ORANGEBURG – Area students were recognized for their accomplishments during the awards ceremony at the 2016 South Carolina Independent School Association State Science Fair held at the Sumter County Civic Center recently.
Madie Benton, a student at Dillon Christian School, captured second place in the senior physical science category.
Caitie Eggert, also a student at Dillon Christian, earned third place in the senior environmental science area.
Jacqueline Reaves, who also attends Dillon Christian, took third-place honors in the senior biological science department.
“The caliber of the entries indicates the amount of work all of the students put into evaluating their hypothesis,” Larry Watt, executive director of SCISA, said.
The SCISA State Science Fair was open to students in the following age divisions:
Elementary – grades 3 through 5
Junior – grades 6 through 8
Senior – grades 9 through 12.
Each division had seven categories: biological science, physical science, computer/math, environmental science, behavioral science, interdisciplinary team project and general science.
Judging criteria included technical correctness, aesthetic quality, theory, feasibility, effort, and scientific methods. Approximately 170 projects were judged at the state science fair.
The South Carolina Independent School Association is a non-profit, voluntary association of over 120 independent schools serving more than 37,000 teachers and students.
Founded in 1965, the State of South Carolina incorporated SCISA as an exclusively educational organization with the responsibilities of establishing accreditation standards, coordinating academic and athletic competition and providing professional development for member organizations.