William H. Jin, a student at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Lawrenceville, won second place awards at the United States Army, Navy and Air Force sponsored 52nd National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held April 23-27 in Washington, D.C. He was awarded an $8,000 undergraduate, tuition scholarship in the category of life sciences.
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As part of the annual Law Day observance, the Fulton County Law Week Committee awarded scholarships to James Reid of Grady High School, Helena Weibel of North Springs Charter High School, Andrew Agrippina of Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Madeleine Sibert of Riverwood International Charter School and Alec White of The Lovett School. The five high schools students will attend the Washington Workshops' congressional seminar on national politics and government in Washington, D.C. this summer.
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One of Woodward Academy's freshman debate teams recently won the St. Mark's Round Up in Dallas, Texas. The event is a round robin for 24 debate teams from across the U.S. Both freshman teams from Woodward won the preliminary debates to advance to the final four. Gibran Essa and Crawford Kennedy were champions, beating Pace Academy in the semifinals and Liberal Arts and Sciences in the finals Max Abramson and Aly Shakoor were semifinalists. Abramson was also named top overall speaker at the event. .
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Students from Creekview High School of Canton outperformed hundreds of their peers from across the country recently to earn first place at the 12th annual Team America Rocketry Challenge, which is the world's largest student rocket contest. Champions Amanda Semler, 18; Andrew White, 16; Nick Dimos, 16; Austin Bralick, 16; and Bailey Robertson, 15; bested more than 700 other teams representing 48 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands to earn the national title. The students were tasked with designing and building a rocket that could fly to 825 feet and back within 48-50 seconds while carrying two raw eggs that must return undamaged.
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Walton High School recently captured first place in the 2014 Get There Green high school competition hosted by the Clean Air Campaign. The competition is an action-oriented high school program designed to educate students about pollution reduction, help students create and implement sustainable transportation plans for their schools and introduce high school students to the broader context of community transportation planning. Specifically, Walton students set goals to increase bus ridership, carpooling, reduce idling, and set up a carpool signup and matching stations for students to find ride partners.
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