Gold for Sisler Students at MSSS
February 4, 2021

Sisler High School did remarkably well at the Manitoba Schools Science Symposium (MSSS). Each of the 8 Sisler entries won at least one award. Details are as follows:
Intermediate: Gr 9-10
Bronze: “Ma Mere ou Ma Grand-Mere?!” by Elisha Corsiga
Bronze: “Urban Gardening and Nutrient Loading of Lake Winnipeg” by Jerome Kristofer Mansilla
Gold: “Life in Plastic, it’s ‘Fantastic’ ” by Kaitlyn Mendoza and Kyra De La Cruz
Senior: Gr 11-12
Bronze: “Index of Refraction” by Simarjit Saroya and Harsimran Kaur
Gold & Best Biological Science Group Project: “The Hidden Truth on Bullying” by Jeanette Reyes and Michelle Simba
Gold & APS (American Psychological Society) Science Fair Award & Best Biological Science Individual Project: “Identification of Essential Plant Defence Response Genes in the Arabidopsis Sclerotinia Pathosystem” by Dennis Drewnik
Gold & Best Environmental and Earth Sciences Individual Project & Manitoba Association for Medical Laboratory Science Award & Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp Award & Special Engineering Related Award (KGS Group):
“Creating an Iron Filter with the use of Banana Peels”
by Philip Kawalec
Gold & Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba Award & Analytical Science Award & CSBE/SCGAB Biosystems Engineering Award & Best Physical Science Group Project:
“The Removal of Phosphorus through Phytoremediation”
by Winneca Beltran and Sydney Mangalit
Congratulations to all of our winners!