Newton County School System (NCSS) students won several awards at the recent Georgia Council for the Social Studies Regional Fair at the University of North Georgia. Newton County School System students competed against students in the Northeast Georgia Region, which includes Fannin, Banks, Walton, Gilmer, Franklin, Union, Hart, Morgan, Towns, Elbert, Greene, Rabun, Madison, Taliaferro, Lumpkin, Jackson, Columbia, White, Barrow, McDuffie, Habersham, Clarke, Warren, Stephens, Oglethorpe, Glascock, Dawson, Wilkes, Hancock, Forsyth, Lincoln, Putnam, Hall, Oconee, Jasper, Butts, Monroe, Jones, Commerce City, Jefferson City, Baldwin, Gainesville City, and Social Circle City school systems.

Two Newton County School System students, Sarah Schlueter and Kayley Little, both from Newton County Theme School, won first place awards and will now compete in the State Social Studies Fair at Clayton State University on April 16.

NCSS students who won awards at the Regional Social Studies Fair include:

Student	School	Project	Category	Award
Sarah Schlueter	Newton County Theme	The Georgia Cotton Pickers Band	History	1st Place
Kayley Little	Newton County Theme	Justice is Not Blind	Sociology/Social Psychology	1st Place
Addison Rogers	Newton County Theme	Why is Anime and Manga More Popular in Japan?	Sociology/Social Psychology	2nd Place
Armand Greene	Newton County Theme	History of Cars	History	2nd Place
Juleigh Lynn	Newton County Theme	The Battle of Gettysburg	History	2nd Place
Christopher Martin, Trey Kimble, & Malachi Barratt	Newton County Theme	High School Seniors Plan for College	Sociology/Social Psychology	2nd Place
Morgan Taylor and Dasia Mathis	Alcovy High	Who is Jack the Ripper?	Sociology/Social Psychology	2nd Place
Justine Kirkham	Newton County Theme	The Miracle Landing on the Hudson	Anthropology	3rd Place

The Georgia Social Studies Fairs lead students, through competition, to learn, practice, and perfect research processes that can be used now and in the future to make informed decisions that impact both today and posterity.  Local, regional, and state social studies fairs annually present exhibitions of student work from grades 5-12.   Each project is designed to show research and conclusions about the study of people and their relationships to their physical and social environment.

“I am very proud of all of all of our Regional Social Studies Fair winners,” said Mrs. Shannon Buff, NCSS Director of Secondary Schools. “They worked very hard on their projects and should be proud of their awards. They definitely represented our school system very well at the Regional Social Studies Fair.”

“Congratulations to our Social Studies Fair winners,” said NCSS Superintendent Samantha Fuhrey! “I am very proud of their achievements and wish our two first-place winners well in the state competition. Social Studies is an important subject as it serves as the foundation for developing judgments and understandings that influence future decisions; it serves to enable us to understand the world around us.  Students who participate in the Social Studies Fair are to be commended for their hard work and desire to understand the impact of events throughout time.”