OLYMPIA, Wash.-The Washington State Department of Health has announced the winners of its third annual high school science contest, including some second and third place winners from Selah High School.
The Washington Tracking Network (WTN) Youth Science Contest, is an opportunity for high school students to develop their science and communication skills by using health and environmental data from their own communities, according to the Department of Health.
Winning projects were judged by DOH experts and ranged from research papers to poems and were selected based on content, health and equity impact, and presentation.
“It is great to see their passion for identifying, analyzing, and trying to improve these public health issues, and that we’re able to guide them in that work,” said Jennifer Sabel, WTN Manager with DOH.
Selah High school students took second and third place in the group division of the contest for the following projects:
2nd Place: Yakima Unveiled: Poverty and Opioid Overdose Relations by Sophia Tyrrell and Alexa Garcia.3rd Place: Exploring the Relationship Between Tobacco Use and Lung Cancer Risk by Valeria Montalvo and Genavieve Gamache.
