Local Students Qualify for State Tech Fair
Jasper County High School, Jasper County Middle School and Washington Park Elementary School students and leaders traveled to Central Georgia Technical College in Milledgeville to compete in the Regional Technology Fair last week.
Jasper County High School students Robert Womack and Eli Smallwood won first place in Web 2.0 Internet Application; Savannah Fritz placed first in Digital Photography; and Maggie O’Kelley placed first in Multimedia Applications.
Second place winners included Garrett Scroggs and Caleb Usry in Multimedia Applications.
Jasper County Middle School was represented with one first place winner, Rebecca Bailey in Non-Multimedia.
Five students placed second including Ryan Nelson and Cole Usry in Mobile Apps Design; Destiny Lytle in Multimedia Applications; and Savannah Dougherty and Ciara Christopher in Web 2.0 Internet Applications.
Washington Park Elementary claimed a first place win with a digital photography project by Wesley Powell.
Other participants included Cheyenne Gray and Cassidy Brown from the high school; and Andrew Pratt, Tyler Phillips, Maddy Perry, and Kaitlyn Wilbanks from the middle school. Morgan Currie, Tamra Beatenbaugh, Myles Proctor, Tanner Strickland, Thane Fowler, and Ethan Proctor participated from Washington Park Elementary.
The competition was hosted by Oconee RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency).
Students were accompanied by school level sponsors Mary Tumlin, Jena Fowler, Gary Cooper and Matt Tumlin. Chaperones were Shannon Usry and Angie Steele.
All first place regional winners are invited to compete at the State Technology Fair Competition to be held March 8 at Middle Georgia State College in Macon.
Students will face more than 500 competitors from all over Georgia. 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 twelfth grade winner in each category.