W.
I. S. E. 2002
Wonders
of the Imagination Science Exhibition
Awards
Ceremony
Welcome
to W.I.S.E. 2002, the second annual Wonders of the Imagination Science Exhibition.
My name is Bill Werner, and I’m here today because of a comment made
by a home-schooling mom. At an after-school community education class
I was teaching, she casually mentioned that she wished there were a science
fair for home-schooled students. So,
with your help, here we are for our second science fair.
There
are many people who have provided generous support in this endeavor, and I
have tried to list them all in the science fair program. But most important are the students who showed interest and effort
in entering the science fair and their parents, who encouraged them and worked
with them. Without these students
and parents, there would be no W.I.S.E. 2002
Now
is the time to present a ribbon and a certificate of achievement to each of
these students and to give away the door prizes. Your family’s registration envelope contains information about the
door prizes. As I pick each slip from
this hat and call the student’s name, please come up on the stage using the
enclosed stairs on your right side. After
receiving your award envelope, you may, if you would like, talk to the audience
for about a minute about your science fair project. You may then select any door prize from those
that remain. After selecting your
prize, please tell me the prize number of the prize you’ve selected. When you’ve finished, leave the stage by the
enclosed stairs on the left.
Since
the students put a lot of work into their projects, I encourage the audience
to applaud them individually immediately after they receive their award envelope.
If parents wish to help their younger children make their prize selection,
they may do so. Parents are also welcome to come on the stage
to take any photographs. Unfortunately,
the person who offered to take digital photos of the awards ceremony is unable
to be with us today.
Present
the award envelopes.