Fort Gay Prek-8 Hosts Social Studies Fair
Click on pic for slide-video by Rebecca Maynard
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, students from grades 3-8 participated in the Fort Gay Elementary school based social studies fair. The projects are classified based on division (grade level) and category (topic). There are three divisions: Division I (Grades 3-5), Division II (Grades 6-8), and Division III (Grades 9-12). The Social Studies Fair at the school only included divisions I and II. The projects can be divided up into the following categories: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Sate and Local Studies, US History, and World History.
The West Virginia State Social Studies Fair has a set of rigorous rules and regulations that students must follow such as size of their project display, length of oral presentation, the use of digital presentation aides, and many more. For the competition students were required to complete a project display that showcased the topic, write an abstract as outlined by the state format, and give an oral presentation detailing their project. Judges scored the projects in these areas, but each area has a different weight towards the overall score.
Fort Gay PreK-8 staff stated that they were proud of all the students who participated and thought that they all did such a wonderful job. The winning first place projects will move on to the county level fair which will be held at Crum PK-8 on Thursday, December 14, 2023.
The following projects took first place at Fort Gay Prek-8:
Division I
Ella Fitzpatrick- individual- Sociology
Daniel Maynard- individual- World History
Brystal Slone and Zoey McCoy- team- US History
Xander Halcomb- individual- State and Local History
Tristan Smith- individual- Economics
Division II
Aubreigh Sisk and Brooklynn Block- team -Economics
Journee Meddings- individual- US History
Baylie Hill- individual- Sociology
Rylea Maynard and Landon Johnson- team- World History
Second place winners:
Division i
Layla Vanhoose and Emily Adkins
Carter Howard and Kaden Adkins
Harper Harrell
Division II
Kennedy Casadorph and Raegan Muncy
Aiden Clark, Jasmine Stiltner, and Jayla Davis
Third Place winners:
Division I
Gabby Jude and Gracie Ward
Keleea Mollett and Tressa Ganon
Destiny Cyrus
Kheleah McCreery and Autumn Ratcliff
Hadley Hatten, Mikayla Roberts, and Alex Tripp
*Each school throughout the county is holding a school-based fair. The winning projects from those schools will also move on to the county level and compete against students from other schools in Wayne County.
