CCSD celebrates winners from Young Scientists Fair

The 2024 CCSD Young Scientist Fair at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary was a true celebration of our elementary school students grades K-5 and their work. The event featured science project/art displays and interactive, on-site activities and competitions. Awards were handed out in several categories for Science Fair Project, Science Art, Science Olympiad, and the Clarke Invents competition. See the full results below!

SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS

K-2

Earth Science

• 1st place - Jude Scredon, Timothy Road
• 2nd place - Ernie Reifield, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 3rd place - Maade Lawer, Johnnie Lay Burks

Engineering

• 1st place – Rohan Jain, Timothy Road

Life Science

• 1st place – Kenji Funato, Timothy Road
• 2nd place - Sofia Bautista Vega and Arieyonna Flint, J.J. Harris

Physical Science

• 1st place – Charlie Barnett, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 2nd place – Rush DeLaigle, Timothy Road
• 3rd place – Miley Posadas Menjivar, Jakyrie Tory, and Jordan Turner, Gaines

3-5

Earth Science

• 1st place – Michelle Adames Jimenez, Whit Davis
• 2nd place – Brandon Lopez Hernandez and Jaysen Changra, J.J. Harris

Environmental Science

• 1st place – Sebastian Thomas, Timothy Road
• 2nd place – Ellie Pardue, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 3rd place – Lia Balde, Timothy Road

Life Science

• 1st place – Arabel Ingels and Bebe Peacock, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Emma La Torre Sanchez, Cleveland Road
• 3rd place – Calissa Johnson, Cleveland Road

Physical Science

• 1st place – Harrison Smith, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Mahari Thomas, J.J. Harris
• 3rd place – Tait Gibbons, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 3rd place – AnnaMarie Thompson, Cleveland Road

SCIENCE ART RESULTS

K-2

Earth Science

• 1st place – Jaxon Bagley, Whit Davis
• 2nd place – Cora Ruhlen, Timothy Road

Life Science

• 1st place – Luna Salmi-Lapegna, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Dorsey Crowe, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 3rd place – Mavis Hebbard, Timothy Road

Physical Science

• 1st place – Andrew Jarrett, Timothy Road
• 2nd place – Sebastian Martos Aponte, Gaines

3-5

Earth Science

• 1st place – Violet Winters, Timothy Road
• 2nd place – Brandon Lopez Hernandez, J.J. Harris
• 3rd place – Clara Lane, Whit Davis

Environmental Science

• 1st place – Frederriah Stowers, Gaines

Life Science

• 1st place – Eloise Chalmers, Timothy Road
• 2nd place – Jesli Escalante Rivera, J.J. Harris
• 2nd place – Flora Maldonado Wells, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 3rd place – Lyla Maldonado Wells, Oglethorpe Avenue

Physical Science

• 1st place – Za’Nariah Conley, Gaines

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

Tower of Athens

• 1st place – Mavis Bramlett, Marlo Mortensen, Elizabeth Ruppersburg, and Ada White – Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Nico Raccoursier, Erica Garcia-Mendez, and Alexa Hernandez-Rosas, Winterville
• 3rd place – Huxley Gardiner, Finnley Hosey, Sofia Ezzarghani, and Alias Williams,  Oglethorpe Avenue

Athens Aeronautics

• Distance
  1st place – Mason Nelms, Oglethorpe Avenue
  2nd place - Misha Singh, Oglethorpe Avenue
  3rd place – Bethel Gomes, Winterville
  
• Accuracy
  1st place – Odin Neville, Johnnie Lay Burks
  2nd place – Mason Nelms, Oglethorpe Avenue
  3rd place – Leah Perez Morales, Gaines
  
• Aerobatic
  1st place - Odin Neville, Johnnie Lay Burks
  2nd place – Sofia McDaniel, Gaines
  3rd place – Jacob Albano, Oglethorpe Avenue
  

No Bones About It

• 1st place – Gabby Coes and Clara Crim, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 2nd place – Katherine Caldwell, Timothy Road
• 3rd place – Margaux Dressel and Knox Dressel, Johnnie Lay Burks

Rock Hound

• 1st place – Amos Podvin and Margaux Dressel, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 1st place – Phoebe Geisenhof and Mallory Cork, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 1st place – Theophilus Hunsu and Silas Webb, Timothy Road
• 2nd place – Maria Alvear-Albarran and Arizbeidy Hernandez-Mondrago, J.J. Harris
• 2nd place – Shernya Tolbert and Andrew Barrera Flores, Gaines

Mystery Architecture

• 1st place – Tait Gibbons and Nate Harwell, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Issac Shuman and Isla Singh, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 3rd place – Akia Holloman and Shernya Tolbert, Gaines

Barge Building

• 1st place – Milo Ashe and Kadence Thornton, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Luis Heredia Peraza and Thiago Lugo, Winterville
• 3rd place – Aylin Aguilar and Andrew Barrera Flores, Gaines

Deep Blue Sea

• 1st place – Tallulah Woodson and Danae Petridi Sierra, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Clara Crim and George Wheeler, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 3rd place – Ariane Huntley and Skylar Klapatch, Bettye H. Holston

CLARKE INVENTS RESULTS

K-2

• 1st place – Jackson Yori, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Henry Dunlap, Johnnie Lay Burks
• 2nd place – Andy Jarrett, Timothy Road
• 3rd place – Jason Hunsu, Timothy Road

3-5

• 1st place – George Wheeler, Oglethorpe Avenue
• 2nd place – Lia Balde, Timothy Road
• 3rd place – Jai Purcell, Timothy Road