On Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June 2015, Hope Academy Rwanda celebrated its 2nd Annual Science Fair at its Gisozi Campus. Students from Grade 1 right through to Grade 10 showed off their projects to public school students, parents, and visitors for two days in the almost-completed school building.
The projects spanned all the sciences, including Mathematics and ICT, to demonstrate the impact of science on our everyday lives and its integral importance to everything we do.
On the first day, the Fair was visited by 600 public schools students from GS’s Kagugu, Kacyiru and Sainte Famille, along with their teachers. The students were enthralled by the projects on display and excited to have been invited. Hope Academy Rwanda hopes this is the first step in a partnership which is fruitful for both sides.
The second day of the Fair was honoured by the presence of Dr Marie Christine Gasingirwa, Director General for Science, Technology and Research at MINEDUC, who gave a talk on the importance of curiosity in developing knowledge.
The Fair ended with an award ceremony to celebrate the effort and achievement of the students. The judging was carried out by an expert panel on Friday afternoon with the tension left to build overnight. Primary and Secondary (Grades 5-10) were judged separately to allow the younger students a chance to triumph. Primary students worked in pairs to present their projects and the Bronze Medal in Secondary was a tie. The results are as follows:
The Gold Primary project was about soil erosion, while the Gold Secondary project revolved around a Corn Starch Pool.
Hope Academy Rwanda is grateful to all who attended the Fair and helped to make it the success it was. A special thank you to Dr Gasingirwa for taking the time out of her busy schedule to be with us. Congratulations to all the students who participated; Hope Academy Rwanda hopes this is just the beginning of a life-long love of learning and discovery.
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