A Great Start to Science Olympiad

Great Science Olympiad Results!

On Saturday, the Science Olympiad Team traveled to Peachtree City to compete in the J. C. Booth Middle School Invitational Tournament. This year’s tournament was the most competitive in history with nearly 50 teams competing, including tournament winner Solon Middle School from Solon, Ohio who has been the reigning National Champion for the past five years. FSA placed fifth among the participating schools, besting schools many times its size including Elkins Point and River Trail. FSA students placed in 10 of the 23 events.

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Lewis

4^th Place - Siri Choragudi and Suraj Chatrithi

Food Science – coached by Mrs. Deeb

4^th Place - Siri Choragudi and Calvin Owens

Forestry – coached by Mrs. Butler

2^nd Place - Lilly Webster and Aditi Tekkam

5^th Place - Aditya Choudhari and Anany Terala

Helicopters – coached by Mrs. Walsh

4^th Place – Susanne Deeb and Faith Lucas

Heredity – coached by Ms. Doraiswami

3^rd Place – Araneesh Pratap and Sree Sanku

5^th Place – Siri Choragudi and Calvin Owens

Metric Mastery – coached by Ms. Fichter

4^th Place – Araneesh Pratap and Nadir Lewis

Mousetrap Vehicle – coached by Mr. Vazquez

6^th Place – Sule Anik and Neel Ambardekar

Reach for the Stars – coached by Mrs. Walsh

6^th Place – Araneesh Pratap and Aditya Chouhardi

Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos

5^th Place – J. J. Lu and Beyza Akgun

Rotor Egg Drop – coached by Mr. Seker

4^th Place – Calvin Owens and Katherine Li

Head Coaches Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Stathos would like to thank all of the coaches and parents for their assistance in preparing and assisting the team. Congratulations! Our next competition will be the Regional Tournament to be held at Gainesville State College on February 9.

 

Mira Mutnick Won 2nd Place at Fulton County Regional Science and Engineering Fair

Fulton Science Academy Sixth-grade student, Mira Mutnick won a second place award for her science fair project “Solar Ovens: You Can Make One” at the Fulton County Regional Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Westlake High School in Atlanta.

Mira’s project was one of the winners in the FSA School Science Fair and was chosen to represent FSA at the Fulton County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

8th Grader, Caroline Wittschen Selected to All-State Orchestra

Fulton Science Academy Private School eighth grade student, Caroline Wittschen, was selected from among several thousand violinists in Georgia to attend Georgia Music Educator Association’s 2013 All-State Orchestra program.  Caroline attended initial auditions in October, during which several thousand middle school violinists tried out in various locations around Georgia.  Cuts were then made to create a pool of the top 200 violinists.  Final auditions for these students were held last Saturday at the Westminster School in Atlanta and Caroline was selected as one of the top 44 middle school violinists in the state.  She will travel to Savannah, GA with several hundred middle- school and high school students Feb 28- March 2 to participate in the GMEA All-State program.

GMEA organizes and carries out the All-State performance program in order to give all selected students an opportunity to work with other students of equal caliber under the direction of highly qualified conductors.  Each student auditions on a statewide basis and is selected on merit when judged by professionals against all other applicants across the state.  Selection to All-State is recognition of excellence in musical knowledge, technique and interpretation.

Caroline began playing violin in the fourth grade in her elementary school orchestra class.  She has been studying violin for four years with Mimi Tam who performs with  the Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet Orchestras.

FSA Robotics Team Qualified to Compete at State Level

Fulton Science Academy Private School is pleased to announce that FSA Robotics Team LGKnighterz competed at FIRST Lego League Super-Regionals on Saturday, January 12, 2013 and won "Best Robot Performance Award".

With this result, FSA robotics team is qualified to compete at State Level Tournament on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom.

Congratulations to these students, their parents and our coach Mr. Kaya for this wonderful achievement.

What is the Challenge?

In early fall, FLL releases a Challenge, which is based on a real-world scientific topic.

Each Challenge has three parts: the Robot Game, the Project (Why a Project in a Robotics Competition?), and theFLL Core Values. Teams of up to ten children, with one adult coach, participate in the Challenge by programming an autonomous robot to score points on a themed playing field (Robot Game), developing a solution to a problem they have identified (Project), all guided by the FLL Core Values. 

Past Challenges have been based on topics such as nanotechnology, climate, quality of life for the handicapped population, and transportation. By designing our Challenges around such topics, participants are exposed to potential career paths within a chosen Challenge topic, in addition to solidifying the STEM principles that naturally come from participating in a robotics program. Team members also learn valuable life and employment skills which will benefit them no matter which career path they choose.

The Robot Game and Project are what teams do. The FLL Core Values are how they do it.

17 Students Won 1st Place at Regional Technology Fair

17 Students Won First Place at Regional Technology Fair

Fulton Science Academy Private School is pleased to announce that 17 students won 1st Place at Georgia Private & Home-schools Technology Fair on January 12, 2013. 

STUDENTS	PLACEMENT	CATEGORY	LEVEL
Abbey Christopher	1st Place	Project Programming	3rd & 4th Grade
Adil Casurluk	1st Place	Non-Multimedia Applications	3rd & 4th Grade
Elizabeth Li & Meredith Stafford	1st Place	Case Modification	3rd & 4th Grade
Gillian Stafford & Huda Altaf	1st Place	Non-Animated Graphic Design	3rd & 4th Grade
Abdulkadir Sanli	1st Place	Technology Literacy Challenge	5th & 6th Grade
Abdulkadir Sanli & Muhammed Korucu	1st Place	Case Modification	5th & 6th Grade
Hakan Aktas	1st Place	Animated Graphic Design	5th & 6th Grade
Alex Atchison	1st Place	Animated Graphic Design	7th & 8th Grade
Alex Atchison	1st Place	Technology Literacy Challenge	7th & 8th Grade
Araneesh Pratap	1st Place	3D Modeling	7th & 8th Grade
Erin Machado	1st Place	Case Modification	7th & 8th Grade
Hannah Logan & Simran Tyagi	1st Place	Digital Photography	7th & 8th Grade
Srihari Muralidhar	1st Place	Project Programming	7th & 8th Grade
Vikram Ruppa-Kasani	1st Place	Web 2.0. Internet Applications	7th & 8th Grade
Yusuf Tas	1st Place	Non-Multimedia Applications	7th & 8th Grade

Congratulations to these students their parents and our coaches, Mr. Kaya and Mrs. Ayer. We wish them good luck with the state competition at Macon State University on March 9, 2013.

1st Place at State Conservation Poster Contest

Congratulations to Erin Machado!

Fulton Science Academy Private School is pleased to announce that after winning 1st place at the district level, Fulton Science Academy 8th grader, Erin Machado won 1st place at the state level of the National Conservation Poster Contest as well.  The next step for Erin is the national level. Erin will be given her award at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center on Friday, February 1st.

Congratulations to Erin,  her parents, and FSA Art Teacher, Mrs. Teeling, for this great achievement.

We wish Erin best of luck at the national level.

What is National Conservation Poster Contest?

The annual National Conservation Poster Contest provides kindergarten through twelth grade students an opportunity to convey their thoughts about soil, water and related natural resource issues through art. It also highlights the educational outreach efforts of conservation districts and their state conservation associations, auxiliaries and agencies. The poster contest theme follows the annual Stewardship theme. The contest is co-sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts and the NACD Auxiliary.

Each year, the poster contest starts at the district level. Individuals and teachers with questions regarding district contests should contact their local district. District winners advance to the state level. Finally, state winners advance to the National Contest. National winners are recognized each year at the NACD Annual Meeting.