FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 9, 2010

CONTACT: Aaron Keyak
office: (202) 225-5061
cell: (202) 905-6361
email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Washington, DC – On Tuesday June 15, 2010, Representative Steve Rothman (D-NJ) welcomed three students from the Bergen Arts & Science Charter School in Garfield, NJ to Washington, DC. Representative Rothman congratulated these young scientists for winning awards in the International Sustainable World Project Olympiad. The students – Mitch Haverty, Angus Fung and Zoey Zibor – showed their awards and described what knowledge they learned from their research with Representative Rothman.

The International Sustainable World Project Olympiad is a groundbreaking science fair and is the largest event of its kind in the world. Angus Fung and Mitch Haverty received the Silver Medal for their project titled “Algae Ethanol: Fuel of the future.” Zoey Zibor received the Bronze Medal for a project titled “The Warderclyff Tower revisited,” and also received the HUNSTEM (Houston Urban Network for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Award for Excellence.

  Pictured with Representative Rothman are the students, their parents and Nihat Guvercin, Principal of the Bergen Arts & Science Charter School

###

Share this article with others here: