Above: Piccowaxen Middle School art teacher Gayle Kraus, right, works with Maddox Yates, a prekindergarten student who attends Archbishop Neal School, on a Hands-On S.T.E.A.M. Activity at the first Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) History, Industry, Technology and Science Expo held March 19 at St. Charles High School. The Expo replaces the annual Science and History Fairs and also showcased several school system programs available for students. These programs include robotics, the Code.org computer science partnership and offerings, Project Lead the Way, the Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM), interactive media production and more. Photo courtesy of CCPS.
St. Charles, MD – More than 300 students from Charles County Public elementary, middle and high schools, as well as local private schools, entered their science or history day projects for awards as part of the first Charles County Public Schools History, Industry, Science and Technology Expo held March 19 at St. Charles High School.
The Expo replaces the annual Science and History Fairs and also showcased several school system programs available for students. These programs include robotics, the Code.org computer science partnership and offerings, Project Lead the Way, the Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM), interactive media production and more.
La Plata High School freshman Jarrett Mulloy was named the overall winner of the science fair portion of the Expo. His project, “Variations of Light Speed through Mediums,” earned a first-place award in the physics and astronomy category in the senior division. The overall winner is selected from among the first-place awards in the senior division.
Awards were given in three competing divisions: senior division for high school students, junior division for middle school students and an elementary school division.
A complete list of students who received awards in the history day portion of the HITS Expo is posted on the Charles County Public Schools website at www.ccboe.com/pr/.
Charles County Public Schools provides 26,300 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 36 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.