Julie Hugunin, Anna Simonelli, Tristan Tay, Mary Stygles, Erin Stock, Neha Majeti and Nikitha Das competed for Grafton High in the Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee at UMASS Medical School.
Photo credit: Grafton High School

GRAFTON, Mass. - Grafton High School's Brain Bee team aquitted itself well over the weekend at the Central Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee at UMASS Medical School, with student Nikitha Das placing in the final four.

The Brain Bee is a competition based on student knowledge of the nervous system. The students who competed were Julie Hugunin, Anna Simonelli, Tristan Tay, Mary Stygles, Erin Stock, Neha Majeti and Das.

There were 15 schools competing for only 10 spots in a final "round robin" oral examination. GHS earned three out of the final 10 spots, with Tay, Stock, and Das competing in the final.