Today at Breck
Spring 2015
Today at 123 Ottawa Avenue North
Science Fair Awards for Upper and Middle School Students Five Breck students were selected to attend ISEF, the Interna-
In a first in recent memory, a number of Middle School
tional Science and Engineering Fair, held this year on
scientists presented projects at the Twin Cities Regional
May 10-15. Seven other students were chosen as alternates,
Science Fair. All seven projects won first place ribbons, and
making for an unusually strong presence for Breck. A number
several won additional recognition as well.
of other students were selected for national and international competition, including the International Sustainable World Engineering, Energy, Environment Project Olympiad 10 /
(I-SWEEEP) and the Junior Science and Humanities National Symposium. A complete (and very extensive) list of Breck award winners is posted on Breck’s website. Highlights include:
• First place ribbon for Abigail Roh (plus purple ribbon inviting her to state competition) • First place ribbon for Sam Detor and Jennie Ehlert (plus purple ribbon inviting them to state competition) • First place ribbon for Mary O’Grady and Ellie Holt (plus purple ribbon inviting them to state competition)
• ISEF attendees: Karsten Salveson and Eve Zelickson, Sofie Kim and Jacob Levy, and Grant Two Bulls • ISEF alternates: Sid Eswaracharai and Moira Southern,
• First place ribbon for Morgan Richter and Henry Koch (plus purple ribbon inviting them to state competition) • First place ribbon for James Clinton, Declan Fries and Joe
Easton McChesney and Wolfgang Ofstedal, Brennan Clark
Ettawageshik (plus purple ribbon inviting them to state
and Prashant Godishala, Darartu Gamada and Maxwell
competition)
Miao, and Luke Onopa
• First place ribbon for Nathan Rockafellow, Jack Mattera
• I-SWEEEP silver grand prize: Grant Two Bulls • Junior Science and Humanities National Symposium
and Max McKoy • First place ribbon for Jack Peterson
finalists Karsten Salveson and Eve Zelickson • Young Naturalists National semifinalists Grant Two Bulls, Karsten Salveson and Eve Zelickson, and Luke Onopa
State High School League Honors Breck Artists Seven students participated in the State High School League’s
• Cassidy Yueh received an Achievement Award and a
Visual Arts Exhibition this year at the Perpich Center for the
Superior Award, as well as a Spotlight on the Arts Juror’s
Arts on April 18, and all did very well:
Choice Award.
• Marianne Drysdale received a Superior Award.
From the Faculty Bookshelf
• Isabella Evans received an Excellent Award and Superior Award.
Upper School English Instructor Dallas
• Maya Jackson received an Excellent Award. • Helene Kim received two Excellent Awards. • Van Lundsgaard received an Excellent Award and a Superior Award, as well as a Spotlight on the Arts Juror’s Choice Award.
Crow has work in the current issues of a number of publications. Short stories of his appear in 100 Word Story, Border Crossing, Cloudbank, and The FlyFish Journal, and in an anthology, Condensed to Flash: World Classics. He also has a handful of poems in Minnesota English
• Cecily Nordstrom received an Excellent Award.
Journal Online, and an essay of his will appear later this summer in New Madrid.
Who Knew?
29 Years Breck has had a partnership with Special Olympics of Minnesota