CCSD Elementary School Students Win at State Science Fair

Fifteen Cherokee County School District elementary school students won honors at the Georgia K-5 Science and Engineering Fair!  Five won first-place honors and two additionally earned Grand Top 10% awards at the competition held at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.  Congratulations to our winners and their teacher sponsors!  Thank you to our local sponsors, Cherokee County Water & Sewerage Authority, Cobb EMC and Gas South.  Our School Board is laser focused on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!

CCSD Georgia K-5 Science and Engineering Fair Winners
First-Place Honors and Other Top Awards
Sanjay Gogineni, Grade 1, Macedonia ES, “Cabbage Magic: A Colorful pH Experiment,” Chemistry, teacher Georgia Knowlton – Grand Top 10% Award, Primary Division
Krithi Kulkarni, Grade 5, Hickory Flat ES, “Cracking the Code,” Systems Software, teacher Janet Wheeler – Grand Top 10% Award

First-Place Honors
Granger Bales, Grade 3, Ball Ground ES STEM Academy, “Electrified Water,” Earth & Environmental Sciences, teacher Mary Marble 
Rebecca Pennington, Grade 4, Clark Creek ES STEM Academy, “Which Toothpaste Is More Effective?” teacher Karen Garland
Natalie Tetteh, Grade 3, Clark Creek ES STEM Academy, “Which Liquid Dissolves Sugar the Fastest?” teacher Karen Garland

Second-Place Honors
Hank Feise, Grade 2, Bascomb ES, “Need 4 Speed,” Physics and Astronomy, teacher Jennifer Mendenhall
Luca Heller, Grade 1, Hasty ES Fine Arts Academy, “Cloud Capacity,” Earth & Environmental Sciences, teacher Leah Spradlin
Emerson Reese, Grade 5, Carmel ES, “Which Sporting Ball will Go the Highest Launched Vertically?” Physics and Astronomy, teacher Kate Henriques

Third-Place Honors
Ayushman Gadhavi, Aditya Nair, and Adrian Sobrino, Grade 4, Little River ES, “Milk Wars: The Spoilage Edition,” Microbiology, teacher Shaniqua Young
Andie Hesser, Grade 3, Johnston ES, “The Meltdown Test,” Chemistry, teacher Susan Turco
Tucker Hill, Grade 2, Macedonia ES, “Terrific Torch Test: Which Material Burns the Most?” Materials Science, teacher Georgia Knowlton
Cole Robitaille, Grade 3, Johnston ES, “Plane and Simple,” Engineering Mechanics, teacher Susan Turco
Sheryl Ann Sam, Grade 2, Carmel ES, “Buzz About Fizz: How Soda Affects Objects Compared to Water,” Chemistry, teacher Kate Henriques

The students and their teacher sponsors will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools at an upcoming School Board meeting.

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