Achievements

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM ADVANCED TO STATE FINALS

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The Fulton Science Academy Private School Science Olympiad Team brought home the second place trophy from the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament held on Saturday, February 13 at the University of North Georgia in Oakwood. Fifteen teams competed in the tournament, including FSA’s perennial rival Dodgen Middle School from Marietta, who scored eight fewer points than FSA to capture the first place title. FSA team members earned over 70 medals at the competition, with each of the 30 team members contributing at least one medal-winning performance.

Head Coaches Pam Walsh and Gloria Stathos were pleased with the team’s performance. “Our students put in long hours to prepare for this tournament,” said Pam Walsh. “We hold both week night and weekend practices at this time of year.” Gloria Stathos said, “We’re especially proud of our B team who placed third in the tournament. Unfortunately, tournament rules only allow one team from each school to be awarded a trophy and move on to the State Tournament, so even though they performed better than other schools, they will not be able to compete. But, on the other hand, our future looks very bright as many of these team members are 6th and 7th graders and will be back to compete with us next year.”




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THE FSA ELEMENTARY CHESS TEAM WON FULTON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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THE FSA ELEMENTARY CHESS TEAM WON FULTON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AND ADVANCED TO STATE FINALS 
There were over 1000 players at this event. Chess has many levels of competitive play, with tournament sections often designated by school grade. While a tournament for individual competition may have sections organized by grade or US Chess Federation (USCF, see www.uschess.orgfor more information) rating, school team tournaments are structured by grade level. Typical team sections are: K-1 (Kindergarten & 1st graders), K-3 (may overlap with K-1 and, if so, would primarily have 2nd& 3rd graders), K-5 (stronger younger players, primarily 4th & 5th graders), K-8 (middle school), and K-12 (high school).



So, how does a school create and develop a chess team, particularly a strong, competitive team? While there is no pat formula, here are suggestions for building and developing a successful, long-term program culled from schools known for their award-winning chess teams.
One of the best experiences a child can have at school is to be part of a strong, enthusiastic school team. The most successful school chess teams have consistent parent involvement over consecutive school years. The best way to improve in chess is to play often with different people at equivalent or greater skill levels than oneself. If you’re fortunate to live in an area with frequent scholastic chess tournaments, take advantage of the bounty and encourage your child to play at least one a month. Kids love to be with their schoolmates as they “take on” kids from rival schools in the community, and oftentimes friendships will develop between chess kids who otherwise would have never met. Coordinating parental supervision and carpool duty is very helpful, as tournaments often span a full day and some run longer.
It may be a cliché, but teaching kids that sometimes it’s not just winning, but how one plays the game, is important for both individual character and team development. Applaud the kids’ best efforts and positive attitudes, and they will learn to support their teammates and feel more appreciated and confident in their own playing abilities. It’s not easy to shake an opponent’s hand after a loss, but a game well played can be respected in its own right. From time to time, a child should be reminded by a parent or respected teacher or coach that it’s more important in life to be considered a good, decent person than just a successful player. Remind the kids when they’re feeling dejected that they’ll “live to fight another day” and that they can take pride in playing better and better with every match, as they learn to examine their mistakes and understand how to improve their game.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO 6TH GRADER, SHASHWAT BANSAL

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CONGRATULATIONS TO 6TH GRADER, SHASHWAT BANSAL FOR WINNING 2ND PLACE IN STATEWIDE ATLANTIC INSTITUE ART AND ESSAY COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND

Our school hosted the award ceremony for 2016 Atlantic Institute Art & Essay Award Ceremony this weekend. It was a great event. There were many talented students from all around the state with their winning art and essays
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One of our 6th grade student, Shashwat Bansal won 2nd place at the middle school level category with his essay.
Way to go Shashwat! We are very proud of you.

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GREAT NEWS: Math Team Won 1st Place as a Team at the Varsity Level

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Our legendary Math Team continues to win 1st place in different Math Tournaments. Today, eight of our students form our Math Olympiad Team competed at 2016 Woodstock High School Math Tournament and they won1st place as team at the varsity level.Each member of our team showed a spectacular performance during the competition. Our middle school students competed against 10th graders and won 1st place as a team! Isn’t that amazing?
Congratulations to Holden Watson, Charlie Furniss, Vishaal Ram, Tyler Hecht, Andre Hamelberg, Sparsh Kudrimoti, Mario Machado, and George Wen for their achievement as a team.



