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Oakview Student Awards2010-2011

2011-2012 Honors2009-2010 Honors

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS WINNERS- SCHOOL LEVELCongratulations to the following students who won the school competition and advanced to thedistrict finals!!Ben WilliamsBryonna HowardMary Kate BausGabby Herrera- QuirozDrew ByrneWill DolvenJarius GainesElizabeth Taylor

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS RUNNER-UP TEAM- SCHOOL LEVEL Congratulations to our runner-up team from the school competition!Tyler FurrPratamesh Ramasubramanian Hew KneelandCampbell SmithCaroline Kelley

REFLECTIONS AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to all participants and Relection winners! Click here to see the list of student names and the beautiful artwork.

ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AWARD

WINNERS Back Row:Kell Runnion- 2nd place for PoetryKate Carroll- Honorable Mention for PostersAshleigh Martin- Honorable Mention for Poetry Front Row:Arvind Mahadeva- 1st place for EssaysMadhar Bhat- 2nd place for Poetry

EARTH DAY SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS: K-2Erin MakosiejZoe SturgesAndrew ChekanovDevan Colby

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EARTH DAY SCHOOL POETRY

CONTEST WINNERS: GRADES 3-5Kayleigh Howard- her illustrated poem wasselected as the top entry for the 3-5 grade category in the Western Carolinas PoetryCompetition and has been submitted for thenational competition.Molly ClaxtonAbbie PanuccioBryonna Howard

DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS- CLASSMs. Jones third grade class- 2nd place for "Marker Marathon"

Also- Ms.Gerard's 4th grade class- 1st place for "Which Evaporates Faster" (not pictured)

FIFTH GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTSGrace Crowder- "Paper or Plastic"- 2nd Place in Oral PresentationSarah Yu- "Does the Starting Temperature of Water Affect the Time it Takes to Freeze?"- GoldCertificate

FOURTH GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTSMedha Tirumalai- "How to Make Soap Bubbles Last Longer"- 3rd place in Individual ProjectsMeral Hardwicke- "Electrical Conductivity of Fruits"- Gold CertificateKate Harrison- "Do Mulch and Other Ground Covers Affect the Moisture Content in the Soil?"-2nd place in Individual Projects Emma Kate Seckinger- "The Biggest Loser"- Gold Certificate

THIRD GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTSKennedy Madden- "Hot on the Spot"- 3rd Place in Individual Projects Faith Bloomstran- "Rain Sticks"- Gold Certificate Shashank Comandur- "Keep the Heat"- Silver CertificateKernan Frey- "Super Salt"- Silver CertificateConnor Nicholson- "The Bridge Battle"

FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL LEVELSCIENCE FAIR WINNERSGrace Crowder- "Paper or Plastic"Sarah Yu- "Does the Starting Temperature ofWater Affect the Time it Takes to Freeze?"

FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERSKate Harrison- "Do Mulch and Other Ground Covers Affect the Moisture Content in the Soil?"Emma Kate Seckinger- "The Biggest Loser"Meral Hardwicke- "Electrical Conductivity of Fruits"Medha Tirumalai- "How to Make Soap Bubbles Last Longer"

THIRD GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERSFaith Bloomstran- "Rain Sticks"Kennedy Madden- "Hot on the Spot"Connor Nicholson- "The Bridge Battle"Kernan Frey- "Super Salt"Shashank Comandur- "Keep the Heat"

REEDY RIVER RUN

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Reedy River Run 2011. Oakview hadover 200 participants that ran over the weekend in either the Kid's Mile, 5K, or 10K. The following students placed in the event:Annika Bissinger- 3rd overall for girls, 1st in age groupGeorgia Kirkpatrick- 2nd overall for girls Anderson Wells- 1st in age division Will Dolven- 1st in age group, 4th overall for boys and girls Tristan Clark- 1st overall for boys and girls

BI-LO INVENTION CONVENTION

Congratulations to Diana Pittman and Jordan Pomar who won 2nd place in the 4th gradedivision of the Bi-Lo Invention Convention for their invention, the Critter Feeder.

PIEDMONT CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION

Congratulations to Andy Xu who won first place in the Countdown Competition and thirdplace in the Written Competition (Sprint & Target rounds) at the 2011 Piedmont ChapterMATHCOUNTS Competition on February 12, 2011. The competition was held at the MadrenCenter located on the Clemson University Campus. More than 160 mathletes from 21 schoolsparticipated in this competition. There were a total of seven counties represented: Greenville,Anderson, Laurens, Greenwood, Pickens, Oconee, and Abbeville. Andy is one of the teammembers from Chinese School of Greenville (GCCA). He is one of only 6 individual studentsqualified to participate in State Competition in Charleston on March, 12.

GEOGRAPHY BEE PARTICIPANTSCongratulations to all participants and Geography Bee winners!ParticipantsConnor BradiganLiam DammersHarry FeinsteinGarrett GrayDeQuell HesterZachary JupenaAbbie PanuccioMegan SeidelStephan VoelkAndy Xu

GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNERS1st Place- Andy XuRunner Up- Megan Seidel 3rd Place- Zachary Jupena

Andy will go on to compete at the State level in Columbia on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 9 a.m.

STATE GEOGRAPHY BEE 6th Place- Andy Xu