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Science projects
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Lower school students at WCDS shared their science projects with the entire school, beginning with all participants displaying their works at the start of the week in the school auditorium. Upper school science students were given an opportunity to interview each of the young scientists about his or her project hypothesis, experimental design, results, and conclusions, and a sample project from each grade was then presented at an assembly. Grades four, five, and six created individual projects based on the scientific method, students in grade three completed a group project also following the scientific method, and, as an introduction to the scientific method, first and second graders prepared projects in answer to scientific questions they had raised in class. Presenting their works at assembly were: Justin Ramey (Grade 1) of Sperryville, who answered his question, “Can an ATV pull a truck?” and his sister, Ashlyn Ramey (Grade 2), who explained her project, “What lives in a pond?” Maeve Dale of Luray explained the third grade’s experiment that compared flotation in salt water to fresh water; Marcus Williams (Grade 4) of Front Royal explained his project on the use of a barometer to forecast weather; Shannon Weir of Amissville shared her results on the best popping popcorn; and John Morgan Christoph explained the conductivity of electrical resistors. WCDS science teacher Lori Perry announced the middle school students who had earned the most points on their projects: John Morgan Christoph, Woody Hazel, Henry Johnson, Sam Nolan, Kimberly Pankow, Brian Shafran and Shannon Weir.
College acceptances
WCDS College Advisor announced several college acceptances, with congratulations going out to Dorian Matthews, who has been accepted to the Ohio State University, and Kelly O’Connor, who has been accepted at Virginia Commonwealth University and who
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