2021 Pennsylvania Statistical Poster Competition Winners
The Science Outreach Center and Mathematics Department at Saint Francis University is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition. The annual state competition is in its twenty-fifth year overall, and is coordinated for the thirteenth year by Saint Francis University.
Cash awards of $96 for first place, $72 for second place, $48 for third place, and $24 for fourth place in each of four grade levels are awarded to the students who submitted winning posters. External financial support is provided by several regional and state professional organizations, including: Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematics Council of Western PA, Harrisburg Chapter of the American Statistical Association, and Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Statistical Association. A statistics poster is a display containing two or more related graphics that summarize a set of data, looks at the data from different points of view, and answers specific questions about the data. The 178 posters submitted electronically included 26 in the K-3 grade category, 72 in the 4-6 grade category, 32 in the 7-9 grade category, and 48 in the 10-12 grade category. These 178 posters were submitted from a total of 342 students! Judging for the state competition was held on March 26, 2021. Winning posters were then submitted to the Data Visualization Poster Competition, which is coordinated by the American Statistical Association. Congratulations to all the students who created and submitted the winning and honorable mention posters, and to the teachers, parents and mentors who guided the students.
Grades K-3 Winning Posters 2021
First Place: Evelyn Kuo, Where“In the World” is Ahtohallan? Rydal Elementary School, Mentor: Yin-Ming Kuo
Second Place: Annika Martin and Amelia Simaku, Have More Dogs Been Adopted During COVID 19 in 2020 Than the Previous Year? Roslyn Elementary School, Mentor: Amy Martin Third Place: Ian Littlefield, Cool Paper Airplane Stats, Owatin Creek Elementary School, Teacher: Kathy Walker
Fourth Place: Nattai Shoham, Does COVID-19 and Online Learning Effect Kids Sleeping Patterns? Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Top Honorable Mention: Maggie Dombard, Who’s Missing? Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: Isaac Freeman, Gaming the $ystem, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Mathai, Seeing the Trends! Mast Community Charter School, Mentor: Katrina Misczak
Grades 4-6 Winning Posters 2021
First Place: Carter Shannon and Connor Shannon, The Rotten Race, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Second Place: Connor Gibbons, Do You Get What You Pay For? Roslyn Elementary School, Mentor: Bonnie Gibbons
Third Place: Michelle Bonnette, Unmasking Pet Adoption, Roslyn Elementary School, Teacher: Bradley Bonnette
Fourth Place: Carlos Hinkel, Pass the Super Bowl Guacamole, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Top Honorable Mention: Evan Randolph, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per State in the East Coast, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: Ella Laskey-Ruiz, Netflix vs. Hulu, Abington School District, Mentor: Angela Ruiz
Honorable Mention: Isadore Eisenstein, Germs Among Us, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: Brian Peters, Indoor Pets and Allergies, Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: William Michalski, Lets Rock! Rydal Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Honorable Mention: Leah Brice, Lottery: Played vs. Won, Overlook Elementary School, Teacher: Pamela DaSilva
Grades 7-9 Winning Posters 2021
First Place: Angela Mathai, Crystal Clear Water, Mast Community Charter School, Mentor: Elizabeth Glenn
Second Place: Madeline Krassner, Generation Resilient, Abington Junior High School, Mentor: Kathryn Duffy
Third Place: Elizabeth Folmer, Kaylie Gaye, Lily Bifano and Benjamin Steinbeck, How Does a Middle School Student’s Sleep Schedule Differ During Online and In-person School? Windber Middle School, Teacher: Katie Thomas
Fourth Place: Hannah Smith and Meghan Restley, Apple or Samsung? Chestnut Ridge High School, Teacher: Olivia Wissinger
Top Honorable Mention: Spencer Steed and Cole Gable, Our Climate Crisis, Cocalico Middle School, Teacher: Michelle Shirey
Grades 10-12 Winning Posters 2021
First Place: Alyssa Sipman and David Volchonok, Do High School Students Really Drink a Latte Coffee? Lower Moreland High School, Teacher: Dennis Murphy
Second Place: Luiza Vazquez, Samantha Osborne and Delaney McGee, Double Trouble, Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Third Place: Emma Taylor, Erin Zhou, Riley Horton, and Fulgence Ngui, Is Zoom Land Really Snooze Land? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Fourth Place: Caroline Kennedy and Carmen Hagerty, Political Play, Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Top Honorable Mention: Abby Jones, Maya Jones and Maia Anderson, Cat Got Your Tongue? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Meredith Reese, Delfina Szigethy and Maddie Snyder, A Couple Zzz’s or a Cup of Joe? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Mira Morris, Katy Meta, Grace Kearns and Audrey Anderson, Dudes for Disney? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Katherine Wilkison and Alaina Smith, Love the Skin You’re In? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Madison Adams and Mason Beiswenger, Does COVID-19 Kill Grades? Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Teacher: Carol Carlisle
Honorable Mention: Ava Prezioso, Morgan Palmer and Ashley Goodell, Starbucks vs. Dunkin, Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Mary Hoffman, Ashley Barnett and Zoe Rebol, Honey…Where is My Super Suit? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Peter Swindal, Ryan Vuillemot, Jackson Baer and Nathan Apanavicius, Smile for the Camera! Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy
Honorable Mention: Connor Frank, How Valuable is Your Identity? Mount Lebanon High School, Teacher: Heather Pessy