THE Public School System congratulates the students who participated in the CNMI PSS State-Level Island Wide STEM Fair at Chacha Ocean View Middle School on March 8, 2025.
The winners are:
K-1 grade cluster
• Kaydee Pangelinan from San Vicente Elementary School for “Growing Gummy Bears”
• Liann Mayor from Green Meadow School for “The Balloon-Powered Car”
• Caylie Santos from William S. Reyes Elementary School for “Clean Penny”
• MINA Environmental Award — Carl Caleon from Garapan Elementary School for “Making Clean Water with a DIY Filter”
2nd-3rd grade cluster
• Makai Cutting from Oleai Elementary School for “Rainwater Filtration: Can we clean rainwater?”
• Anaiah Marcelo from Oleai Elementary School for “Homemade Insecticide”
• Liv Taijeron from Mount Carmel School for “Figuring Out Filters”
• MINA Environmental Award —Anaiah Marcelo from Oleai Elementary School for “Homemade Insecticide”
4th-5th grade cluster
• Alexis Pangelinan from William S. Reyes Elementary School for “H.O.W. Holder on Wheels”
• Ayumi Palacios from Northern Marianas International School for “Medicine or Candy?”
• Yohan Jeong from Oleai Elementary School for “Facing Climate Change: Developing a health monitoring tool to visualize heatwaves and UV radiation”
• MINA Environmental Award —Ezekiel Villagomez from Mount Carmel School for “Got Milk: The future of milk plastics”
6th-8th grade cluster
• Eva Shin from Brilliant Star Montessori for “Which Bridge Design Can Hold the Most?”
• Hunwoo Cho from Grace Christian Academy for “The Strongest Bridge”
• Nel Cunanan from Tanapag Middle School for “No Plastic? Fantastic!”
• MINA Environmental Award —Princes Mahusay from Dr. Rita Inos Jr./Sr. High School for “Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Life”
• Lemelson Early Inventor Award — Jaden Cantil from Dr. Rita H. Inos Jr./Sr. High School for “Automatic Plant Watering System”
Paper airplane competition winners
• Gene Bernal from Garapan Elementary School with a distance of 90 feet
• DJ Taisakan from Oleai Elementary School with a distance of 78 feet, 4 inches
• Seandrey Mendiola from William S. Reyes Elementary School with a distance of 71 feet, 7 inches
High school research cluster
• Ja Young Kim and Ji Ho Kong from Saipan International School for “BioHex: An Autonomous Hexapodal Coral Transplantation Mechanism for Marine Forest and Coral Reef Conservation”
• Irene Park from Saipan International School for “A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach for Enhancing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnostic Accuracy: Optic Disk Segmentation and Symptom Severity Classification”
• Lya Kim, Dong Gyu Lee, Dong Hyun Lee from Saipan International School for “Magnetopriming to Enhance Sugar Snap Pea Germination for Future Space Agriculture”
• MINA Environmental Award —Ja Young Kim and Ji Ho Kong from Saipan International School for “BioHex: An Autonomous Hexapodal Coral Transplantation Mechanism for Marine Forest and Coral Reef Conservation”
“On behalf of the STEM Committee team, we would like to say congratulations to all the students who advanced and ranked in the CNMI PSS State-Level Island Wide STEM Fair Competition, held on March 8, 2025!” said Asapmar Ogumoro, CNMI PSS science program manager. “This year’s event showcased an impressive 171 STEM projects from K-12 students across CNMI’s public and private schools. A heartfelt thank you to all the teachers, aides, schools, parents, STEM Fair committee members, Chacha Ocean View Middle School team, judges, AmeriCorps, Kagman High School JROTC, and — most importantly — our student participants for their dedication and contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Your passion and commitment continue to inspire the next generation of innovators!”
Ja Young Kim, left, and Ji Ho Kong topped the high school division of the STEM Fair.
Liann Mayor
Kaydee Pangelinan
Caylie Santos
Carl Caleon
