2009 Art and Essay Contest

Essay Contest Awards (4th and 5th Grades)

• Honorable Mention
  • "The Flip of a Switch"
    By Bailey Becker
    4th Grade
    Sul Ross Elementary
    Lanette Godfrey, Teacher
    
  • "The Telephone"
    By Raina Campbell
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Robert Smith, Teacher
    
  • "The 'Cold' Hard Truth"
    By Abigail Lee
    5th Grade
    Magnolia Elementary
    John McMahon, Teacher
    
  • "The Radio"
    By Kathleen Minter
    4th Grade
    Kennard Elementary
    Nancy Morgan, Teacher
    
  • "Invention of the Future"
    By Melanie Wertz
    4th Grade
    Sul Ross Elementary
    Lanette Godfrey, Teacher
    
• 3rd Place
  • "The Light Bulb"
    By Courtney Dixon
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Robert Smith, Teacher
    
  • "Henry Ford and the Car"
    By Patrick Kelly
    5th Grade
    Donald R. Collins Intermediate
    Gaume Chiles, Teacher
    
  • "The Discovery of Anesthesia"
    By Madeleine Meyer
    4th Grade
    Sul Ross Elementary
    Lanette Godfrey, Teacher
    
  • "The Telegraph: An Amazing Invention"
    By Bethany Peterson
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher
    
• 2nd Place
  • "Invention of the Automatic Traffic Signal"
    By Macie Alberth
    4th Grade
    Magnolia Elementary
    Jenni George, Teacher
    
  • "The Invention of the Folding Wheelchair"
    By Victoria Anderson
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Robert Smith, Teacher
    
  • "Luther Burbank and the Russet Burbank Potato"
    By Kendall Kruchten
    5th Grade
    Donald R. Collins Intermediate
    Gaume Chiles, Teacher
    
  • "Polio Vaccine: Eradicating the Fear"
    By Amanda Massey
    5th Grade
    Magnolia Elementary
    John McMahon, Teacher
    
  • "Air Conditioning: One of the Greatest Inventions"
    By Dalton Turpin
    4th Grade
    Magnolia Elementary
    Jenni George, Teacher
    
• 1st Place
  • "Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone"
    By Kayla LeNelle Ackerman
    4th Grade
    Ackerman Home School
    Tim Ackerman, Teacher
    
  • "Man-made Weather"
    By Travis Grant
    5th Grade
    Magnolia Elementary
    John McMahon, Teacher
    
  • "The Invention of Kevlar"
    By Angela Porter
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher
    
  • "The Transistor and Its Impact on the Computer Age"
    By Ramsay Ramsey
    5th Grade
    Johnson Elementary
    Theresa Robinson, Teacher