Everest Academy Lemont Blog

Congratulations to our State Science Fair Winners!

Three of our students made the 350 mile round trip trek to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale to compete in the annual Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) state science fair on Saturday, May 2, 2015.



Our three school finalists competed with nearly 1500 other students.  Over 1000 projects were judged and participants received one of the following certificates or medals (in order from lowest to highest): Participation, Bronze, Silver and Gold.

Congratulations to our medalists:

• GOLD       Sophia Colarelli ( Behavior Science)
• SILVER    Hannah Yep (Consumer Science)
• SILVER    Kate Beecher (Physics)

This was a milestone of sorts for our science program as this was the largest group of projects to go to state competition and the farthest distance traveled to compete. Thank you to Mr. Jon Predny, our middle school science teacher, and to our students and their mothers for making this possible.

Science is a fun and challenging learning opportunity at Everest Academy in Lemont, offering students various occasions for hands-on manipulating, laboratory experiments, and engaging discussions. The Roman Catholic school educates preschool through eighth grade in critical thinking skills, and its science program begins at age three in preschool. “In my classes, the goal is to incite interest, curiosity and wonder in the students, and they’re response is always very enthusiastic,” says Mr. Jon Predny, science teacher at Everest.

The science program in preschool exposes children to the scientific method with natural elements, basic experiments, and simple scientific instruments. A full science curriculum begins in Kindergarten, with the goal of familiarizing students with scientific principles, as well as concepts of earth science, the human body, and physical science. “The students’ favorite experiment this year was making ‘oobleck’ during the unit on solids and liquids,” said Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Joanna DiSabato. The Dr. Seuss-inspired gooey substance is a non-newtonian fluid, and pours like a liquid but is solid to the touch. “The five-year-olds were amazed that they created this slime out of common substances. They had a great time doing it.”


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