Category Archives: Awards

LCS Students Excel at State History Fair

Four LCS Student Projects Advance to the National History Fair

 Leon County Schools’ students excelled at the State History Fair with seven students or groups recognized in the top three in the main categories and three more students or groups earning the top honor in the Special Prize categories. Additionally, two Lincoln students won the Outstanding County Award for Leon County. First and second place finishers will advance to the National History Fair in June.

Here are the complete statewide results- http://www.floridahistoryfair.com/awards/statewinners.cfm

Native American Heritage Award

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE AWARD
Sponsored by the The Florida Governor’s Council on Indian Affairs, Inc.
McCall Chapin, Lily Sweet King
Secret Words, Secret Warriors: How the Navajo Code Talkers Helped Win World War II
Junior Group Documentary
Fairview Middle School (Leon)
Teacher: Amise Manuel, Karen Study

SCIENCE HERITAGE AWARD
Sponsored by the The Tallahassee Scientific Society
Creed King, Kate Powell, Townsend Porcher
The Eradication of the Hookworm in the American South
Junior Group Exhibit
Fairview Middle School (Leon)
Teacher: Amise Manuel, Karen Study

WORLD WAR II HERITAGE AWARD
Sponsored by the Florida State University’s Institute for World War II and the Human Experience
Cannon Haworth
D-Day: The Decision to Go on June 6th
Junior Individual Performance
Fairview Middle School (Leon)
Teacher: Amise Manuel, Karen Study

JUNIOR HISTORICAL PAPER

2nd Place Adrianna Williams
Henrietta’s Immortality: How One Woman’s Cells Shaped Medical History
Swift Creek Middle School (Leon)
Teacher: Stephen Veliz

SENIOR HISTORICAL PAPER

2nd Place Rachel Joyner
Age of Antibiotics: The Transformation of Medicine and the Subsequent Arms Race Between Man and Microbe
Leon High School (Leon)
Teacher: Lewis Tillman

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

3rd Place Cattie Li
38th Parallel: The Dividing of a Nation
Deerlake Middle School (Leon)
Teacher: Gretchen Bertram

SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE

3rd Place Joshua Buchanan, Joseph Thyer
Martin Luther and the Sale of Indulgences
Lincoln High School (Leon)
Teacher: Craig Ross

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT

1st Place Sarah Brooks
Ancient Language, Modern Warfare: The Secret Mission of the Navajo Code Talkers
Lincoln High School (Leon)
Teacher: Nick Bertram

3rd Place Breanna Bruner
All Aboard to Florida! The Grand Hotels of the Two Henrys
Lincoln High School (Leon)
Teachers: BillieAnne Gay, Nick Bertram

OUTSTANDING COUNTY AWARD
Lincoln High Kayley Erickson and Emma Raymaker

PHOTOS: Winners of the Newspapers in Education Essay Contest at the Florida Capitol

Congratulations to the winners of the Newspapers in Education Essay contest sponsored by the Tallahassee Democrat. The ceremony was held at the Florida Capitol during Children’s Week.

Chiles Team Win Regional Brain Bowl

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Congratulations to Principal Joe Burgess and the Chiles High School Brain Bowl Team for winning the 2013 Big Bend High School Brain Bowl yesterday. The field of competition included 36 teams and resulted in a final match between our own Chiles High School and Bainbridge High School of Bainbridge, Georgia. The Timberwolves team included: Wayne Zhao (Captain), Hannah Williams, Jeremy Jones, Kenneth Zhou, Nick Yang, and Jeffrey Zhu. The team’s sponsor is Andrew Shoenberger.

Chiles Students Win Astronaut Challenge!

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STUDENT ASTRONAUT CHALLENGE ANNOUNCES WINNING
TEAM OF SECOND ANNUAL COMPETITION
– Statewide program brings attention to Florida’s STEM initiatives –
Tallahassee, Fla., March 11, 2013 – The Chiles High School team from Tallahassee is the winner of the 2013 Florida Student Astronaut Challenge. The Florida Department of Education, in partnership with Florida State University Schools, NASA, Flightline Group, Inc., Florida Engineering Foundation, Inc., Coaxis International, and the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, hosted the second annual Florida Student Astronaut Challenge Friday, March 8-10, 2013, in Tallahassee.
High school students from across the state participated in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM-focused competition designed to test their knowledge of space-shuttle operations, engineering, launch, orbit, and landing of the Space Shuttle “Enterprise” flight simulator.
“This program provides an excellent opportunity to recognize the talents of STEM students across the state,” said Public Schools Chancellor Pam Stewart. “As a former high school principal, I know how students and their teachers welcome challenges that call for extraordinary creativity, effort, and team work. Setting the bar high for our students in STEM programs will help Florida’s students compete for jobs in the 21st century.”
This year the Florida Student Astronaut Challenge received 350-percent more team applications, with nearly 200 students from 30 schools in southern, central, and northern Florida competing at the regional qualifier. Regional qualifier events consisted of a written examination based on reference material supplied by the competition and supervised and administered by the Florida Department of Education. A panel of experts in the field of science and science education evaluated the proposals and selected the top teams, and last year’s challenge winner – Pompano Beach High School – to travel to Tallahassee to compete in the 2013 finals. Six teams competed for this year’s top spot.
Each of the six teams received tickets to Universal Studios-Orlando and an invitation to tour the Kennedy Space Center and meet an astronaut. In addition, Chiles High School received special recognition and medals at Sunday’s awards ceremony and an automatic entry into next year’s competition.
For more information about the competition, visit Student Astronaut Challenge.