FSAPS Mathletes also won the following individual placements in JV level:
Holden Watson – 1st place
Charlie Furniss – 3rd place
Vishaal Ram – 6th place
Tyler Hecht – 11th place
Andre Hamelberg – 13th place
Way to go!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO TECH FAIR CHAMPIONS

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Our school hosted the Private School and Homeschool Regional Tech Fair on Sunday. 75 students competed with some very exciting projects. The judges found the entries to be of a high standard this year.

All first place winners will be moving on to the State Final in Macon on March 5th.

Here is the list of FSA 1st place winners:

Game Design (3 and 4th grades) – Suha Syed and Ipsita Bahattacharya

Game Design (7,8) – Sedat Akgun, Taha Tas

3D Modeling (5,6) – Sarayu Reddy

3D modeling (7,8) – Burak Uduk

Programming (5,6) – Rohan Movva

Programming (7,8 ) – Rishan and Shivan Patel

Device Modification (7,8) – Kian Najaf

Device Modification (5,6) – Edgar Robitaille

Robotics (7,8) – Shivani Naraharishetty

Audio Production(7,8) – Samuel Weinberg

Animation (3,4) – Isra Hussain, Aanchal Prasad

Animation(7,8) – Nishad Kute

Digital Photo Production (7,8) – Shreya Puvvula, Shivani Naraharishetty

Video Production (7,8) – James Stevens

Internet Applications (7,8) – Arul Selvakumar

Mobile Apps (5-6) – Ansh Jain

Mobile Apps(7,8) – Prajwal Vedula

Multimedia Applications (5,6) – Nuriye Agu, Nikki Zekavati

Technology Literacy Challenge (7,8) – Prajwal Vedula

Thank you to all entrants for bringing your wonderful projects and enthusiasm.

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Fulton Science Academy Future City Award

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FSA Future City Team coached by Mr. Turan and Mr.Yavuz did a great job last weekend at Kennesaw State University. They received the 3rd place in Georgia among 40 teams. In addition, their project won the Best Fire Protection Engineering award sponsored by SFPE (Society of Fire Protection Engineers ). Future City Team members are Amisha Darji, Nour Khalifa and Sameer Cheema. We congratulate these wonderful students for the great job!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gjkm9ROBtOw?feature=player_embedded

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FSA S.T.EA.M. VIDEO CONTEST RESULTS

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Fulton Science Academy S.T.E.A.M Video Competition was lots of fun! 


Here are the top 5 winners:


1st Place – Akash Bhatt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjAnJYYrSy8

2nd Place – Eleanor Rocha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4FnObD-mNw

3rd Place – James Stevens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teFEEFacLYQ

4th Place Tie – Claire Bowman & Edgar Robitaille
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw4mvE00aY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkeHaijveig

5th Place Tie – Jonah Lee & Neel Bhatt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN6u0-QdP04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNedBnB5TGg

Congratulations to all the winners.


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Three Fulton Science Academy Robotics Teams Advanced to State Finals!

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For the first time in our school’s history, three of our robotics teams advanced to State competition during the same year.

On January 16 team Syntax Error #5262, Glitchware.exe #7295 and Techno Tigers #7298 competed at Kell Robotics Super Regional.

Team # 5262 Syntax Error won 2nd place Champions Award.

At the Super-regional competition our three teams, Optimus Primates #7300, Syntax Error #5262 and Glitchware.exe #7295, advanced to the FLL State Championship.

Optimus primates includes the following students: Faris Unal, Sadat Akgun, Taha Tas, Jacob Grigsby, Sameer Cheema, Cecil Teber, Abhi Gutta, and Suat Kilic.

Syntax Error includes the following students:Nicole Sharati, Prajwal Vedula, Callum O’Sullivan, Nadine Haddad, Addie Hobbs, Sophie Chan and Bryndi MacDonald.

Glitch ware.exe includes the following students: Andrew Schneider, Edgar Robitaille, Aaron Weinberg Claire Bowman, Daniel Romero, Rithvik Konda, and Manasvi Gaddam.

Congratulations to these wonderful group of students, their parents, and the coaches Mr. Kaya and Mr. Yavuz. Good luck at the State finals in Georgia Tech this weekend!

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