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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Learning world affairs
May 17—ESC hosts Model UN event Students from county middle schools came together on Friday, May 9 for the annual Model UN event, hosted by the Lawrence County Educational Service Center. Dressed in costumes representing their assigned countries, the students conduct a facsimile of a United Nations session, with countries putting forth resolutions for business such as aid to areas impacted by earthquakes, then making the case for their request, while taking questions on the matters. After discussion is complete, the entire session votes on the resolutions. Gretta Taylor, student services coordinator for the ESC, who organizes the event, traditionally the last countywide event for the agency in each academic year, said months of work go into to the event for students. "After Christmas, they begin planning for their countries," she said. The presentations are judged by a panel of teachers form the schools. Altogether, more than 90 students took part in the event, Taylor said. Award were given as follows: Top counties —Haiti — Rock Hill —Brazil — Dawson-Bryant —Ethiopia — Symmes Valley Top resolution —Egypt — Ironton —Democratic Republic of Congo — Ironton —Madagascar — Chesapeake Awards were also given for top delegates. Chesapeake, Dawson-Bryant, Ironton, St. Joseph, Symmes Valley and Rock Hill middle schools took part in the event. You Might Like Education Meet the Class — Open Door School Education Meet the class: Logan Scott Coffman Education Top of the top Education SV guidance counselor runs in Boston marathon
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
ESC previews Quiz Bowl to 5th, 6th grades
May 12—Talented and gifted students from five of the county's school districts came together on Tuesday to get a preview of a possible academic extracurricular activity that awaits in middle school and high school. The Lawrence County ESC hosted a TAG Quiz Bowl tournament at Ohio University Southern, with teams facing off and answering questions ranging from history to science to math to pop culture and more. Gretta Taylor, student services coordinator for the ESC, said she penned the questions herself, to illustrate to the students what a Quiz Bowl tournament could be like, should they be interested in taking part "And I tried to make them fun," she said. The teams were comprised of fifth and sixth graders, she said. The teams competed one on one throughout the morning and, when the event was finished, wins were tallied up and Chesapeake emerged as the victor, winning the traveling trophy from last year's champions, Dawson-Bryant. Should Chesapeake's students decide to pursue Quiz Bowl in coming years, they could boast a formidable lineup, as their team at Tuesday's event included both Lawrence County Science Fair first place winner Gunner Davidson and Joseph Keffer, winner of this year's Lawrence County Spelling Bee, who has qualified to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the end of the month. Taylor conducts the science fair and spelling bee for the ESC, which also hosts Quiz Bowl tournaments at the middle and high school level. Rock Hill, Symmes Valley, Chesapeake, Ironton and Dawson-Bryant students took part in Tuesday's event.
