Fryeburg Academy-73rd Maine State Science Fair

Fryeburg Academy senior Antonina "Tonia" Zakorchemna and junior Artem Laptiev stand in front of their engineering project titled, “Developing a Low-Cost Braille Electronic Reader for the Blind” at the 73rd Maine State Science Fair at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BRUNSWICK, Maine — On Saturday, March 23, Fryeburg Academy students, senior Antonina “Tonia” Zakorchemna and junior Artem Laptiev — both international resident students from Ukraine, — participated in the 73rd Maine State Science Fair at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Out of over 200 teams who entered, representing 50 different schools from both public and private institutions in grades nine to 12, Zakorchemna and Laptiev placed second place overall as well as capturing second place in the engineering category.

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