SCIENCE FAIR

Cassaundra Braaten, recently placed first in the 7th grade physical science category and second overall, at the TJC Science fair, advancing to regionals in Kilgore. She placed third overall in Regionals qualifying her to represent Bullard Middle School for her 3rd consecutive year at the State Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio. Cassaundra's project this year dealt with letter reassignment and the ability to read words improperly spelled to show the importance of starting children very young to write with their imagination and not worry too much about spelling when starting out. She believes starting children at a younger age in expressing themselves on paper would improve students writing on the TAKS tests and other papers where emphasizing their point on paper is their only means of communication. She also did discover that although letter reassignment is occasionally OK, correct spelling does matter when advancing to older children and the use of a larger vocabulary and longer paper assignments. She was assisted with her testing with the help of her English teacher Amanda Goode and participants from the 7th grade Pre-ap English class.