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Golden Hills School was bustling with excitement on Feb. 20 during its annual Science Fair. There were approximately 250 projects brought in from 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Teachers required every 4th and 5th grade student to submit a project as part of their science grade. Third graders were encouraged to participate, but were not required. 

Twenty-two judges spent all morning evaluating each and every project for originality, understanding, organization, effort, and clarity. Nine adult judges from the community and eleven Tehachapi High School physics students teamed up by grade levels, and judging was completed by early afternoon.

An evening awards presentation was given to recognize the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from each grade. Judges, teachers, and parents were quite impressed with the level of creativity and thoroughness from this year's projects.

Two outstanding projects were selected to be entered in the Kern County Regional Science Fair at the Robobank Arena on April 2. Zachary Haskell and Garrett Sebra were thrilled when they heard they were the ones going on to the county competition. Jay Jones also won for the top 4th grade project. Garrett turned old jeans into paper. Zachary improved reception for his wireless laptop using a parabolic mirror, and Jay proved that “Green bags” really do keep produce fresh longer.

Golden Hills Science Fair 2008

First Place                             Second Place                   Third Place

3^rd Grade

Nicole Ford                                         Una Abarquez                                         Sammy Butcane

Sierra Self                                          Dawson Cass                                Shelby Hanzel

Taylor Williams                                 Malcome Harrell                          Alexa Higginbotham

                                                            Maranda  Maliska

                                                            Rebekah Sebra

4^th Grade

Courtney Bonilla                               Gabe Dodge                                    Jessyca Berman

Andrew Brown                                  Anthony Giuffre                             Douglas Buckley

Elisha Davis                                        Jasmine Medovitch                        Brandon Fisher

Chloe Wood                                        Maria Sandoval                             Leslie Hall

Top 4^th Grade  -Jay Jones                  Savannah Sloan                             Ashley Langston

                                                                                                                     Joshua Mitchell

                                                                                                                    Taylier Sons

5^th Grade

Brooke Boyd                                      Danahae Barraclough                    Jacob Balkar

 Adam Greinert                                            Leileani Duran                    Daniel Donelson

Alex Guerra                                                 Andy Horn                            Bethany Gusbeth

Angelica North                                            Jacob Neufeld                       Erica La Fon

County Participant -Garrett Sebra            Tiffany Rea                           Sierra Peery

County Participant  -Zachary Haskell       Spencer Rosas