49 Cherokee Students Advance To State Tech Fair

From Cherokee County School District: Nearly 200 CCSD students presented projects across 15 categories on Saturday at the CCSD Technology Fair, held at River Ridge High School. Forty-nine students won first place in their grade level category, which means they will advance to the State Technology Fair in March. This year's Tech Fair was coordinated by Laura Akers, assistant principal at Little River ES, and Valerie Lowery, assistant principal at Canton ES STEM Academy. Categories included video production, digital game design, robotics, device modification 3D modeling and more.

Photos courtesy of Cherokee County School District:

(Image 1) Woodstock ES teacher Kristen Brooks helps fifth-grader Gaven Duncan troubleshoot his project.

(Image 2) E.T. Booth MS student Madeline May won first place in robotics for grades 5-6. She programmed her robot to play a song.

(Image 3) Kaden Fluhart, left, and Daniel Robbins of E.T. Booth MS won second place in robotics. Inspired by the recent winter weather, they programmed their robot to draw a snowman.

(Image 4) Abigail Hardy, left, and Halle Mizelle of Hasty ES Fine Arts Academy won second place in productivity design for grades 5-6; they designed a newspaper as their project.