio

ChoirPlano WestSenior HighMixed Choir

ATHLETICRecognitionsPlano ISD Golfers Take Girls' State Championship and Boys'Third Place

UIL 6A Girls’ State TournamentLibby Winans,Plano East Senior HighSchool Girls’ Individual Golf StateChampion Coaches: Jon Engelking andBrook Reeves

UIL 6A Boys’ State TournamentTommy Boone,Plano Senior High School 3rd Place – Boys’ IndividualGolf Coaches: Steve O'Kelley andDennis Adam

ATHLETICRecognitionsPlano West Wins Girls' Tennis State UIL 6A Championship

UIL 6A Tennis State TournamentEmma Gener andJocelyn Thai,Plano West Senior HighSchool Girls’ Double Bracket StateChampion Coach: Morgen Walker

National MATHCOUNTS Competition. Rithvik Ganesh. Rice Middle School, 8. th. Grade Texas State MATHCOUNTS team member. 2018 Raytheon National MATHCOUNTS Champions. FINE ARTS Recognitions State of Texas Visual Arts Scholastic Event and Junior State of Texas Visual Ar