The One Community, One Voice and the Fayette County Public Schools annual Superintendent’s Cup was held May 10 at Tates Creek High School for all first- through fifth-graders who were members of the 2008 Academic Challenge teams. The number of students participating nearly tripled since the 2007 competition, from 487 to 1,325.

 

Seven colleges and universities partnered with One Community, One Voice and FCPS to provide a total of 36 college scholarships to the winners: the University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University, Georgetown College, Murray State University and Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

 

Here are the results:

The first-place team members win scholarships to Morehead State University.

1^st place: Ashland Elementary Team B -- Hannah Lawson, Camille Rue, Taylor Care, Bryson Canada, Kameron Jones, Britton Doss.

2^nd place: Clays Mill Team A -- Caleb Matocha, Karina Henson, Aidan Sturgill, Michael Jones.

3^rd place: Maxwell Team J -- Ella Jensen, Kate Girard, Clare Girard, Sam Thurman, Griffin Farrar, Karishma Srinivasan.

 

The first-place team members win scholarships to the University of Kentucky.

1^st place: Garden Springs Team A -- Adam Schenning, Brandon Cooke, Noah Rice, Abigail Woolums.

2^nd place: Veterans Park Team A -- Leonardo Faillace, Sierra Blair, Trey Sturvidant, Jonathan Marra, Sarah Hayden.

3^rd place: Veterans Park Team D -- Griffin Allen, Daniel Pineda, Alex Kowalewski, Sarah Jackson, Joelle Yu, Katherine O’Neill.

 

4^th grade:

Winning scholarships to Kentucky State University -- Joshua Strange, Lansdowne; Katie Hurt, Cassidy; Trevin Hogue, Tates Creek; Shelby Sparks, Julius Marks; Kayla Carter, Lansdowne; Yih-Chyuan Hsiao, Maxwell; Kathleen Yang, Meadowthorpe; Brooke Justus, Dixie; Taylor Bagley, SCAPA; Diego Andrade, Julius Marks.

 

Winning scholarships to Eastern Kentucky University -- Rebecca Nicewarmer, Northern; Brianna Mayo, Meadowthorpe; Mariah Mowbray, Cassidy; Kaitlyn Estes, Glendover; Lucy Wan, Meadowthorpe; Jenna Lawson, Cassidy.

Winning scholarships to Bluegrass Community and Technical College -- Joelle Yu, Veterans Park; David Brewer, Tates Creek.

 

Winning scholarships to Georgetown College -- Alice Li, Meadowthorpe; Will Thurmond, James Lane Allen; David Meyers, Veterans Park; Cody Leslie, Dixie; Matthew Carlson, Millcreek; Chelsey Torres, Booker T. Washington.

 

For the Murray State scholarship: Sophia Bell, Maxwell Elementary Team A.

For the Bluegrass Community and Technical College scholarship: Tanaja Franklin, Breckinridge Team B.

 

    Academic Challenge teams are formed in schools or at neighborhood sites; any FCPS elementary student may participate on either a Primary team (grades l, 2 and 3) or an Intermediate team (grades 4 and 5). 

    In competition, a moderator reads a question, and the children have 45 seconds to confer and write their team’s answer on a white board. Each round includes 20 questions. The winning team advances to the next round, and the top teams meet in the finals.

 

 

 

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