Jackson River Governor’s School Science Fair featured talented JRHS students

May 1, 2019 Reader Submission

Jackson River Governor’s School recently held its annual Science Fair at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, with six winners being chosen by a panel of judges. Front row, from left: Isaac Ruano, Covington High School; Tessa Jones, James River High School; Holden Kerr, Parry McCluer High School; and Thomas Laughridge and Daniel Holter, both from JRHS (Not pictured: David Donnan of Alleghany High School.) Also participating were (back row, from left): Amber Howard, AHS; Hannah Pritt, Bath County High School; Wynter Hannah-Howard and Hope Arthur, both from AHS; Krista Ronk and Owen Krisniski, both from JRHS; Mitch Mitchell and Connor Hoke, both from AHS; Ella DeBoe, Kennidi Essex and Stephanie Gardner, all from BCHS. Not pictured: Savannah Gwinn, Julieanna Lara-Vasquez, Jakob Knick and Keely Lowman, all from AHS.

A total of 21 students participated in the Science Fair, which is a culmination of weeks of study in “Research”, a course taught by Barbara Kolb, who was a science teacher at JRHS for many years. In the course, JRGS students learn the scienctific process and how to conduct an experiment. For more information about the JRGS, contact Director Eddie Graham at (540) 863-2872 or email egraham@dslcc.edu.

The six winners of the annual Science Fair hosted recently by the Jackson River Governor’s School at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College were, from left: Isaac Ruano from Covington High School, whose project was “Effects of Eating Breakfast on Memory Retention”; Tessa Jones, James River High School, “Will Temporary Loss of Eyesight Increase Hearing Ability?”; Holden Kerr, Parry McCluer High School, “Will Fear and Anxiety Produced by Nonlinear Sounds Affect the Focus of Subjects During a Test?”; and Thomas Laughridge, “Does Weekly Exercise Affect Fitness Level?” and Daniel Holter, “The Effect of Slope Aspect on Above-Ground Biomass”, both from James River High School. Not pictured: David Donnan, Alleghany High School, “Eletromagnetic Strength and Plastic Deformation of Low-Density Polystyrene”. A total of 21 JRGS students participated in the Science Fair, which is a culmination of weeks of study in “Research”, a course taught by Barbara Kolb. In the course, JRGS students learn the scientific process and how to conduct an experiment. For more information about the JRGS, contact Director Eddie Graham at (540) 863-2872 or email egraham@dslcc.edu.