2014 2015 VIPER SUCCESSES Academic Success VCMS ranked

2014 -2015 VIPER SUCCESSES

Academic Success VCMS ranked 3 rd best middle school in the state, according to School. Digger. com.

Jennifer Davies Middle School Teacher Of The Year

Geography Bee Winners Abhay Chilakamarri VCMS Champion and State Finalist

National History Bee Regional Contestants Aaron Donaghy (6 th grader) Nithya Gujja (7 th grader) Amber Clark (7 th grader) Ved Janaki (7 th grader) Abhay Chilakamarri (8 th grader)

County Social Studies Fair Winners Sudhan Chitgopkar Abhay Chilakamarri

Social Studies Best in Region State Finalist Sudhan Chitgopkar

VARUN KUMAR SPELLING BEE CHAMPION • VCMS • COUNTY • DISTRICT

VCMS ORATORICAL WINNERS KARA PHILLIPS AND RAYMOND QIN

ORATORICAL RAYMOND QIN County Winner and Zone Winner

State Science Fair Contestants (4 Projects) v. Sudhan Chitgopkar : 1 st Place Energy and Trans. Award ($100) v. Sarah Tumey v. Brooks Holman v. Matthew Hawk, Cole Sosnowski, and Daniel Rowe

th VEX IQ (7 Grade) • 3 Teams Advance to State • Robot Skills Champion • Teamwork Champion • Excellence Award

th VEX (8 Grade) • 5 Teams Advance to State • Excellence Award • Judges Award

VEX IQ STATE CHAMPIONS Keerthi Dande, Rachel Carlisle, Bri Lomanto, and Shravani Dammu

VEX IQ WORLD COMPETITION 10 th out of 105 Teams Keerthi Dande, Rachel Carlisle, Bri Lomanto, and Shravani Dammu

VCMS County Technology Winners Wesley Mc. Gee- 3 D Modeling Hudson Driggs- Digital photography Logan Stockham-Hardware Siddhi Chitgopkar- Project Programming Suhdan Chitgopkar-Project Programming

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINNERS

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINNERS Air Trajectory 3 rd: Lauren Livingston and Mary Katherine Mueller 4 th: Keerthi Dande and Gavin Gaude Anatomy 2 nd: Keerthi Dande and Saranya Gourisetti 4 th: Siddhi Chitgopkar and Janaki Pandya Bio-Process Lab 2 nd: Ayesha Basra and Dustin Bonk 3 rd: Anna May Carder and Saranya Gourisetti

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINNERS Bottle Rockets 1 st: Nicholas Holthaus and Pooja Patel Bridge Building 1 st: Armaan Anchala and Tucker Lesperance 4 th: Siva Appana and Nicholas Holthaus Can't Judge a Powder 2 nd: Anna May Carder and Matthew Farias Crave the Wave 1 st: Carolin Addison and Janaki Pandya 2 nd: Claire Deng and Matthew Farias

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINNERS Crime Busters 1 st: Nithya Gujja and Khushi Patel 3 rd: Matthew Farias and Anjali Joshi Disease Detectives 3 rd: Carolin Addison and Khushi Patel Dynamic Planet 1 st: Abdullah Basra and Mahin Gonela Elastic Launch Glider 1 st: Armaan Anchala and Ayesha Basra 4 th: Gavin Gaude and Nicholas Holthaus

Young Authors Winners Grade Place Student Title 6 1 Ashlyn Kaczkowski The Snow Day 6 2 Courtney Maynard Love is Something You Can't Hold 6 3 Isabelle Eby Empower

Young Authors Winners Grade Place Student Title 7 1 Claire Deng Dreams to live By 7 2 Reagan Kaczkowski War from a Thought 7 3 Ella Bauer Perfect

Young Authors Winners Grade Place Student 8 1 Madison Bell 8 8 2 3 Title When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares Ayonica Bhattacharya The Orange Flames of Amerli Jeremy Ericson No Cure

Community Service • Relay for Life: over $10, 000 every year. • Dodgeball Tournament: American Cancer Society $4, 579 • Hoops for Heart - American Heart Association = $6700

Community Service Cards for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta- Sibley Heart Center

Community Service Food Drive for The Place 3685 canned goods

Community Service GREEN CLUB

County Runner-up The Vipers have won 4 Football Championships in past 8 years.

Viper Cheerleaders rd County Competition: 3 Place

Viper 7 th Basketball Cheerleaders

Viper 8 th Basketball Cheerleaders

� Viper Basketball 7 th Boys County Champions

Viper Basketball th 7 Girls 2 nd Place: Regular Season

Viper Basketball 8 th Girls County Runner-up

Viper Basketball th 8 Boys rd 3 Place: Regular Season

BAND 7 th Grade Julia Apa Marcus Choates Kaitlyn Leonard Jana Shade 8 th Grade Anna Brown Emily Eby Raymond Qin Katherine Spokas Noah Young University of Georgia Middle School Band Festival Participants

ØInvited to sing at the Georgia Music Educator’s Conference ØForsyth County Honor Chorus – 45 students ØDistrict 9 Honor Chorus – 15 students ØGeorgia All State Chorus – 13 students

Georgia All State Chorus 7 th grade Kayla Goninan Emma Hammond Reagan Kaczkowski Aimee Tandoc 8 th grade Emma Anderson Sadie Biegelsen Jon Bos Lindsay Boudreau Will Enger Brooks Holman Claire Johnston Evan Sowa Sam Swanger

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