Thank you for joining us for DaVinci Fest 2024!

We had a great event and appreciate every student who participated, volunteer who made the event possible, exhibitor who took time to create amazing interactive displays, and family who attended to celebrate the amazing things happening in the valley.




DaVinci Fest Student Winners 2024

Art Fair

Grand Champion

Elena Metzger- SAHS- Grade 9- Dennis

PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL ART

Senior Division
Jae Cunningham- SAHS- Grade 10- Firefly

2nd: Elena Metzger- SAHS- Grade 9- The Tiny Adventurer

3rd: Jax Hayes- SAHS- Grade 12- Butterfly Taxidermy

Junior Division
Ella Beske- St Croix Prep- Grade 8- Beyond the Sea

PAINTING

Senior Division
Belle Pariseau- SAHS- Grade 9- Anassa VII

2nd: Jake Wiegand- SAHS- Grade 12- Flying By

3rd: Nyanpal Kuornyuot- SAHS- Grade 11- Untitled

Junior Division
Ella Blumer- SMS- Grade 8- Forest for the Trees

2nd: Keelie Wills- SMS- Grade 7- LOOPING

3rd: Katelyn Pung- SMS- Grade 6- Mood Blast

PASTELS AND DRAWING

Senior Division
Esmeralda Palma-Andrade- SAHS- Grade 12- Confrontation of the Beast

2nd: Melanie Segura- SAHS- Grade 12- Muted Affection

3rd: Annabelle Lewis- SAHS- Grade 12- Old House, New World

Junior Division
Audrey Mast- St Croix Prep- Grade 6- Floral Rest

2nd: Angela Chen- OMS- Grade 7- White on Black Tiger

3rd: Alivia Yang- SMS- Grade 6- The Death of Kyojuro Rengoku

MIXED MEDIA

Senior Division
Elena Metzger- SAHS- Grade 9- Dennis

2nd: Reid Kellerman- Mounds Park Academy- Grade 12- Woman in the Window

3rd: Peter Ownby- SAHS- Grade 11- Perpetual Ephemerality

Junior Division
Egg Ownby- SMS- Grade 8- 1,136

2nd: Sadhbh Murphy- SMS- Grade 6- Sadhbh's Mixed Media

3rd: Claudia Webb- St Croix Prep- Grade 7- Copper

SCULPTURE AND CERAMICS

Senior Division
Joey Reiner- SAHS- Grade 12- Bird-Hand

2nd: Annika Staloch- SAHS- Grade 12- Sculpture

3rd: Addyson Preuss- SAHS- Grade 11- Untitled

Junior Division
No entries

FIBER ARTS AND JEWELRY

Senior Division
James Daum- SAHS- Grade 12- Second Serve

Junior Division
Emma Shrestha- OMS- Grade 8- Valentino

2nd: Roma Lenzmeier- SMS- Grade 7- Homemade Earrings


Science Fair Grand Champion- Riddhi Singhvi

SCIENCE FAIR

SCIENCE GRAND CHAMPION

Beyond Scans: Predicting Alzheimer's through MRI-Graphology Fusion- Riddhi Singhvi

Environmental & Plant Science

Senior Division

Biochar as amendment in mars regolith for plant growth- Sriram Sureshkumar

Junior Division

How do Different Types of Water Affect Arugula Growth?- Dane Supina & Vladislav Kadnikov

Math, Physics, Computer Science & Robotics

Senior Division

Evaluating the Efficiency of Different Machine Learning Models in Locating the /s/ Phoneme- Ethan Finch

Junior Division

Pong Game from Scratch- Isaac Nelson

Biology & Medical Sciences

Senior Division

Beyond Scans: Predicting Alzheimer's through MRI-Graphology Fusion- Riddhi Singhvi

Junior Division

Which lip product is the most moisturizing for lips- Irene Wilson, Brooke Kelly, & Sienna Granquist

Engineering

Senior Division

Building a Hovercraft- Kieran Kopitzke

Junior Division
Alarmed Medicine Cabinet - Adeline Wilichowski & Lauren Kissinger

Chemistry & Material Sciences

Junior Division

Study of the Electrolytes in Energy Drinks- Elizabeth Mader

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Junior Division

Bottled Water Comparison- Caleb Harper


UPCYCLING

Upcycling GRAND CHAMPION

Homemade Notebook- Roma Lenzmeier & Abigail Peterson

Upcycling - Artistic

Pixie Park- Sr Division Artistic winner

Senior Division

Snowflake Fairy Village- Pixie Park: Cathleen Costello, Camryn Handberg, Izzy Doliver Schmidt, Abi Kowalski, Macy Schwartz, Anella Rosckes, Katalina Acevez, Ava Wilmes, Adele Majeski


Junior Division

Fairy Village- Alayna Oehlke & Grace Lutz

Upcycling - Usable

Junior Division

Homemade Notebook- Roma Lenzmeier & Abigail Peterson


Science Challenge-Elastic Launched Gliders

Senior Division

Daumination- SAHS- James Daum 

Winning time: 3.28 seconds

Junior Division

Powerhouse of the Cell- St. Croix Prep- Ella Beske, Spencer Kriesel, Zane Duke

Winning time:  5.12 seconds