CCSD Elementary Students Win at Science Olympiad

Cherokee County School District students tested their STEM knowledge and skills at an annual districtwide competition, with teams now advancing to state competition!

Students from elementary schools throughout CCSD competed in the Cherokee County Science Olympiad, which offered 18 science challenges and the fourth annual CCSD Speed Building Competition.  The overall winning teams are: first place, Carmel Elementary School; second place, Avery Elementary School; and third place, Bascomb Elementary School!  They now advance to the state competition in May at Kennesaw State University.  Congratulations to our winners and their teacher coaches and thank you to sponsors, Cobb Electric Membership Corporation and Gas South!  Our School Board is laser focused on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else.

Carmel ES team members are: Emily Banks, Korina Beavers, Adeline Buckley, Kristian Butler, Skyler Crofts, Elianna Donovan, Skiilar Fountain, Carolina Garcia, Addie Hayes, Connor Heaberg, Emmanuel Hernandez, Audrey Holt, Enzo Inaudi, Sophia McCoy, Holden Motsinger, Emerson Mummert, Milo Pope, Luis Ramirez, Brayden Smith, Elliott Valdes, and Noble Whitehurst.  Coaches are teachers Kate Henriques, Tim Reister, and Ian Schumacher.

Avery ES team members are: Aanu Agunbiade, McKenna Aldrich, Asher Bennett, John Daniel Berkemeier, Pranav Dasari, Carson Fleming, Charlotte Hughes, Blakely Lord, Anvith Malgireddy, Aarish Nayak, Srihas Padmaraju, Henry Prance, Jaasvi Pudota, Shourya Puli, Mason Rappaport, Gahan Rela Muni, Samaira Sanevelly, Weston Shoaff, Eleanor Williams, and Anvi Yadav.  Coaches are teachers Lyndsey Reed and Miranda Satterfield.

Bascomb ES team members are: Caitlin Clark, Samuel Davis, Silas Dowdy, Ethan Freisthler, Lienna Goodloe, Mike Goodloe, Elsa Gustafson, Luke Gustafson, Bradley Halsema, Olivia Hersh, Wilder Johnson, Kayden Jones, Huxley Kierbow, Caroline Mink, Esther Montero, Olivia Moore, Cooper Pierce, Finley Salzberg, Quinley Sand, Ivan Saye, Maryam Seasay, Cooper Strickland, Sullivan Walker, and Marissa Vasquez.  Coaches are teachers Kaitlyn Eagens, Kelly Garcia, Jennifer Mendenhall, and Tammy Videkovich.

The Speed Building Competition top teams are: first place, Holly Springs ES STEM Academy; second place, Johnston ES; and third place, Macedonia Elementary School.  See the individual winners’ names below.

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