2011 District Science Fair

The CCISD Science Fair was held last night in the new Clear Falls High School commons. 



The stage was set to celebrate student success...

For those of you not familiar with this event, it's a huge undertaking involving vast numbers of ISD personnel and also 200 volunteer judges from the community evaluating approximately 800 projects from our 26 elementary, 10 intermediate, and 7 high schools (whew!!).  With the local emphasis on science and engineering represented by NASA and its associated technology companies as well as our area's medical and petrochemical infrastructure, Science Fair is a big deal around here.  And last night marked the 50th anniversary of this Fair. 

Reproduced from http://www.ccisd.net/

Congrats to ALL the kids who competed!  With 38,000 children in CCISD, just getting into District is a tremendous accomplishment!  (For those of you not familiar with the process, the kids who go to District must first win top prizes within their individual schools).

I wish I could report on the competition results for the Centerpointe kids who entered the Fair while still maintaining the degree of anonymity appropriate for a public blog, but given privacy issues, there's no real way for me to correlate the published list of winners to their respective neighborhoods.  I know we've got some extremely talented kids in Centerpointe (I've met some of them!) including some attending the Seabrook Science Magnet, which naturally tends to spawn many winners.

I can, however, comment on the results of one project that has been a source of mild curiosity in the neighborhood by virtue of its conspicuousness.



If you strolled through the new section within the past two months, you may have noticed this unusual sight on one of the vacant lots.  The project was designed to compare the most common types of sediment controls used by construction contractors in Texas.  These types of controls have been widely used for years, but not much work has been done to evaluate how effective they actually are.

That project earned a Place 3 medal in its category last night.  The author and her family wish to thank Centerpointe Properties, Ltd. for allowing the use of the lot, and Meritage Homes for allowing this experimental apparatus in their active sales area.  Most importantly, heartfelt thanks are due to the buyers who signed a purchase contract on this lot shortly before the project was dismantled.  When they posed for their celebratory family photo holding their Meritage "SOLD" sign, they did so surrounded by this somewhat bizarre experimental set-up.  Thanks so much for your patience, guys!!  At least you know you're buying into a community that offers strong support to its children!!!  (And karma-wise, your new homestead is off to a great start!!).  We all look forward to welcoming you when your new home construction is finished!!
:-)

If anyone else knows of other neighborhood Fair winners, please feel free to comment or drop me an email so that an anonymous kudos can be appropriately rendered!