Oakview Elementary 515 Godfrey Rd. Simpsonville, SC 29681 (864)355-7100 fax (864) 355-7115 Sunday, December 08, 2013 Home Our School Academics School News Awards Student Spotlight Parents Calendar Oakview Student Awards 2010-2011 2011-2012 Honors 2009-2010 Honors BATTLE OF THE BOOKS WINNERS- SCHOOL LEVEL Congratulations to the following students who won the school competition and advanced to the district finals!! Ben Williams Bryonna Howard Mary Kate Baus Gabby Herrera- Quiroz Drew Byrne Will Dolven Jarius Gaines Elizabeth Taylor BATTLE OF THE BOOKS RUNNER-UP TEAM- SCHOOL LEVEL Congratulations to our runner-up team from the school competition! Tyler Furr Pratamesh Ramasubramanian Hew Kneeland Campbell Smith Caroline Kelley REFLECTIONS AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to all participants and Relection winners! Click here to see the list of student names and the beautiful artwork. ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AWARD WINNERS Back Row: Kell Runnion- 2nd place for Poetry Kate Carroll- Honorable Mention for Posters Ashleigh Martin- Honorable Mention for Poetry Front Row: Arvind Mahadeva- 1st place for Essays Madhar Bhat- 2nd place for Poetry EARTH DAY SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS: K-2 Erin Makosiej Zoe Sturges Andrew Chekanov Devan Colby
EARTH DAY SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS: GRADES 3-5 Kayleigh Howard- her illustrated poem was selected as the top entry for the 3-5 grade category in the Western Carolinas Poetry Competition and has been submitted for the national competition. Molly Claxton Abbie Panuccio Bryonna Howard DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS- CLASS Ms. Jones third grade class- 2nd place for "Marker Marathon" Also- Ms.Gerard's 4th grade class- 1st place for "Which Evaporates Faster" (not pictured) FIFTH GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTS Grace Crowder- "Paper or Plastic"- 2nd Place in Oral Presentation Sarah Yu- "Does the Starting Temperature of Water Affect the Time it Takes to Freeze?"- Gold Certificate FOURTH GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTS Medha Tirumalai- "How to Make Soap Bubbles Last Longer"- 3rd place in Individual Projects Meral Hardwicke- "Electrical Conductivity of Fruits"- Gold Certificate Kate Harrison- "Do Mulch and Other Ground Covers Affect the Moisture Content in the Soil?"- 2nd place in Individual Projects Emma Kate Seckinger- "The Biggest Loser"- Gold Certificate THIRD GRADE DISTRICT LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTS Kennedy Madden- "Hot on the Spot"- 3rd Place in Individual Projects Faith Bloomstran- "Rain Sticks"- Gold Certificate Shashank Comandur- "Keep the Heat"- Silver Certificate Kernan Frey- "Super Salt"- Silver Certificate Connor Nicholson- "The Bridge Battle"
FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS Grace Crowder- "Paper or Plastic" Sarah Yu- "Does the Starting Temperature of Water Affect the Time it Takes to Freeze?" FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS Kate Harrison- "Do Mulch and Other Ground Covers Affect the Moisture Content in the Soil?" Emma Kate Seckinger- "The Biggest Loser" Meral Hardwicke- "Electrical Conductivity of Fruits" Medha Tirumalai- "How to Make Soap Bubbles Last Longer" THIRD GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS Faith Bloomstran- "Rain Sticks" Kennedy Madden- "Hot on the Spot" Connor Nicholson- "The Bridge Battle" Kernan Frey- "Super Salt" Shashank Comandur- "Keep the Heat" REEDY RIVER RUN Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Reedy River Run 2011. Oakview had over 200 participants that ran over the weekend in either the Kid's Mile, 5K, or 10K. The following students placed in the event: Annika Bissinger- 3rd overall for girls, 1st in age group Georgia Kirkpatrick- 2nd overall for girls Anderson Wells- 1st in age division Will Dolven- 1st in age group, 4th overall for boys and girls Tristan Clark- 1st overall for boys and girls
BI-LO INVENTION CONVENTION Congratulations to Diana Pittman and Jordan Pomar who won 2nd place in the 4th grade division of the Bi-Lo Invention Convention for their invention, the Critter Feeder. PIEDMONT CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION Congratulations to Andy Xu who won first place in the Countdown Competition and third place in the Written Competition (Sprint & Target rounds) at the 2011 Piedmont Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition on February 12, 2011. The competition was held at the Madren Center located on the Clemson University Campus. More than 160 mathletes from 21 schools participated in this competition. There were a total of seven counties represented: Greenville, Anderson, Laurens, Greenwood, Pickens, Oconee, and Abbeville. Andy is one of the team members from Chinese School of Greenville (GCCA). He is one of only 6 individual students qualified to participate in State Competition in Charleston on March, 12. GEOGRAPHY BEE PARTICIPANTS Congratulations to all participants and Geography Bee winners! Participants Connor Bradigan Liam Dammers Harry Feinstein Garrett Gray DeQuell Hester Zachary Jupena Abbie Panuccio Megan Seidel Stephan Voelk Andy Xu GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNERS 1st Place- Andy Xu Runner Up- Megan Seidel 3rd Place- Zachary Jupena Andy will go on to compete at the State level in Columbia on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 9 a.m. STATE GEOGRAPHY BEE 6th Place- Andy Xu