TSA Recap from Mr. Powers:
Please welcome home the Technology Student Association overall 3rd place team in the State of Florida, Your S.T.A.R. Labs Crew!
A huge thank you to Mrs. Powers for all the work she put in as my co-advisor, and all the teachers who work with these kiddos to help them learn the essential academic, creative, and leadership skills that could make this possible, as well as admin and everyone else instrumental in creating a fertile environment for such success. And now, for the recognitions:
First, one student was awarded the US Navy Medal for Excellence in Engineering, Jacob Farrington! So Cool!
From across the entire state and against thousands of kids from long-established tech programs, these students earned recognition as the best of the best. Please join me in congratulating:
First Place:
Coding - Levi Clough and Eva Schatz
Dragster - Jacob Farrington
Video Game Design - Levi Clough, Mia Molina, Eva Schatz, and Kevin Papa
2nd Place:
Challenging Technology Issues - Elijah Sanchez and Keya Trivedi
STEM Animation - Isabella Bussie, Kaia Hopkins, and Rylee Schecter
3rd Place:
Information Technology - Elliot Vega
Structural Engineering - Ryan Abdulla and Luis Mahiquez
System Control Technology - Maritza Lopez, Josdiel Torres, and Tristan Disharoon
Top 10 State Finalist (Still pretty freakin' cool to be top 10 in the state if you ask me):
Biotechnology - Mia Molina, Eva Schatz, Mia Guerra, and Kevin Papa
Career in Technology Prep - Eva Schatz
Children's Story Design - Emma Cole and Maritza Lopez
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) - Dylan Cujas and Wyatt Cole
Construction - Dylan Cujas and Wyatt Cole
Data Science and Analytics - Levi Clough, Dylan Cujas, and Wyatt Cole
Electrical Applications - Jacob Farrington and Mia Molina
Essay on Technology - Isabella Bussie
Flight - Emma Cole
Inventions and Innovations - Tegan Dahl, Tristan Disharoon, and Austin Papa
Leadership Strategies - Kenneth Kahns, Mia Guerra, and Kaia Hopkins
Mass Production - Sky Commissar and Rylee Schechter
Mechanical Engineering - Tristan Disharoon, Josdiel Torres, and Jacob Farrington
Speech on Technology - Mateo Petrelli
Technical Design - Emma Cole and Eva Schatz
Video Web Series on Tech Issue - Sky Commissar, Elijah Sanchez, and Keya Trivedi
Robotics - Austin Papa, Mateo Petrelli, and Maritza Lopez
I hope I didn't miss any. Most of these events were our first time, so they better watch out next year once we know what the heck we're doing.
Please show some love to these kiddos if you happen to see them. They earned it. Can't wait to get back to the lab, learn from our failures, and get to work on improving for next year. Also, I think some of these guys are headed to Nationals, so stay tuned."