Grafton High students soar at science

Grafton High School had a winning week off the sports fields, taking a robot to a national competition, displaying their ideas for a better world at the school science fair, and placing as one of the highest-scoring schools in physics in the entire state.

Juniors Cole Anderson, Devin Dunn, Bryan Romeo and Amruth Seetharaman, accompanied by their advisor, Patti Keller, and their robot, Aaravos, finished in the top 16 Alliance Teams at the CREATE Foundation U.S. Open Robotics Championship in Council Bluff, Iowa — one of the largest robotics competitions in the world.

The team next travels to VEX Worlds in Dallas next month, having qualified earlier in the season by winning the Create award at the southern New England regionals. 

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Grafton High School students focused on current human and environmental issues in last week’s Science Fair.

This year’s winners:

First Place: Effects of Protists on Plant Growth — Margaret McLean, Rohita Nookala, Avery Rosenfield

Second Place: Conversion of Potential Energy to Electrical Energy — Joseph Salib, Sacjah Sarin, Harsith Thokala

Third Place: CROWDMATE ~ An APP used to communicate emergencies at large events — Emily Anderson, Helen Barber, Cora Descheneaux

Bill Kelleher was the Science Fair’s faculty advisor and teachers Michelle Sousa, Alicia Rossley, Tara Gibbs, Stephanie Konas, Fran Graves, John Roix and Denise Linder served as judges and advisors to students.

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Grafton High School’s Advanced Placement Physics students ranked 19th in Massachusetts in 2021 for their scores on the AP Test.