Youth from Three Schools Compete at Tech Fair

On January 25, several students from Jasper County High School, Jasper County Middle School and Washington Park Elementary School traveled to Westside High School in Macon to compete in the Regional Technology Fair Competition which was hosted by Bibb County School District.

Students were accompanied by sponsors Amy Wade, Cara Youmans, Mary Tumlin, Johnnie Sue Moore, and Matt Tumlin.

Jasper County High School was represented with two-first place projects—Tarek Ahmad in the category of Video Production and the team of JaKara Tobler and Ta’Kya Thompson in Mobile Apps.

Jasper County Middle School was represented with three first place projects—the team of Breanna Fowler and Lorilei Fowler in Video Production, the team of Cierra Peters and Rena Kate Tingler in Digital Photo Production, and the team of Bethany Strength and Carley Whitmire in the category of animation. William Garvin received honorable mention for a project in Video Production.

From Washington Park Elementary School, there were two first place winners—Lillie Perkins in Video Production and the team of Carson Crotts and Randolph Epps in Audio Production. The team of Ethan Stachowicz and Jayden Wojcik received honorable mention for a project in Internet Applications.

Other participants included Zach Garvin, Harmoni Farley, Rachel Carnes, Kaitlyn Shelton, Leigha Perkins, Hannah Tinney, Jayden Tuggle, Ella Norris, Anna James, Hadley Hodges, Brooklyn West, Marie Perry, Shanae McClain, Lane Mason, Evan Smith, Parker Hoffman, Tyler Garvin, Faraday Harty, Nolan Dean, and Tyler Walsh.

All first place regional winners are invited to compete at the State Technology Fair Competition to be held on March 14 at Kennesaw State University in Marietta. Students will face competitors from all over the state. As elementary and middle school students gain experience and knowledge by competing in various categories, they can work toward rewards in the future as high school seniors are awarded heavily at the state level. The state competition sponsor, Georgia Educational Technology Consortium, will award a scholarship to each senior winner in each category.