• A Woodstock Middle School team is headed to the 2015 National Science Bowl after winning the regional competition in Savannah. The team went undefeated through the sub-regional and regional competitions and is the only middle school team representing Georgia at the national competition, April 30-May 4 in Washington, D.C. The team of Laney Broussard, Greg Carroll, Katie Gilliam, Andy Jiang and Camilo Rincon is coached by Brandi Miller and Heidi Switzer. In the national competition, middle and high school students solve technical problems and answer questions from fields including biology, chemistry, Earth and space science, physics and math. The top eight middle school teams and 16 high school teams in the national finals will win $1,000 for their schools' science departments. More than 14,000 students participate each year.
• Thirteen DECA chapter students from Sandy Creek High and Whitewater High will showcase their business knowledge among 16,000 students, advisers, business people and alumni at the DECA International Career and Development Conference April 25-28 in Orlando. The competitors were determined at the Georgia Career and Development Conference in Atlanta at the end of February. Fayette students competing include: (Sandy Creek High) Ahmad Worjroh, fifth place, Quick Service Restaurant Management; Madison McNair, second place, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling; Alex Tomlin, fourth place, Financial Consulting; Logan Bolton, Markas Marston, and Courtney Brock, third place, Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan; Tony Clay and Joshua Blander, fourth place, Financial Services; and Collin Mowery, fifth place, Personal Financial Literacy; (Whitewater High) Emma Fulton, seventh place, Retail Merchandising; Jacob Munnicha, seventh place, Restaurant and Food Service Management; Dymond Moore, third place, Apparel and Accessories Marketing; and Robert Li, third place, Business Finance. In addition to the state winners, Madison McNair was one of three students in the state awarded a $1,000 DECA Memorial Scholarship from the Georgia DECA Foundation.
• Sequoyah Middle School in Clayton County earned national recognition for its work with at-risk youth. It was recognized at the 26th annual National Youth At Risk Conference in Savannah with the High Flyer Honorable Mention award, for academic achievement, community service, and extra-curricular programs over the past three years. Lonnie White III, principal, said, "In essence, all of our children are at risk if we don't make sure they have the best every day. We have a family of educators who bring their best every day, working hard to ensure that our students receive the best academic, social, and emotional development."
• Students in Atlanta and Milton, Ga., were honorable mention winners in C-SPAN's national 2015 StudentCam competition. Sarah Cohen and Madison Tessler, eighth-graders at The Davis Academy in Atlanta, will receive $250 for their documentary, "Liberty, Justice and Equality for ALL: LGBT's Fight for Civil Rights." Taylor Herold and Evan Nathanson, eighth-graders at The Davis Academy, will receive $250 for their documentary, "Homeless Not Hopeless: Youth Homelessness in our Community." Delanee Wilson and Greer Spradling, freshman at Cambridge High School in Milton, will receive $250 for "Guns in the Hands of Georgian Criminals." The national competition, now in its 11th year, invites middle school (grades 6-8) and high school students (grades 9-12) to produce a five- to- seven minute documentary on a national policy issue.
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