Students perform and present for Academic Fair

Natalie Wheeler performs a musical piece as part the Academic Fair, which took place on Tuesday, March 20.

by Natalie Kirton and Bridgette Moore

On Tuesday, March 20, Montezuma junior high and high school students gathered in the high school gym, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., showing the public the projects that they have been working on for the past month.

Students researched topics dealing with two different academic subjects that they were interested in and brought them together to create a presentation. A few of the projects that students researched included physics of bridges, Kony 2012, how to sell a product, strokes, history of country music, history of children’s illustration, benefits of organics, the math behind the “Numbers” (a television show) and history of musical pieces. Some students performed various musical selections in the old study hall room in connection with their projects.

The students received ribbons for their projects based on presentations for judging the week before.  

Community members judged the projects based on a rubric created by the Academic Fair Committee.  Sophomores, juniors, and seniors were judged on Tuesday, March 13.  Seventh, eighth and ninth graders were judged on Wednesday, March 14. 

The ribbons awarded were blue, red or white. The blue ribbon represented a I rating, red was a II rating and white was presented when a student earned a III rating.

The ribbons were given based on a point value; white was given when the students were rated between 10 to 17 points, red was given for 18 to 24 points and blue was 25 to 30 points.

“I think the Academic Fair was exceptional learning experience for the students and fun for the teachers to watch and experience,” said junior high English teacher Roxanne Goudy.