Twenty-nine students from San Bernardino County schools will advance to the 54rd annual California State Science Fair on May 23-24 in Los Angeles after receiving top honors at the 2005 Inland Area Science and Engineering Fair at the National Orange Show.  Fontana Unified School District had 32 medal winners in the competition and gold medal winner Christopher Raguse, a 6th grade student at Fontana Middle School, will advance to the state competition.  (Click here to view the list of all FUSD medal winners.)

During the four-county regional fair held April 19-20, students received gold, silver and bronze medals, with the top two winners in each category selected to participate at the state level.  Individual and group projects were judged in 19 categories of science—from microbiology to zoology, math and physics to electronics, and consumer sciences to earth sciences.  Only winners in the junior and senior divisions advance to the state competition.

At the state science fair, approximately 900 students in grades 6-12 from 350 schools across the state will compete for awards totaling more than $50,000.