Allegheny East Students Compete at Conference STEM Fair

Allegheny East Students Compete at Conference STEM Fair
Story by Shayla-Rene’ Little

At the beginning of each school year, teachers from Allegheny East Conference’s (AEC) schools give students STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) journals to sojourn through a 90-day process of exploration and discovery. Teachers also give parents an involvement booklet to serve as a guide during the 90 days.

At the conference’s annual Regional STEM Fair, held at George E. Peters Adventist School in Hyattsville, Md., AEC students showed what they learned during the three-month process. Participants at the regionals placed high at their local STEM fairs and shared their new knowledge through oral presentations, written reports and presentation boards.

Judge Alice Webb reviews one of the science fair board projects.

Judges were astonished by the K-8 participants’ presentations, and were extremely blown away by the Kindergarteners, says Judy Dent, education superintendent.

The winners included:

Kindergarten
1st Place: Gosife Uyanwune (G.E. Peters)
2nd Place: James VonStitt, II (Dupont Park School in Washington, D.C.)
3rd Place: Omara Hewitt (Jessie R. Wagner Adventist School in Boyertown, Pa.)

Primary (1-2)
1st Place: Jasmine Brown (G.E. Peters)
2nd Plac: Lillian Tyler (Sharon Temple Adventist School in Wilmington, Del.)
3rd Place: Miloni Modi (Wilbert F. Mays Adventist School in Teaneck, N.J.)

Elementary (3-5)
1st Place: Gwen Straker (G.E. Peters)
2nd Place: Tony Scott (Baltimore Junior Academy in Baltimore)
3rd Place: Brandon Lewis (Trinity Temple in Hillside, N.J.)

Middle (6-8)
1st Place: Jannae Whitted (G.E. Peters)
2nd Place: Charles Blakeney, Jr. (Dupont Park)
3rd Place: Shukur Carmichael (Trinity Temple)

Featured Photograph: Kindergartner Lillian Brantley from the Ephesus Junior Academy in Richmond, Va., shares her science project with the judges at the STEM fair.