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South Forsyth Middle School won the Georgia State Regional on March 4.
Forsyth middle schools win regionals, qualify for state science Olympiad FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Vickery Creek Middle School and South Forsyth Middle School both won their regional tournaments and will be competing at the Georgia Science Olympiad on March 18 at South Cobb High School. Science Olympiad tournaments are run as a series of 23 events that students compete in as pairs, on topics ranging from astronomy to food science to tower construction. Vickery Creek won the Oconee County Regional Feb 25. At Oconee, Vickery Creek earned 15 first place
medals and 41 medals overall. This is Vickery Creek’s third consecutive year winning their regional and advancing to the state tournament. South Forsyth won the Georgia State Regional on March 4 and took home eight first place medals and 24 medals overall. South Forsyth is returning to the state tournament for the second year in a row. Georgia is one of the most competitive states in science Olympiad, with the top two teams advancing to the national tournament.
Forsyth Students compete in FBLA state conference FORSYTH, COUNTY, Ga. — Students from three Forsyth County schools recently attended the Future Business Leaders of America Middle School Level State Leadership Conference Feb. 28 at the Georgia National Fair Grounds in Perry, Ga. Students from Riverwatch Middle School, South Forsyth Middle School and Little Mill Middle School competed. The results include: Riverwatch MS • 1st Place: Avvai Chandrasekara • 2nd Place: Kashvi Mundra and Dharshan Rajan • 3rd Place: Prajwal Saokar, Varun Pateel, Joshua Kim and Jonas Du • 4th Place: Rishi Gullapalli, Juni Park and Varun Pateel • 5th Place: Jai Batia, Swaroop Sathyanarayan, Noah Kim and Sri Julapally • 6th Place: Krishi Kishore • 7th Place: Charlotte Lawson, Jonas Du and Justin Ryu • 8th Place: Hari Mudigonda, Krishi Kishore and Sri Julapally • 9th Place: Sahil Sood • 10th Place: Sukshma Sathyanarayan South Forsyth MS • 1st Place: Aadi Karthik, Tharini Ramakrishnan Kavitha and Sydney Morrissey • 2nd Place: Benjamin Rose and Aadi Karthik • 4th Place: Ashiriitha Shanmugam and James Chalmers • 5th Place: Sanjay Mohander, Shwetam Zarekar and Rishabh Chouhan • 6th Place: Valeria Perez • 9th Place: James Chalmers Little Mill MS • Ava Trammell competed but did not place.
NFHS student wins optimist club essay contest CUMMING, Ga. – Jessica Prouty, a senior at North Forsyth High School, won the Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club’s 2017 essay contest. This is an annual competition open to Forsyth County students. The theme for this year was “Chasing Optimism in the Face of Challenges.” Prouty’s essay was the winner out of 333 entries. “I wrote my paper from a personal experience perspective,” Prouty said. Prouty underwent surgery to remove an ovarian dermoid cyst that is sometimes referred to as “a silent killer” in women. “Jessica did a wonderful job of ar-
ticulating in a clear and logical manner this year’s theme,” said Gwyn Hanie, committee chair of the Sawnee-Cumming Club’s essay contest. Prouty lives in Cumming with her father and mother, Patrick and Judy, along with sisters, Kayleigh and Briana. She said that she hopes to study computer science at Georgia Tech. Prouty was awarded $500 for her win. Her essay will be forwarded to the zone level to compete with winners from other Optimist Clubs in northeast Georgia. If a winner at that level, her essay will go to the district level that includes Georgia and east Tennessee.
Gwyn Hanie, left, presents a certificate and $500 check to Jessica Prouty for her first place essay in the Sawnee-Cumming Optimist Club 2017 essay contest.