The Goggans: Avery Advances

Avery was a winner in her science fair at Milam Elementary this year! She came in 3rd place in the category of Botany. She was happy that she placed, but honestly, was not too happy that she would have to go on to the District Science Fair at Northeast Community College. After trying to hunt down her board after the Milam competition - only to find out it had been accidentally thrown away (yes, thrown away!) - I, for one, was not too happy either that she was going on the the District Fair. Because that meant - yes!- doing her board all over again! The easy thing to do would have been to tell them she wouldn't be participating - most people suggested this over and over again. But we decided, amidst some minor protests, that she would redo her board and go on.

I'm so glad we did! God works things out, thankfully, and it was a great experience. Avery rode the bus with the other Milam science fair winners to Northeast CC and I met her there. We set up her table and her board, then went to the bleachers to wait. Later, Avery and the other participants went down to stand by their projects to wait for the judging to begin. For some reason, Avery had 6 judges she had to talk to about her board. Most others had only about 2. We still don't know why she had so many. After the judging, we went to eat lunch at McDonalds, then returned to take down her board and look at others. There were some really cool projects!

At 3:00, they began announcing the winners. Although Avery didn't place this time, several kids from Milam did and Milam ended up winning 2nd place in the School Division! It was a lot of fun for their school to do so well! It ended up being a interesting, fun, learning experience. I think in the end, Avery really wanted to win something - as long as it wasn't first place, which would require going to the State Fair (oh no!)- but dealt with her disappointment well.

Avery, your Daddy and I are always proud of you, but are especially proud of you for perservering and participating in this District Fair. You did a great job!

Avery by her newly redone science board