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NHCS takes home nearly 70 first place awards in Regional Science Olympiad

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Monday, March 25th, 2013, 12:55pm
NHCS takes home nearly 70 first place awards in Regional Science Olympiad

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Four teams from New Hanover County Schools will advance to the 2013 Southeast State Science Olympiad Competition. Nearly 800 students recently competed in the regional event at UNCW.

The following schools won trophies for overall team scores and will advance to the State Science Olympiad Tournament on April 26-27, 2013, at N.C. State University in Raleigh:

 Division B (Middle School)

  • 1st place- Roland-Grise Middle School

Division C (High School)

  • 1st place- Hoggard High School
  • 2nd place- Isaac Bear Early College High School
  • 4th place- Laney High School

According to New Hanover County Schools, 14 students were awarded a combined total of $10,500 in scholarships.

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New Hanover County Schools' students excel at regional and international science fairs

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer
Thursday, February 14th, 2013, 3:35pm
New Hanover County Schools' students excel at regional and international science fairs

The following is a news release from New Hanover County Schools spokersperson Valita Quattlebaum:

The 2013 Regional Science Fair was held on February 9, 2013, at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. 

More than 14 different school districts, as well as various private schools, were represented at the fair.

This year, 75 awards and special awards were presented to the approximately 180 students who participated.

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New Hanover County Schools students advance to Southeast Regional Science Fair

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013, 1:15pm
New Hanover County Schools students advance to Southeast Regional Science Fair

The following is a news release from New Hanover County Schools spokersperson Valita Quattlebaum:

Thirty-three New Hanover County Schools students will represent NHCS at the upcoming Southeast Regional Science Fair. The competition will be Saturday, February 9, 2013, on the campus of the University of North Carolina –Wilmington.

These students and several others were honored for their science projects during the recent New Hanover County Science Fair that was held on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Murray Middle School.

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Wrightsboro Elementary students to participate in science fair

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer
Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 2:39pm
Wrightsboro Elementary students to participate in science fair

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Students’ creativity at Wrightsboro Elementary School will soon be put to the test.

Third, fourth and fifth graders at the school will be presenting their science fair projects to parents, families and judges Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to a school official.

Winners will move on to the New Hanover County Schools science fair.

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Local doctor conducting tests for plaque in the heart

Submitted by Ashley Barker, Community Web Producer
Monday, July 9th, 2012, 1:28pm
Local doctor conducting tests for plaque in the heart

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A procedure can now be performed by a local doctor to determine if a patient has life-threatening plaque building in his/her coronary arteries, according to a news release from Wilmington Health.

Cardiologist Matt Janik, MD, FACC is accepting appointments for HeartScore Cardiac Calcium Scoring, a non-invasive test that can “accurately determine the degree and severity of hard plaque.”

The 30-second test is painless and performed with a multislice computed tomography (CT) scanner, according to Wilmington Health.  It is recommended for anyone at risk of coronary artery disease.

“Right now we wait for patients to have a heart attack to identify them as high risk,” Janik said in a statement. “This [test] allows us to identify high-risk patients before their first heart attack, so we can treat them more aggressively and prevent that heart attack before it happens.”

To make an appointment for the $100 test, call 910-815-8516. Janik can send the results to the patient or the patient’s care physician or cardiologist.

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Science teacher captures transit of Venus on paper plate

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012, 9:38am
Science teacher captures transit of Venus on paper plate

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The transit of Venus Tuesday night was the last one of any of earth's human inhabitants will see in their lifetimes. It won't happen again for more than 100 years.

A transit of Venus is when Venus crosses the disk of the sun from earth's perspective.

Dave Glenn, a sixth grade science teacher at Burgaw Middle School, captured part of the transit Tuesday night. He took the picture above of the Venus transit viewed on a paper plate around 6:45 p.m. near Castle Hayne. He submitted the picture to WECT via See it, Snap it, Send it.

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