Congratulations Emerald Coast Middle School Girl’s Basketball Team who earned the title as champions at the Northwest Florida Middle School Athletic Conference on December 10th! They finished their season undefeated! Way to go Stingrays! Submitted by Angela Vance.
Our WCSD Science Fair Awards Ceremony was held on December 8th. Approximately 150 students from 6 schools participated in this year's Science Fair on December 6th.
Congratulations to all of our Walton County Science Fair Award recipients!
Science Fair projects help develop analytical skills and independent thinking! Whether you are doing a science fair project, a classroom science activity, independent research, or any other hands-on science inquiry understanding the steps of the scientific method will help you focus your scientific question and work through your observations and data to answer the question as well as possible.
Sikes Wilson (pictured) from South Walton High School received the Superintendent Mr. Hughes Award for an outstanding project in the Biological Category, "How does the type of milk affect plant growth." Sikes also won 1st place in the Senior Biological category.
A special thank you to our participants and their families, our Science Teachers, Judges, the Choctawhatchee Hemerocallis Society and Darius Paul
We hope to see you next year!
Additional pictures from the WCSD Science Fair may be found on the WCSD Facebook Page. Submitted by Crystal Appel.
Third through fifth grade students at West DeFuniak Elementary received science fair awards on Friday, December 9th. Awards included ribbons and cash prizes. The science projects were displayed throughout the WDE hallways for all students to enjoy. Students in K-2 participated in classroom science projects, which were also displayed.
5th Grade
Biological:
Honorable Mention:
“Fast Music/Slow Music” (Bush ) Nicolas Claudio
“Which Liquids Grow Plants the Best?” (Allen) Jackson Clemmons
“Is the Dominate Hand More Sensitive?” (Garrett) Caroline Dawkins
“Does Exercise Lower Blood Glucose Level?” (Garrett) Allie Saunders
3rd Place: “Nothin’ But Net ” (Garrrett) Arya Patel
2nd Place: “It Grew Where?” (Stafford) Sam LeCroix
1st Place: “Germs, Germs, Everywhere” (Garrett) Raleigh Reed
5th Grade
Physical
Honorable Mention:
“Dirty Water, No Problem” (Garrett) Jackson Anderson
“Hard Water” (Garrett) Joseph Fleetwood
“What Type of Water Evaporates the Fastest?” (Garrett) Avan Price
3rd Place: “Produce Power” (Garrett) Callie Hulion
2nd Place: “ Solar Hopper ” (Stafford) Aaron Wilmoth
1st Place: “Stronger Than A Board ” (Garrett) Chris Laird
Principal’s Award:
“Can Smelling One Thing While Tasting Another Impact Taste? ” (Bush) Elena Vazquez DeRyke
Submitted by Jessica Dawkins.The Florida High School Mock Trial Competition is an academic competition in which a team of 6-8 students simulate the roles of both attorneys and witnesses in a fictitious trial situation. Students have roughly five months to organize for their roles; case materials, questions and answers, and other resources are posted on-line by FLREA, Inc (Florida Law Related Education Association). Students compete against other teams in their judicial circuit, and the victor of that competition comes to the state competition which is typically held in March at the Orange County Courthouse, Orlando, Florida. This is the most hands-on, intensive learning simulation about the trial process available to high school students.
Walton County Schools, through its Youth Leadership Program, have a county competition in December/January each year, organized by local contacts, and held at the Walton County Courthouse, DeFuniak Springs, Florida. A county winner will be named each year and a traveling trophy will be presented to the winning school. Special thanks to Dan Marcinkowski, former lawyer and Chamber of Commerce Representative, and Judge Kelvin C. Wells for assisting with this activity for the students of Walton County. Please see Walton County School District's Facebook Page for additional photos of this event. Submitted by Kelly Stephenson and Donna Honish.
