Christian Marsh Pierce was named the Most Outstanding Technology Club Adviser for 2013-2014.

Colquitt County High School played host to the 8th Annual Colquitt County Schools Regional Technology Fair Jan. 25. This year’s fair was the biggest yet, with 400 students registered from Colquitt County Schools and Thomasville City Schools.

The competition included standard categories like robotics, digital photography, and animated graphics but also offered two new categories this year: mobile app design and digital game design. These new categories require students to build a program from the ground up, designing every aspect that the user sees.

Just over 100 volunteers came together to help make this event a success, according to a press release from the Colquitt County School System.

“The most instrumental of this staff was certainly the technology club advisors from each school,” the press release said. “We had several veteran advisors involved and welcome Mrs. Donna Martinez from GEAR and Mr. Tom Campbell from Willie J. Williams Middle School.”

Christan Marsh Pierce was named the Most Outstanding Technology Club Advisor for the 2013-2014 school year. Other volunteers for the day included teachers from most of the schools involved, community members, Central Office employees, and CCHS ROTC.

Following C. A. Gray’s show choir performance, directed by Beth Miller, the awards ceremony cranked up with medals being given to first, second, and third place winners in each category and division. Student names were also entered into a drawing for an iPad, Droid tablet, laptop, and many other technology items donated by technology vendors like CNS, Bytespeed, Ace, and Southern Computer Warehouse.

The first place winners from this regional competition have the opportunity to go to the state level of the Georgia Educational Technology Fair to be held on March 8 at Middle College of Georgia‘s Macon campus.

To find out more about this state competition, or to sign up as a judge for the event, please visit http://www.gatechfair.org/

Winners by categories were:

3-D Modeling

1st place: Diego Hernandez, Cox Elementary, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Joshua Massey and Joshua Krider, Gifted Center, 4th grade.

3rd place: Brice Jordan and Gage Edmondson, Okapilco, 4th grade.

1st place: Hailey Knox, Doerun, 5th grade.

2nd place: William Cason and Byron Williford, Okapilco, 5th grade.

3rd place: Jamaree Hill, Sunset, 5th grade.

1st place: Elijah Massey, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

2nd place: Vincent Nguyen and Kyle Gay Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.,

3rd place: Vincent Yates, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

1st place: Rebecca Bartolome, CCHS, 11th grade.

Animated Graphics

1st place: Victoria Luna-Alcantara, Norman Park Elementary, 4th grade.

2nd place: Kaylee Crosby, Norman Park, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Miller Tompkins and Will Tapscott, Okapilco, 3rd grade.

1st place: Katie Horne, Hamilton, 5th grade.

2st place: Caitlyn David, Hamilton, 5th grade.

3rd place: Kendall Spencer, Sunset, 5th grade.

1st place: Josh Morgan, C.A. Gray, 9th grade.

1st place: Michael Benton, CCHS, 11th grade.

Case Modification

1st place: Abby Cooper, Hamilton, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Baylee Curles, Hamilton, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Justice Myrick, R.B. Wright, 4th grade.

1st place: Lamaya Brockington, Funston, 5th grade.

2nd place: Jada Beck, Norman Park, 5th grade.

3rd place: Trey Edmonds, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

1st place: Mason Bennett, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

2nd place: Noah Smith and Laura Jean Oliver, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

1st place: Joe Hill, CCHS, 11th grade.

2nd place: Lidia Alonso, CCHS 12th grade.

Digital Game Design

1st place: Eva Barnett and Makinley Clark, Gifted Center, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Eric Garcia and Collin Young, Gifted Center, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Maccarria Mitchell, Gifted Center, 3rd grade.

1st place: Austin Cobb and Arik Duran, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

2nd place: Ethan Gregory and Zac Denham, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

3rd place: Alex Smith, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

1st place: Matthew Taylor and Mitchell Taylor, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

2nd place: Master Yates and Trevor Nemeth, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

3rd place: Fernando Angles and Luis Cuevas, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

1st place: Alex Turner, C.A. Gray, 9th grade.

Digital Photography

1st place: Hogan Horne, R.B. Wright, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Emily Brooks, Odom, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Cruz Garcia, Norman Park, 3rd grade.

1st place: Dylan Patel, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

2nd place: David Friedlander, R.B. Wright, 5th grade.

3rd place: Bretnney McKelvary, Sunset, 5th grade.

1st place: Jennifer Flores, CCHS, 10th grade.

1st place: Eric Gould, CCHS, 12th grade.