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2013 Glenn Howell Distinguished Educator of the Year Finalists Announced

LCS is proud to announce the five finalists for the 2013 Glenn Howell Distinguished Educator of the Year!

The honorees are:

Nicole Green, Teacher – Apalachee Elementary School

Dr. Marsha Glover-Sanders, Principal – Astoria Park Elementary School

Dr. Christopher Small, Principal – Springwood Elementary School

Jesse Forbes, Teacher – Amos P. Godby High School

Jameeka Wallace, Assistant Principal – The Success Academy

Final interviews will take place March 4.

Capital Regional Science Fair Winners!

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The Capital Regional Science and Engineering Fair is open to students in Leon County, Wakulla County, Jefferson County and Calhoun County students in grade 6th –12th. Students have the opportunity to compete in numerous categories that spark their interests. Categories range from Zoology to medicine and Health Science. The theme for this year’s wait was Unlocking Our Global Possibilities. Students are taking their questioning methods and applying them to real world circumstances to help unlock future global possibilities and opportunities.

Here are all the winners from the 2013 Capital Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Category Winners:
Behavioral and Social Sciences (BE)
Junior: Anna Wilgenbusch: Trinity Catholic Middle School
Senior: Kendall Schmidt: Maclay School

Biochemistry (BI)
Junior: Steven Burress: Deerlake Middle School
Senior: Aneesh Rahangdale: Maclay School

Botany (BO)
Junior: Dylan Jones: Deerlake Middle School
Senior: Austin Peppers and Reed Smith: Leon High School

Chemistry (CH)
Junior: Nell Crlenjak: Montford Middle School

Computer Science (CS)
Junior: Catherine Austin

Earth and Planetary (EA)
Junior: Logan Rivers: Maclay
Senior: Hunter Price and Tristan Wood: Blountstown High School

Engineering (EN)
Junior: Grant Womble : Deerlake Middle School
Senior: Kayley Erickson: Lincoln High School

Environmental Science (ES)
Junior: Odessa Deng: Deerlake
Senior: Mitchell Darnell and Kristen Jenkins: Blountstown

Mathematics (MA)
Junior: Cynthia Wang: Deerlake Middle School
Senior: Sampath Kumar: Chiles High School

Medicine and Health Sciences(ME):
Junior: Gabby Thabes: Montford Middle School
Senior: Christine Gonzalez: North Florida Christian

Physics and Astronomy (PH):
Junior: Sayeeda Aishee: Cobb Middle School
Senior: Angela Jiang: Lincoln High School

Zoology (ZO):
Junior: Elloire Levy: Trinity Catholic School
Senior: James Patrick and Bertis Taylor: Blountstown High School

Special Awards:
1. NOAA: Odessa Deng: Deerlake
2. US Metric Award: Sayeeda Asihee: Deerlake
3. American Meterological Scoiety: Zachary Yopp: NFC
4. American Psychological Association: Luke Strickland: NFC
5. FAST Awards: Junior: Samatha Fadool: Maclay & Senior: James Patrick Lernard and Bertis Taylor: Blountstown High
6. SEEK Award: Austin Peppers and Reed Smith: Leon, Lexie Bedust and Chessa Goodman: Bloutstown, Hunter Price and Tristan Wood: Bloutstown, Mitchell Darnell and Kristen Jenkins: Bloutstown
7. ASM Materials: Kayley Erickson: Lincoln high
8. Association of Women Geoscientists: Odessa Deng: Deerlake Middle School
9. The American Physiological Society: Christine Gonzalez: NFC
10. The Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award: Sampath Kumar: Chiles High
11. The National Society of Professional Engineers: Robert Nowak: Deerlake Middle School
12. Ricoh Sustainabe Development Award: Austin Peppers and Reed Smith: Leon High School
13. Society of InVitro Biology: Jordan Allen: NFC
14. The Stockholm Junior Water Prize: Austin Peppers and Reed Smith: Leon High School
15. Yale Science and Engineering Association: Lucan Denny: Godby High School
16. Navy and Marine Corps: Luke Strickland: NFC
17. Army Award: Austin Peppers and Reed Smith: leon, Luke Strickland: NFC, Sampth Kumar: Chiles, Angela Jiang: Lincoln
18. Top Army Award: Kayley Erickson: Lincoln
19. Air Force awards: Luca Denny: Godby, Zachary Yopp: NFC, Christine Gonzalez: NFC

Junior Division Physical Science Winner:
1. Grant Womble, 7th Grade, Deerlake Middle School
Junior Division Biological Science Winner:
1. Gabby Thabes, 6th Grade, Montford Middle School
Senior Division Physical Science Division Winner:
1. Kayley Erickson, 11th Grade, Lincoln High School
Senior Division Biological Science Winner:
1. Austin Peppers and Reed Smith, 10th Grade, Leon High School