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41 RCPS students awarded at 2018 GA science fair
Posted on 04/20/2018
Group photo of RCPS high school students at the 2018 Georgia Science and Engineering FairConyers, Ga. – More than three dozen Rockdale County Public Schools (RCPS) students brought home awards and recognitions – 75 awards in all – from the 70th annual Georgia Science and Engineering Fair (GSEF), held March 22-24, 2018 in Athens, Georgia.   

Forty-five RCPS students competed at the state level in Athens. All were Grand Champions at Rockdale Regional Science and Engineering Fair (RRSEF) held in January. Scott Bolen, Rockdale's regional fair director, said, “I am proud of our students and excited about the variety of projects and the number of categories in which our students were competitive.”

“The success of Rockdale's representatives says a great deal about the effort that our students and their research teachers put into their work. It is difficult to design a good research question, much less complete, present and defend a project that makes it all the way to the state fair.”

In all, 41 RCPS students were recognized with first, second, and third Honors Ribbons and in 23 Specialty Awards categories for their work.

For more information about the Rockdale Regional Science and Engineering Fair, please visit www.rsef.webs.com. For more about the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair, please visit www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/youth/academic-special-programs/georgia-science-and-engineering-fair

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RCPS WINNERS AT THE 2018 GSEF


JUNIOR DIVISION HONORS (MIDDLE SCHOOL)

FIRST HONORS:
Dylan Burkey (DMS).   
Hailey Covarrubias (DMS).  
Nathan Crafts (MMS).  
Megan Fachisthers (DMS).   

SECOND HONORS:
Nylah Ductan (DMS).   
Laura Goldgar (DMS).   

THIRD HONORS:
Morgan Gill (DMS).   
Margaret Hwang (DMS).   
Jeriko Kammerer (DMS).   
Liauna Kelly (DMS).   
Grace Kirkland (DMS).    
Stewart Oser (DMS).    
Keon Wright (DMS).    
Zac Yassin (MMS).   
Alexander Zakirov (MMS).   
Maxwell Zhang (DMS).   


SENIOR DIVISION HONORS (HIGH SCHOOL)

FIRST HONORS:  
Brandon Gignilliat (RMSST).    

SECOND HONORS:
Aryanna Brown (RMSST).   
Ashanah Gayden (RMSST).   
Adaysha Gilbert (RMSST).   
Carly Kimpling (RMSST).   
Michelle Nguyen (RMSST).   
Jordan Porter (RMSST).   
Ashley Williams (RMSST).   

THIRD HONORS:
Cionne Gates (RMSST).   
Renee George (RMSST).   
Jacqueline Gomez (RMSST). 
Shivam Vohra (RMSST). 
Ian Westcott (RMSST).

FOURTH HONORS:
Natalie Arias (RMSST). 
Khaylie Boothe (RMSST).   
Sarah Burkey (RMSST)  
Matthew Fachisthers (RMSST).   
Sarah Goldgar (RMSST).   
Tykera Moore (RMSST).   
Cole Nangle (RMSST).   
Nicole Ofori (RMSST).   
Kennedi Tyler (RMSST).   
Cara Zheng (RMSST).   



SPECIALTY AWARDS


American Meteorological Society Award – Brandon Gignilliat (RMSST) .
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Biotechnology Award Second Place Senior Division – Michelle Nguyen (RMSST) .
Broadcom Masters Nominee – Dylan Burkey (DMS), Hailey Covarrubias (DMS), Megan Fachisthers (DMS) .  
Genius Olympiad Recommendation – Ashanah Gayden (RMSST).
Inspiring Excellence Award – Michelle Nguyen (RMSST) .  
NABT Biology & Life Science Project Award, Junior Division – Hailey Covarrubias (DMS), Megan Fachisthers (DMS) .
NABT Biology & Life Science Project Award, Senior Division – Brandon Gignilliat (RMSST), Michelle Nguyen (RMSST) .  
Society For In Vitro Biology Award – Khaylie Boothe (RMSST), Isabella Gaona (RMSST). .
Tellus' Future Science Stars Award - Alternate – Liauna Kelly (DMS), Grace Kirkland (DMS) .
UGA Aspire Science Communication Award – Matthew Fachisthers (RMSST) .  
UGA Crop & Soil Sciences / Georgia Plant Food Educational Society Award Junior Division – Nylah Ductan (DMS) .  
UGA Genetics GSA Best Genetics Related Project Junior Division – Morgan Gill (DMS), Margaret Hwang (DMS) .  
UGA Genetics GSA Best Genetics Related Project Senior Division – Khaylie Boothe (RMSST) .  
UGA Mathematics Department Award Junior Division – Stewart Oser (DMS).  
UGA Microbiology Department Award Senior Division – Michelle Nguyen (RMSST).  
Wesleyan College Math & Science Award – Cionne Gates (RMSST).  
Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Student Choice – “Grossest Project” – Morgan Gill (DMS), Margaret Hwang (DMS).  
GSEF Best in Category Biomedical & Health Science Junior Division – Hailey Covarrubias (DMS), Megan Fachisthers (DMS).  
GSEF Best in Category Mathematics Junior Division  – Stewart Oser (DMS).
GSEF Best in Category Physics & Astronomy Junior Division – Nathan Crafts (MMS).
GSEF Best in Category Plant Science Junior Division – Dylan Burkey (DMS).
GSEF Best in Category Plant Science Senior Division – Brandon Gignilliat (RMSST).  
Regional Fair ISEF Trip Winner, Regional – Huong Ho (RMSST), Tykera Moore (RMSST), Michelle Nguyen (RMSST).  




Pictured below: RCPS Junior Division (middle school) at the 2018 GSEF.





Pictured below: RCPS Senior Division (high school) at the 2018 GSEF.




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