Digital Video Production

1st place: Courtney (Gigi) Kline, Sunset, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Caleb Murphy and Jonah Hagin, Okapilco, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Madison Balland and Josie Kitchens, Gifted Center, 4th grade.

1st place: Matthew Coop, Willie J. Williams, 6th grade.

2nd place: Tally Powell and Jacey Williams, Okapilco, 5th grade.

3rd place: Devi Patel and Annabelle Stone, Sunset, 5th grade.

1st place: Diego Charles and Sean Hayden, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

2nd place: Alexis Turner, C.A. Gray, 9th grade.

1st place: Evan Gambill, CCHS, 10th grade.

Hardware (7th – 12th only)

1st place: James Mercer, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

2nd place: Lucas Rivera, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

3rd place: Christopher May and Mckenzie Powell, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

1st place: Jake Nichols, C.A. Gray, 9th grade.

Mobile App Design

1st place: Elle Perryman, Hamilton, 4th grade.

1st place: Autumn Hampton and Muriel Ren, Gifted Center, 5th grade.

1st place: Jordan Barfield, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

Multimedia Applications

1st place: Lauri Jo Burt and Cy’Camri Peterson, Okapilco, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Jourynei Hicks, Doerun, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Balyn Justice, Doerun, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Myla Still, Jerger Elementary School (Thomasville), 3rd grade.

3rd place: Mallory Bennett, Jerger Elementary School (Thomasville), 4th grade.

1st place: Allison Taylor and Lizette Nunez, Funston, 4th grade.

2st place: Katlynn Powers, Hamilton, 4th grade.

1st place: Chrissy Snyder and McCoy Hancock, Okapilco, 5th grade.

2nd place: Fanessia Chatmon and Chakia Tucker, Jerger Elementary School (Thomasville), 5th grade.

3rd place: Iza Bella Bautista, Doerun, 5th grade.

1st place: Katie Tabb, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 6th grade.

2nd place: Shayna Welch and Hailey Ochsenbein, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 6th grade.

3rd place: Margarita Perez, Willie J. Williams, 6th grade.

1st place: Heaven Robinson, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 7th grade.

1st place: Brooke McClelland, CCHS, 11th grade.

Non-Animated Graphics

1st place: Paxton Harrell, Hamilton, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Ryley McCoy, Odom, 4th grade.

3rd place: Lana McGuirt, Doerun 4th grade.

1st place: Chloe Gould and Ragan Harden, Willie J. Williams, 6th grade.

2nd place: Jaylyn Furney, Doerun, 5th grade.

3rd place: Isabella Barfield, Doerun, 5th grade.

1st place: Randi Tapscott, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

1st place: Catalina Arnett, CCHS 10th grade.

1st place: Kosha Patel, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 12th grade.

2nd place: Elizabeth Hardy, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 12th grade.

3rd place: Annalee Jackson, Scholar’s Academy (Thomasville), 12th grade.

Non-Multimedia Display

1st place: Diana Carriche and Audrey Leija, Okapilco, 4th grade.

2nd place: Cadien Shiver, Sunset, 3rd grade.

3rd place: Carrie Wimberly, Sunset, 3rd grade.

1st place: Audreyanna Rowland, Cox, 5th grade.

2nd place: Rebecca Jenkins, Doerun, 5th grade.

3rd place: Caroline Harrell, Hamilton, 5th grade.

Robotics

1st place: Tory Bynum, Gifted Center, 3rd grade.

2nd place: Will Robbins, Sunset, 3rd grade.

1st place: Max Parker, Hamilton, 5th grade.

2rd place: Bo Greene, Willie J. Williams, 6th grade.

3rd place: Alyx Gant, R.B. Wright, 5th grade.

1st place: Sarah Morrell, Willie J. Williams, 7th grade.

2nd place: Micah Lawhorne, C.A. Gray, 8th grade.

1st place: Joseph Gould, CCHS 10th grade.

Web 2.0 Internet Applications

1st place: Fernanda Angeles and Jennifer Reyes, Okapilco, 4th grade.

2nd place: Ashton Flowers, Okapilco, 4th grade.

3rd place: Sarah Meech and Conner Adderton, Okapilco, 3th grade.

1st place: Taniya Jackson and Abigail Jensen, Okapilco, 5th grade.

2nd place: Tian Green and Amber Booker, Jerger Elementary School (Thomasville), 5th grade.

3rd place: Zach Braun, Willie J. Williams, 6th grade.

1st place: Magnolia Rodriguez, CCHS, 10th grade.