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State, here we come!

March 11th, 2012 at 01:22 am


My 8th grader and her best friend put together a pretty neat Science Fair project: What makes stains stay? They took scquares of 100% cotton fabric and let them soak in various liquids (grape juice, ketchup, coffee, gatorade, apple juice, soy sauce). They then washed the squares in laundry detergent to determine which liquid left the darkest stain. They made color charts to see how much the stains lightened up. They researched cotton production, chemical reactions, etc.

They did well at their school level and were moved onto our Diocese's Regional State Farm yesterday. So we left at 6:45, arrived at 7:15, got them set up. One of the teachers gave birth 10 weeks early and wasn't able to be at the State Fair, so the other teacher asked that I be the other "sponsor". So DH and I went with her and we were official volunteers. I had the good fortune of being a tabulator with 7 others calculated and rechecked the judges scores. I was lucky enough that randomly my daughter's sheets came past me. The girls got 103/115 earning them a "Gold" ranking (96-115) and they're going to State.

So we'll be in Champaign/Urbana May 4th and 5th. We've got the room booked at good rate $139 and I'll have to squeeze funds from the remainder of March and April for the Banquet/gas/food. I'm very proud of my daughter.

And I ended up spending an unplanned $42 for a impromptu surprise celebratory lunch with DH, daughter and her best friend. Well worth it!

And I also ended up spending an additional $42 for tickets to the spring musical at the high school my daughter will be attending in the Fall (my alma mater, and her Choice B) HOWEVER I'm seeing that she's becoming much more excited about going, and asked if I would buy her a T-shirt with the schoo name/logo. Definitely worth the $16 for her to start identifying herself with this place. We saw "Fiddler on the Roof" and I'm amazed at the caliber of talent. And my daughter said to me, "Gee, I think I'd like to sing and dance as an "extra" next year."

All is good!

4 Responses to “State, here we come!”

  1. Looking Forward Says:
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    That is AWESOME! What a great idea for a project! Might have to "steal" that one someday. Smile
    BTW, what took the stains out the best?

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Congratulations to your daughter and her friend! I agree that it sounds like a great project!

  3. NJDebbie Says:
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    Congrats!!! I think you are taking all the right steps to acclimate your daughter to her high school.

  4. Jerry Says:
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    I love it when kids do great science projects, and I hope that my daughter will have the gumption to lead into that kind of stuff someday. I think it is important for girls to make the most of their gifts, and to have some insurance that their voices (and brains) are heard from! Congrats on such a great outcome...
    Jerry

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