Monongalia County students reach national science events, specialist says

Eric Kinkade, science specialist for Monongalia County Schools, highlighted local student achievements in science during an interview on the Motivation and Momentum podcast. He said the district has “plant the moon” winners (name of the program as recalled by the speaker) and students entered in a NASA competition that will send a device into the stratosphere to collect measurements this summer. Kinkade also said one student was competing at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus and described that student as “one of the two representatives from West Virginia that was sent to represent The United States.” Kinkade framed these items as celebrations of the year and evidence of active science programs across middle and high schools in the county. The podcast did not provide student names, award details or official program titles in every case; Kinkade noted he could not recall one specific competition name during the interview. No district officials announced scholarships, awards or funding actions during the podcast; the segment was descriptive and celebratory.