We are pleased to announce that, FSAPS Web Challenge Team, NYAN, competing for the 2015 TAG-Ed, Atlanta Science Festival and How Stuff Works Middle School WEBChallenge Competition, has been chosen as one of the top four finalist this year.

Congratulations to Elaine WEN, Shreya REKAPALLI, Elena JUAREZ for their success! Team NYAN, family and friends are invited to the Atlanta Science Festival Exploration Expo on Saturday, March 28th in Centennial Olympic Park where the grand prize will be announced through third place winners on stage. We wish them good luck!

Please click here to see our student’s website.

We also have two honorable mention from our teams The Ultimate Trinity and Spoon Wolves.

The Ultimate Trinity – Andrew SCHNEIDER, Charlie FURNISS, Prajwal VEDULA

Spoon Wolves – Ananya TERALA, Chloe RICHARDSON, Gwyn O’SULLIVAN

Teams receiving honorable mention will have their content featured on a site hosted by our 2015 partner,HowStuffWorks.com. The content will be hosted for one year and will be linked to from the HowStuffWorks homepage which receives over 30 million visits every month! ”

Please see the link here: http://howstuffwillwork.tumblr.com

The FSAPS Social Studies Department would like to congratulate several students for their strong showing at the West Metro Regional Social Studies Fair on Saturday, March 14th. Students from neighboring counties converged on Lake Ridge Elementary School in Clayton County to compete in the fair. FSAPS sent 3 projects representing various social science disciplines and were well-rewarded for their hard work.

Each of our three students received a ribbon for their projects at the fair:
6th grader Arul Selvakumar received a second place ribbon for his project, “What is the Threat of Trash Vortex from Oceanic Gyres to Humanity?”

Isabella Sims, a fellow 6th grader, received third place for her project, “America’s Horse: Identifying Reasons for the Recent Increase in ‘Unwanted’ Horses in the U.S.”
Sarah Ahmed, an 8th grader, also placed third with her project, “How Do Immigrants Affect the U.S. Economy?”

Thank you to all of the students and their teachers for making this year’s FSAPS Social Studies Fair a success. A lot of hard work went into these projects, and although only a few could progress to this level, we felt there were many deserving of the honor. We are very proud of all of our students that participated in the fair this year and are excited by this success at the regional level.

Congratulations to FSA Chess Team students for their recent achievements at the state Level. Our middle school team won 4th place and elementary team won 9th place at the state.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHESS TEAM STUDENTS
Katherine Li
Charlie Furniss
Vishal Balyan
Arul Selvakumar
Vishal Ram

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESS TEAM STUDENTS
Pranav Devalapalli
Kai Robertson
Arnav Somaraju
Niyomi Shah
Bhavin Shah

Congratulations to these students, their parents and our coaches.. Way to go!

Over that last couple of months students competed in a school wide indoor soccer tournament. The tournament was split into two divisions. One division was for the younger students (first-third grade) and the other was for the older students (fourth-eighth grade.)

Students had a great time competing for a cash prize. First place students received $20.00, second place received $15.00, and third place received $10.00. Students had to rally through 30 minutes of intense competition to advance to the next round.

4TH THROUGH 8TH GRADE STUDENT DIVISION
1st Place – The Fighting Phoenix – Ameiya Pednecker, Akash and Neel Bhatt, Andre Hamelberg, Charlie Furniss, and Edgar Robitaille.

2nd Place – The Shadow Crawlers – Tesneem Sherif, Sarah Ahmed, Chandler Davis, Spiros Kefalas, Shreya Rekapalli, and Ethan Moore

3rd Palce – Jamaican Heat – Amrita Kaur, Ethan and Austin Gardner, Nihal Singh, Vishal Balyan, and Muhammed Korucu

FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENT DIVISION
1st Place – Manchester United – Karthik Kuppuswamy, Greg Bates III, Kai Robertson, Advit Anand, Bhavin Shah, and Shreyan Ghelani.

2nd Place – The Hurricanes – Kaya Eleren, Kerim Sener, Kemal Teber, Bati Uygunca, Chase Gonzalez, and Joshua Abbey.

3rd Place – Soccer Champions – Ahad Sayani, London Greene-Richards, Krish Patel, Langston Laifang, Eshaan Bidarakoppa, and Atila Uygunca.

Students had a great time working together as a team, learning sportsmanship, and having friendly competition.