Students in Foods and Nutrition 2 Honors, Hospitality and Tourism Honors, Entrepreneurship Honors, and AP Biology traveled to Ayden and Kinston, NC for an Eastern NC Revitalization and Sustainable Agriculture field trip.  First students visited Simply Natural Creamery in Ayden to learn where local dairy products come from. Next, students toured revitalized Downtown Kinston where they interviewed locals to learn how the area is becoming a “come-back destination” in Eastern NC.  Students were then treated to lunch at Vivian Howard’s The Boiler Room to sample Eastern NC farm-to-table cuisine. To end their first evening, students attended a Down East Wood Ducks Baseball Game to explore how regional sports add to tourist economies.

On day two, they incorporated STEM into their Eastern NC Revitalization and Sustainable Farming tour by visiting Lenoir Community College to learn about horticulture and sustainable agriculture. They then traveled to Putnam Family Farms to pick seasonally fresh strawberries where they grow entirely without pesticides. Lastly, students experienced another Eastern NC culinary specialty by having lunch at the famous Skylight Inn. Eastern NC whole hog BBQ and smoked chicken at its best. What an amazing learning experience!

Hatteras Island Youth Education Fund is thrilled to have been able to provide funding for this educational STEM field trip for Hatteras Island students!

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A huge congratulations to the CHSS Math Rockstars and their performance at the Math Competition today! Please join me in congratulating the following:

• State Qualifiers – Yoselyn Gabriel (Level 1), Eliza Quidley (Level 2), Jadon Midgett (Level 3)
• First Place Level 2 Individual – Elizabeth Muller
• First Place team (Level 2) – Elizabeth Muller, Clara Oden, Laura Hooper, Rubie Shoemaker, Eliza Quidley, and Lauren Wright
• Second Place team (Level 3) – James Tawes, Conner Tawes, Lane Stevenson, Dylan Gray, Jadon Midgett, Amy Chen, Emmiline Baker, and Payton Cabral

All of these kids did an amazing job representing CHSS! GO CANES!

Congratulations to our recent Science Olympiad Winners!

Division B – competing against 17 teams
6th Disease Detective: Grace Vernesoni & Kathleen Quigley
2nd Duct Tape: James Tawes & Ansley Thompson
6th Ecology: Sydney Ranno & Emma Koontz
5th Fast Facts: Gideon Couch & Blake Cabral
2nd Herpetology: Peyton Cabral & Emma Koontz
5th Meteorology: Peyton Cabral & Sydney Ranno
5th Optics: Casia Ensenat & Evela Chandler
1st Road Scholar: Peyton Cabral & Ansley Thompson
2nd Roller Coaster: Calia Babilonia & Grace Vernesoni
4th Solar System: Sydney Ranno & Kathleen Quigley
6th Tower: Alexis Zavala & Blake Cabral
3rd Wright Stuff: Destyn Jakob & James Tawes
5th Amazing Mechatronics: Alexis Zavala & Gideon Couch

6th Place Overall

Division C – competing against 25 teams
1st Amazing Mechatronics: Chris Zavala & Jadon Midgett
1st Anatomy&Physiology: Madeline Chandler & Evan Cabral
3rd Astronomy: Kendal Woods & Andrea Covey
2nd Disease Detectives: Tayler Gavetti & Madeline Chandler
2nd Helicopter: Henry Macchio & Evan Castillo
2nd Mousetrap Vehicle: Evan Cabral & Kendal Woods
5th Optics: Krystle Woods & Evan Castillo 
4th Ping Pong Parachute: Jadon Midgett & Trafton Reynolds
3rd Towers: Colby Day & Chris Zavala
2nd Write It, Do It: Kendal Woods & Krystle Woods

4th Place Overall and going to the STATE Competition!