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FHHS Science Dept. dials up activities The science department at Fountain Hills High School has another full agenda this spring. The department supports several competitions that po-tentially could gain students signifi cant scholarship money and even national recognition. Along with the Math/Science Field Day, AAPT F=MA Test and Academic Decathlon students have already taken part in this semester, following is a list of the remaining activities for the rest of the school year. On Feb. 20, students will head off to the Castles and Coasters Physics Day. Students from all FHHS physics classes will com-pete in fi ve competitions at the park and, in addition, teachers will assign a lab on the fun rides that takes physics into a real world environment. On Feb. 21, students will take part in the Science Bowl. This event tests students in the three primary sciences over fi ve rounds throughout the morning. The top 10 teams will go head-to-head and the top three teams

advance to the national competi-tion. Last year, Fountain Hills came in fi fth ahead of two Bro-phy teams. The event will be held at Glendale Community College and could provide a six-fi gure scholarship if the team makes it to the national competi-tion. On the same day, several teams will also be taking part in the Science Olympiad. This project-based competition also involves many students in over 25 different events and also takes place on the GCC cam-pus. Science students will also once again take place in the Bot-ball competition. The object is to preprogram up to two robots to make the most points on a com-petition board against several other teams. When the event starts, teams activate the robot which is pro-grammed to search for colored objects and capture them. This is not remote controlled, but done entirely by pre-programming. Winners go to the international

competiton in Virginia in July. The competition will be held March 14 in San Diego. On March 21-24, students will take part in the Arizona Science Fair, a competition requiring research papers to be presented in a poster board session. The research for this project has been carried out during the year under the supervision of teacher Dr. Paul McElligott. The event will be held at the Convention Center in Phoenix and winners go on to compete nationally with large scholar-ships provided by the Intel Corporation. Finally, on April 28 at 11 a.m., the students of FHHS will once again take part in the Rube Goldberg experiment. Students are inspired to go for the world record sanctioned by the Guin-ness World Record Group. Students are once again try-ing to create the world’s most complicated alarm clock with over 225 steps that either light up, make a sound or create a motion. The event will be staged in

the small gym at FHHS during between April 23-28. As for recent events, this year, students taking part in the Math/Science Field Day had a strong competition on Jan. 15. A total of 14 teams took part in the competition this year. Students were fed a light breakfast and entertained by demonstrations from the As-tronomy, Chemistry, Biology and Math departments of Scottsdale Community College. After lunch, students took part in the first event, a tre-buchet competition where the object was to knock “Artie the artichoke” off a castle. After that, the top three teams were chosen to compete for further prizes. Fountain Hills placed seventh in the project competition and special honors were given to Ben Owens, who won the highest math score for Fountain Hills. According to McElligott, all students benefited from the experience as FHHS stood its ground against 5A and prep schools.

Colonial DaysCharter Gala Feb. 28 Fountain Hills Charter School is holding a round-up for its kids, their “Diamonds in the Desert.” This also just so happens to be the name of this year’s annual Gala event. FHCS has big plans for this year’s gala, and school offi cials invite everyone to become a part of the celebra-tion. On Saturday, Feb. 28, families and guests will con-verge on Fort McDowell Adventures, which will host the western-style festivities beneath the stars and among the evening calls of the coy-otes. According to FHCS, Foun-tain Hills is a premier family community giving choices to parents in the education of their children.

The FHCS fulfills that desire with parents actively supporting their children in a wide array of educational endeavors, but it needs the support of residents. Community leaders and the public are invited to attend the celebration or make an investment in the children of Fountain Hills by way of donation. So get rid of that hitch in your giddy-up and join the fandango. The excitement starts at 5 p.m. A silent auc-tion, raffl es and great food will be provided, and rooms are available at the Fort McDowell Radisson and a free shuttle will be provided for guests’ convenience. Ticket price is $75 per guest. For more information, contact FHCS at 837-0046.

Jackie Simmons and Dagny Paulsen are all dressed up for Four Peaks Elementary Schools Colonial Days.

Colonial Ryder Worden and his classmates play a game of marbles. For Colonial Days, fi fth grade students took part in many hands-on activities including cross-stitching, making clay pinch-pots, writing with quills and more.

A special attraction for Colonial Days was a visit from History in Motion where students learned about Ben Franklin, his many inventions and contributions to the country and his life as a printer.

Abud: Teacher of the Month Gary Abud was honored as Four Peaks Rotary’s “Teacher of the Month” for December. Four Peaks Rotary presented him with a certifi cate and hono-rarium of $300 co-sponsored by the club and Jim Guess, owner of Instant Imprints. Abud, who teaches physics and chemistry at Fountain Hills High School, was introduced to the club by Tom Lawrence, a member of Four Peaks Ro-tary and co-principal of the high school. Although this is Abud’s fi rst year in the community, he has previous teaching experience in the suburbs of Detroit as well as being a private tutor, piano teacher, choir director and — more recently — a Spinning (indoor cycling) instructor. He is also the Fountain Hills High School National Honor Society Sponsor. Abud’s classes have success-fully designed and conducted re-search experiments of their own on various topics and completed a number of experiments includ-ing the building of electronic computer speakers. Other innovative classroom activities have included teaching chemistry through food, teach-ing density by putting students in a tank of water and teaching elements of light by putting on

a Halloween show. Abud incorporates his ex-perience into his teaching and shares many practical applica-tions of science with students. Abud is originally from Michi-gan and earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Wayne State University and completed his science teacher preparation in a master’s program at Sagi-naw Valley State University. He has completed medical research in cornea transplanta-tion, anemia and kidney disease and has presented research fi nd-ings at the national conference level twice. He currently has a study submitted for publica-tion. His hobbies include biking, tennis, racquetball, running and weight-lifting. It is always a pleasure for Four Peaks Rotary members to honor one of Fountain Hills’ excellent teachers. The club welcomes anyone interested in service to the community to learn more about its projects and activities. Join members during their every Thursday morning meeting, 7 a.m., at the Eagle Mountain Grill. For more information, contact Jim Guess at 480-837-1830 or Sue Hendershott at 602-418-0821.

Rotarian Klaus Schadle, left, FHHS co-principal and Rotarian Tom Lawrence and Four Peaks Rotary President Jim Guess, right, present a ‘teacher of the month’ award to Gary Abud.