2025 Ohio Regional Science Day Competition
- Jeffrey Harmison
- Mar 19
- 3 min read
This past Saturday, March 15th was 2025 Ohio Regional Science Day (formerly known as District Science Day) at Columbus State Community College. At this competition, students from all over Franklin county (and other surrounding counties) came together and presented their STEM projects at this science fair competition.
Horizon, led by Ms. Hicks, had 13 students from our school attend and present their project to judges. They were nervous and excited to present their projects. We are extremely proud of all of our students!!
Here are the results:
Please congratulate all of these students for competing when you see them around both buildings.
Student First Name | Student Last Name | Grade | District Category | Final Ranking | Sponsored Award(s) |
Aasiyah | Abdullah | 12 | ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES (Code:ROBO) | Superior | |
Abena | Bonna | 11 | BIOCHEMISTRY (Code: BCHM) | Superior | |
Azra | Yegenoglu | 12 | MATHEMATICS (Code: MATH) | Superior | |
Barsha | Rasaily | 12 | CHEMISTRY (Code: CHEM) | Excellent | |
Blessing | Gyimah | 11 | EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Code:EAEV) | Superior | FIRST place award from the Franklin County Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers for recognition of her outstanding performance in the research, preparation and presentation of her science fair project |
Fatima | Ali | 11 | BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Code: BEHA) | Superior | |
Hajr | Abdullah | 11 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS (Code: ENMC) | Superior | |
Layla | Ali | 10 | BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Code: BEHA) | Excellent | |
Michael | Ko | 11 | BIOCHEMISTRY (Code: BCHM) | Excellent | |
Muna | Musse | 11 | MICROBIOLOGY (Code: MCRO) | Excellent | |
Najat | Ajisafe | 11 | ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES (Code:ROBO) | Excellent | Governor's Thomas Edison Award for Excellence on Information Science & Technology Research |
Rukiya | Araale | 12 | BIOCHEMISTRY (Code: BCHM) | Excellent | |
Umulkheyr | Aden | 11 | CHEMISTRY (Code: CHEM) | Excellent |
Sponsored Award(s):
Additionally two of our students receive sponsored awards. This is when a company, institute, school, etc will come to the fair and choose any project related to the topic to present sponsored awards to. These awards are certificates, monetary, or just letters of recognition.
Najat Ajisafe received a sponsored award certificate for the Governor's Thomas Edison Award for Excellence on Information Science & Technology Research from the Ohio Development Services Agency
Blessing Gyimah received the FIRST place award from the Franklin County Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers for recognition of her outstanding performance in the research, preparation and presentation of her science fair project. She received a certificate and a $150 check!
State Science Day Qualifiers
The following students received a "superior" ranking and means they are qualified to submit their project to State Science Day.
Please give these students extra congratulations. It is tough to receive a superior ranking at Ohio Regional Science Day due to them wanting the best projects to move on to States.
Student First Name | Student Last Name | Grade | District Category | Final Ranking |
Aasiyah | Abdullah | 12 | ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES (Code:ROBO) | Superior |
Abena | Bonna | 11 | BIOCHEMISTRY (Code: BCHM) | Superior |
Azra | Yegenoglu | 12 | MATHEMATICS (Code: MATH) | Superior |
Blessing | Gyimah | 11 | EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Code:EAEV) | Superior |
Fatima | Ali | 11 | BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Code: BEHA) | Superior |
Hajr | Abdullah | 11 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS (Code: ENMC) | Superior |
Shout Outs and Thanks:
A huge thanks to all the mentors, staff who have helped these students prep, and our school administration for always supporting us.
Major shout outs for Ms. Hicks and students at the event:
Ms. V for being an extra chaperone
Mr. Caliskan for attending and being a judge at the fair
Mr. Gercek for driving the school van a whole bunch of times to get the students and us to the competition and back throughout the day!!