More Than 60 Projects to Represent GCPS at State Science Fair

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) will be well-represented this week at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair as more than 60 Gwinnett County projects will compete with others from throughout the state.

The 63 projects from 25 different GCPS middle and high schools are the work of 83 GCPS students. Through these projects, the middle and high school students earned first place at the Gwinnett County Regional Science and Engineering Fair in February.

The Georgia Science and Engineering Fair takes place March 21-23, 2013, in Athens.

The Gwinnett Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held in late February at the Gwinnett Center, celebrated science and engineering in grades K-12 and is one of the largest Science and Engineering Fairs in Georgia. The event featured the work of 1,029 students from public, private schools, and local home-school students in Gwinnett County. With more than 700 student projects in this year’s regional fair, the Gwinnett Regional Fair celebrated the largest level of participation in the fair’s history.

"Not only was the fair large, but the quality of projects was also impressive," says Dr. Jonathon Wetherington, GCPS director of science. "Thanks to our partnership with Jackson EMC, Cisco, and other companies, our community was able to witness first-hand science instruction come to life. We congratulate our students and wish them the best as they move on to compete at the state level."

The following GCPS schools will be represented at the 2013 Georgia Science and Engineering Fair: Bay Creek Middle; Creekland Middle; Crews Middle; Five Forks Middle; Hull Middle, Lanier Middle, McConnell Middle; Richards Middle; Shiloh Middle; Trickum Middle; Twin Rivers; Brookwood High; Central Gwinnett High; Collins Hill High; Dacula High; Duluth High; Grayson High; Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology; Meadowcreek High; Mill Creek High; Mountain View High; Norcross High; Parkview High; and Peachtree Ridge High.

In addition, the top three projects at the Gwinnett Regional Science and Engineering Fair were awarded a Grand Prize sponsored by Jackson EMC and Cisco. These projects will advance to both the state and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held in May in Phoenix, Arizona.

These projects were completed by Aprotim Cory Bhowmik of Parkview High (who returns to the international event after earning a top award last school year); William Jin from Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology; and Sergio Parra representing Mill Creek High.

Source: Gwinnett County Public Schools press release.