08/23/2026
Student Spotlight! Garnet Mayfield is taking classes in AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Physics II, and Psychology; she is also competing in several Science Olympiad events this year, including Designer Genes - her passion in life sciences - and Protein Modeling, which has strong ties in genetics. She is a first place medalist in Crime Busters and Can't Judge a Powder (2024) and Rocks and Minerals (2026). Garnet has plans to go to university abroad to study genetics and molecular biology, with the hopes of becoming a research scientist. She has volunteered at the Ansonia Nature Center for three years and dotes on her beloved rescue cats Push and Toshi.