Flat Rock Middle inventors are on TV

After seeing some of the inventions students from Flat Rock Middle School showcased at the Georgia Tech InVenture Challenge, representatives of Kids-RChefs, an online talk and cooking show for kids, invited the students to be in an episode. Flat Rock Middle’s STEM program (science, technology, engineering and math) founder and math teacher, Dr. Monica Reckley, and 10 eighthgrade students appeared on the show taped April 15. Students on the show were Jana Davis, Sydnni-Jade Adams, Kortney Avery, Julian Harris, Isom Hewitt, Joelle Scott, Sydney Thompson, Kaelyn Fraier, Daniela Lopez and Arianna Watson. They prepared three types of pizzas while talking about the inventions they took to the Georgia Tech competition. Those included a bulletproof vest designed specifically for female police officers, a wireless vitalsigns monitoring device for elderly patients that alerts caregivers to abnormal readings, a dental floss guard to make flossing teeth easier, and an extension cord and power outlet combination that reduces the number of electrical outlets needed in a home. The episode featuring Flat Rock Middle’s STEM students can be seen at www.kidsrchefs.com.

Bay Creek, Suwanee teachers win award

Sherry Aglietti, a science teacher at Bay Creek Middle School, and Soo Son, who teaches third grade at Suwanee Elementary School, have been named 2017 Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education winners. They received $7,500 that includes funds for innovative classroom projects ($3,500), professional development ($1,500) and personal stipends ($2,500). In Aglietti’s project submitted for the AFAEE award, called Cultivating Community, seventh-grade life science students will work through a series of lessons where they are introduced to cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems of plants. Son’s project for the AFAEE award is a STEAM PBL Collaboratory to connect the classroom and the world. It has collaboration spaces so students may discuss issues and brainstorm solutions. It will have more tablets for students to do the research, and 3-D printers so they may build their ideas, test their hypotheses and deliver presentations.

Ben Franklin sophomore in Honors program

Ben Franklin Academy sophopmore Alex Warren has been selected to participate this summer in Governors Honors Program in French. Alex competed with French students across Georgia for the opportunity. The Governor’s Honors Program is a fourweek, summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students. Berry College in Rome will host it this summer. Classes include communicative arts, engineering, mathematics, science, agricultural science, social studies, world languages, visual arts, and performing arts.

Police offering ‘how-to’ clean up criminal record

The Snellville Police Department