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Submitted by jenny_hunter on Fri, 03/31/2017 - 10:06am
 
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Governor’s School
Three students from Brevard High School have been invited to attend the 2017 North Carolina Governor’s School.  Matthew Bailey has been selected in the area of French; Ingrid Findley has been selected in the area of Natural Science; and Crista Cali has been selected in the area of Social Science.  Students who accept the invitation will attend a five-and-a-half week session this summer.    
 
National Library Week
National Library Week 2017 will be observed April 9-15 with the theme, “Libraries Transform.”  It is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries and school media centers.  We greatly appreciate our school librarians for their creativity and dedication and all that they do to educate children. 
 
Public School Volunteer Week
The week of April 17-21, 2017 is Public School Volunteer Week, a time to honor and thank our many dedicated volunteers for their contributions to our schools.  From donating time to assisting with classroom and school activities, volunteers in our community play an important role in our schools. 
 
FBLA Awards
Congratulations to the Rosman High School and Brevard High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) teams on their successful State Leadership Conference in Greensboro.  Participants and placements are listed below:
 
RHS
Business Plan, 4th Place - Grace Owen & Jenna Odom
Community Service Project, Top Ten - Jasmine Myers & Ressie Owen
Journalism, 4th place - Ressie Owen
Marketing, Top Ten - Cory Reid, Samuel Chappell & Jonah Whitman
Website Development, Top Ten - Joshua Voris & Dakotah Morgan
Impromptu Speaking - Sam Ballard
Advertising - Heidi Hall
Health Care Administration - Courtney Stamey
 
BHS
Agribusiness, Top Ten - Avery McCall
Agribusiness, Top Ten - Maggie Morris
Business Calculations, Top Ten - Noah Housman
Business Communications, Top Ten - August Barnham
Impromptu Speaking, Top Ten – Aly Henneberry
Personal Finance, Top Ten – Benton Tynch
Public Speaking 2, Top Ten & 2nd Place – Cullen Duval
Other Participants:  Matthew Ridenour, Charlie Cash, Caroline Jelley, Casey Cooper, Aaron Neumann, Brayden Myers, Meredith Barton, and Jammi Hunt
 
Ressie Owen, Grace Owen, Jenna Odomm and Cullen Duval  have qualified to compete at the National Leadership Conference this summer in Anaheim, CA.  Also, Jamie Barton (RHS Class of 2013) gave a short speech as the North Carolina FBLA-PBL President.  She joined the college version of FBLA (Phi Beta Lambda) at Barton College and has worked her way up to state president of the organization.   
 
TIME 4 Real Science Team Wins Big at Two State Competitions
Congratulations to the TIME 4 Real Science students for dominating at the 2017 North Carolina Student Academy of Science Competition and the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair:
 
Aidan Spradlin, Bryce Spradlin and Hannah Lemel:  An Evaluation of Local, Thermally Polluted Lakes for the Presence of Naegleria fowleria via PCR Without Hazardous Cultivation
Emma Dauster, Kylie Evans and Cullen Duval:  Olfactometer assays to measure the response of Culex quinquefasciatus to plant and fungal volatiles
John Nguyen and Matthew Bailey:  Oligochaete Populations in Transylvania County Trout Streams: A Risk Assessment of Susceptibility to the Whirling Disease Parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis
Chase Bishop and Alex Eberhardt:  Feasibility of Cultivating Arthrospira platensis as a Food Source for Mars Exploration and Colonization
Sara Megown:  The Antifungal Effect of Plant Extracts on Candida albicans
Fritz Ruppert and Sam Ballard:  Particle Manipulation by an Acoustic Levitator  
  • 3rd place Technology and Engineering, North Carolina Student Academy of Science
  • 3rd place Army Award, Engineering, North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair
Bain Brown and Nicole Rideout:  Screening Kudzu Associated Insects and Fungi for Enzymes with Potential Application in Aqueous Oil Extraction
  • 3rd place Biological Sciences , North Carolina Student Academy of Science
  • Western NC Representative, North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair
Emily Trusler and Elise Poche:  Isolation and Identification of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Use in Mosquito Control
  • 2nd Place Biological Sciences, North Carolina Student Academy of Science
Carly Tabor and Lily Harris:  Megacopta cribraria Attraction to Plant Volatiles  
  • Western Representative, North Carolina Student Academy of Science
Jasmine Gillespie:  Toxicity of Nightshade Plants to the Freshwater Clam Corbicula fluminea
  • Western Representative, North Carolina Student Academy of Science
Caleb Fore:  Developing a Cost Effective Solar Array While Capturing Energy for Heating Water
  • Western Representative, North Carolina Student Academy of Science
Chase Bishop:  North Carolina Student Academy of Science President-Elect:  
Chase will serve for one year as president-elect and then move into the role of president for one year.  Chase ran against seven other students from across North Carolina to secure the role.
 
 
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