Dougherty County School System students earn top honors at Social Studies Fair
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KENNESAW – Dougherty County School System students raked in the recognition at the recent State Social Studies Fair, including the event’s top award.
At the recent fair, which was held at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, DCSS students took home eight awards, including two all-around awards and the event’s top prize, the Best in Fair Award, which went to Christopher McCullough, Lauren Salter and Jaslene Cade from Dougherty Comprehensive High School for their project “Griot Noir: The Impact Of Story Telling In African American Culture.”
Westover Comprehensive High School’s Yasmeen Omar received the event’s Special Social Impact Award for her project “The Troubles I’ve Seen: The Woes Of Woman.”
De’Corlyn Miller from Lake Park Elementary School earned the Ed Jackson Memorial Outstanding Georgia Project for his history project “The Trail of Tears.”
“Our students and teachers did an outstanding job with their projects and did extensive research in order to present well this year, and the results of the state fair are proof of that,” Cheryl Smith, the district’s sasociate superintendent for academic services, said. “They competed against the very best in the state and came out on top, and we couldn’t be more proud of our scholars.”
Others who won awards include:
Class One (grade 5-6): Best in Economics — Kaiden Davis, Live Oak Elementary: “Fast Food: Is the Convenience Worth The Risk?”
Class Three (grades 9-10): Best in Anthropology — Lailand Potts, Westover High: “The Effect Of Pythagoras on Western Society”
Class Four (grades 11-12): Best in Sociology/Psychology — Autumn Holsey and Kezi’a Hopper, Westover High: “The Negative Effects of Abortion;” Best in Anthropology — Tabrarri Mathis, Monroe High: “The Psychological Effects Of Iconoclassism on African Americans;” Best in Class: Haley Hamm, Westover High: “How Childhood Trauma Affects the Brain.”
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