SOLON – Two seventh-grade students from St. Rita School are among 155 district finalists to advance this year’s State Science Day on Sat., May 10 at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

The wishes scribbled and stapled to Winterhaven's popular Wishing Tree each year actually double as data for a science project that began in 2000.

Dr. Rianna Vandergaast’s path as a lead researcher in COVID-19 neutralizing antibody testing began with a simple, seventh grade science project. Her father, an environmental scientist, was the ...

YouTube video of 7th grade student Melody Green sending a toy to space to test altitude on air pressure and temperature.

Almost 20 years after that original science project, the tree averages about 18,000 wishes a year. Winterhaven visitors affix wishes to the Wishing Tree during opening night of the 2017 ...