Sanford Middle School

Nikhil Patel is

Broadcom MASTERS Finalist

Congratulations, to Nikhil Patel, student at Sanford Middle, for being selected as a finalist in the first ever Broadcam MASTERS™ (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) competition.  Under the direction of his teacher, Mrs. Heidi Broksas-Weitnauer, Mr. Patel won this prestigious accolade for designing and testing a one of a kind Science Fair project titled, “DEFROST: Designing an Environmentally Friendly Recycler of the Sun's Thermal Energy.”  

The Broadcom MASTERS finalists were selected by a panel of distinguished scientists and engineers from among 1,476 applicants located in 45 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. These finalists come from middle schools across the United States. As one of these finalists, Mr. Patel will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC, in October to showcase his science fair project and compete in a four-day STEM competition for awards and prizes.  He also has an opportunity to win the top education award of $25,000.

Students at Kennedy Space Center

Students, who attended the Kennedy Space Center field trip on Feb. 20, were able to meet Astronaut John Blaha.  He spoke with them about what it was like to be an astronaut, what a shuttle launch feels like, and talked about what it was like to live on Space Station Mir for four months.  He discussed experiments he worked on while living on the space station and their importance in setting up a moon colony or Mars colony in the future.

Students were also able to design and shoot off a rocket made of balloons, straws, tape and paper clips.  Students whose rockets went the highest received a prize.

Students were able to tour KSC and experience all that it had to offer.  Those who went on the tour to the launch pad gantry were able to see the Shuttle Discovery as it was preparing for its March 15th launch.


Anna Cazel
7th Grade Science

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Sanford Middle School Students

Compete at the Seminole County Science Fair

Congratulations to all Sanford Middle School Students that presented their Science Fair projects at the Seminole County Science Fair on February 14th.

Zachary Fauquher    1st place Earth and Planetary Science; Brandon Margio 2nd Environmental Sciences; Joshua Sacks 2nd Environmental Sciences; Joseph (Max) Ranaldi 3rd Energy and Transportation; Mathew Medla 3rd Environmental Management; Collin Cooley 3rd Environmental Sciences; Anjali Cherukuri and Prutha Patel  3rd Physical Science (Teams); Tyler Baumgartner Special Award Physics

Honorable Mention: Emily Morales - Computer Science; Christina Myers - Environmental Sciences; Jennifer Ly - Engineering I; Max Schuman -Engineering I; Dakota Clark - Mathematics; Sandhya Shankar - Plant Sciences; Katherine Kalbach - Physics and Astronomy; Austin Amos - Plant Sciences