On Saturday, March 1, 2026, the ACES Academic Team traveled to Bonnieville Elementary in Hart County to compete in the Regional Governors Cup Competition! We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of the ACES Academic Team!

Here are the results:

• Jase Sneed placed 3rd in Social Studies
• The ACES Future Problem Solving Team achieved First Place and the Elementary Regional Governors Cup Championship

FPS is a creative writing competition that allows students to solve future problems using critical thinking skills. Students enter the competition room and are given a future scene based on the current topic (this year it was Space Exploration and Video Games). Students follow a 6-step process to generate challenges, an underlying problem, solutions, criteria, and an action plan. Students are given 2 hours to complete this process and submit all 6 steps.

The ACES Future Problem Solving Team earned this title by winning First Place in the District on the topic Space Exploration and securing the winning booklet at Region on the topic of Video Games. As a result, their booklet will now advance to the State level for scoring.

FPS Coach Jeana Pike had this to say: "Getting our booklet to State was one of our goals, but not an easy feat! At the elementary level, students are starting from scratch learning the six-step creative writing process in order to complete a booklet! Every year, I tell the students if they want a challenge, FPS is for you! Each of these students stepped up to the challenge of learning FPS, and they finished strong! I am so proud of each and every one of these kids! They were so committed to the process!"

(From our friends at Columbia Magazine)