Chaney sophomore on scientific path to success

YOUNGSTOWN

Kyla Geisel, a Chaney High School sophomore, is a role model and inspiration for younger students enrolled in the West Side Community Center’s West Side Science Success 2 class, the center’s director said.

Kyla, 15, has been entering and winning science fair competitions since the fourth grade.

But last year, she hit the jackpot, and she hopes for more success this year.

Kyla’s project received a superior rating at the 2010 division level science fair at Youngstown State University making her eligible to compete at the state level at Ohio State University.

A superior rating at state earned her a $15,000 three-year renewable scholarship from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Her project, titled “Optical Illusion — Seeing is Believing,” demonstrates if the mind can be tricked with pictures.

But the scholarship wasn’t the only reward.

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