
Newton County School System (NCSS) students won big at the recent Georgia Council for the Social Studies 2019 Regional Fair at the University of North Georgia/Gainesville Campus, with 35 NCSS students bringing home awards. Newton County School System students competed against students in the Northeast Georgia Region, which includes Fannin, Banks, Walton, Gilmer, Franklin, Union, Hart, Morgan, Towns, Elbert, Greene, Rabun, Madison, Taliaferro, Lumpkin, Jackson, Columbia, White, Barrow, McDuffie, Habersham, Clarke, Warren, Stephens, Oglethorpe, Glascock, Dawson, Wilkes, Hancock, Forsyth, Lincoln, Putnam, Hall, Oconee, Jasper, Butts, Monroe, Jones, Commerce City, Jefferson City, Baldwin, Gainesville City, and Social Circle City school systems.
Five NCSS students won first place awards at the regional fair including Kya Hinkson, Khyndall Lambert, and A’Kira Morgan from Clements Middle; Carmen Hinton from Indian Creek Middle; and Samuel Lent from Newton College and Career Academy. Lent’s project also earned a “Best in Region” award and was selected to move on to the Georgia Council for the Social Studies State Social Studies Fair on Saturday, April 13 at Eagle’s Landing High School in McDonough, Georgia.
NCSS students who won awards at the 2019 Regional Social Studies Fair include:
2019 Regional Social Studies Fair Winners; This is Alt Text
Student |
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School |
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Grade |
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Project |
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Award |
Samuel Lent |
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Newton College & Career Academy |
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9 |
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How Will the Future Covington Town Center and Three Ring Studios Affect the Economy in Covington? |
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1st Place; Best in Region; Advancing to State Fair |
Kya Hinkson, Khyndall Lambert, & A'Kira Morgan |
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Clements Middle |
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7 |
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How Social Media Effects Teenage Girls |
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1st Place |
Carmen Hinton |
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Indian Creek Middle |
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7 |
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Adoption |
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1st Place |
Rhyanna Robinson & MaKy'la Williams |
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Clements Middle |
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6 |
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Georgia's Entertainment Industry: The Economics Behind the "Hollywood of the South" |
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2nd Place |
Jayden Williams, Lenaya Turnbull, & Juan Barajas |
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Liberty Middle |
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7 |
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Palestinians vs Jews: Who Do You Feel Should Have the Right to Israel? |
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2nd Place |
Kayla Parsons, Keely Pontiff, & Hailey Quinn |
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Liberty Middle |
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7 |
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Genocide in Rwanda (Huti vs. Tutsi) |
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2nd Place |
Serenity Hays |
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Indian Creek Middle |
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7 |
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Assistant Dogs |
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3rd Place |
Hannah Brothers & Reilly Darnell |
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Indian Creek Middle |
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7 |
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Why Did Alcatraz Close? |
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3rd Place |
Brooklynn Wescott & Elizabeth Bryans |
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Indian Creek Middle |
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7 |
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Andersonville Tragedy of Men |
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3rd Place |
Payton Dozier & Layna Cher |
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Indian Creek Middle |
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7 |
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Tic Tac Tourette's |
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3rd Place |
Ziyah Rich & Alexa Williams |
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Liberty Middle |
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6 |
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The Civil War |
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3rd Place |
Nathan Jones |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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6 |
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Do Video Games Help or Hurt Kids with ADHD? |
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3rd Place |
Cameron Shields |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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6 |
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Why is Recycling Important? |
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3rd Place |
Natalie Henderson, Jade Neal, & Nicholas Jean |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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8 |
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The Black Death |
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3rd Place |
Diana Lopez, Aly Medina, Emma Johnson, & Ey'ces Tubbs |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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8 |
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Is Government Funding Hampering or Helping Our Country? |
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3rd Place |
Megan Parks |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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7 |
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Do Attractive People Get More From Life than Non-Attractive People? |
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3rd Place |
Logan Parrish, Noah Horne, & Romeo Thitapanh |
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Veterans Memorial Middle |
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8 |
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The Effects of Agent Orange |
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3rd Place |
The Georgia Social Studies Fairs lead students, through competition, to learn, practice, and perfect research processes that can be used now and in the future to make informed decisions that impact both today and posterity. Local, regional, and state social studies fairs annually present exhibitions of student work from grades 5-12. Each project is designed to show research and conclusions about the study of people and their relationships to their physical and social environment.
“I am very proud of all of all of our Regional Social Studies Fair winners,” said Dr. Nikkita Warfield, NCSS director of secondary education. “They worked very hard on their projects and should be proud of their awards. Social Studies is an important subject as it serves as the foundation for developing judgments and understandings that influence future decisions; it serves to enable us to understand the world around us. Students who participate in the Social Studies Fair are to be commended for their hard work and desire to understand the impact of events throughout time.”
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