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CTV News
13 hours ago
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- CTV News
Simcoe County students compete at national science fair
Student County District School Board students representing Team Simcoe at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, N.B. A half-dozen students from Simcoe County have been representing their schools on a national stage at this week's Canada-Wide Science Fair in New Brunswick. The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) confirmed that six projects were selected from local grade 7-to-12 students for the Fredericton, N.B. event, making up 'Team Simcoe.' Here are the SCDSB students representing Team Simcoe and their respective projects: Aaryav S. - Cookstown Central PS, AI Waste Sorter. Annabel W. - Georgian Bay District HS, Pollution in the Pond: The Heavy Metal Crisis. Anne B. - Cookstown Central PS, The Road to a Greener Future: Exploring the Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoparticles in Asphalt. Fatima A. - Cundles Heights PS, CardioCall: An Oxygenated Response. Katriina A. and Madison R. - Elmvale District HS, How Does Colour Impact Our Sense Perception. Solomon K. - Bear Creek SS, Mitigating stress using combined vagal stimulation and traditional therapy The six were selected from the annual Simcoe County Regional Science and Technology Fair (SCRSTF) in April, where elementary and secondary students from across the county showcased their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The SCDSB says this year's regional fair featured 198 projects, with 130 coming from the SCDSB's 23 schools. The five categories were animal and plant sciences, computer science and engineering, earth and environmental sciences, human and health sciences, and physical and mathematical sciences. The Canada-Wide Science Fair began this past Saturday and runs through this upcoming Saturday.
CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Name chosen for new Oro-Medonte public school set to open this fall
Horseshoe Heights PS is located at 739 Horseshoe Valley Road, next to Horseshoe Valley Memorial Park on Line 4 North in Oro-Medonte. A new elementary school in Oro-Medonte officially has a name: Horseshoe Heights Public School. The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) approved the name during a Board of Trustees meeting earlier this week. According to SCDSB, naming the new school involved extensive community consultation, with families, students and residents invited to suggest names to reflect the surrounding environment, the area's history, and the diversity of the future school community. 'One hundred unique name submissions were received,' the board noted. Horseshoe Heights is located at 739 Horseshoe Valley Road beside Horseshoe Valley Memorial Park, and is set to open in the fall.
