Congratulations to St. Leonard Elementary, Southern Middle, and Calvert High for winning the overall titles in the 2018 Calvert County Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) competition.
Dr. Daniel D. Curry, Superintendent, said, “This is a great program that our children love. Congratulations to all.”
Maryland MESA is a grade 3-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative targeting students who are traditionally underrepresented in these fields, specifically minority and female students. Through participation in Maryland MESA, students develop academic and leadership skills, improve their academic performance, and gain confidence in their ability to compete professionally.
MESA participants are judged in four categories:
Elementary – Scratch, Effective Communications, Storybook Theme Park, and Wood Bridge;
Middle – Alice, Hovercraft, Wood Bridge, and National Engineering Design Challenge; and
High – Cyber Robot, Battleball Robot, Wood Bridge, and National Engineering Design Challenge.
The overall winner is granted to the team with the best combined score of all competitions, excluding the National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC). The NEDC is a stand-alone competition with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.
The 1st place NEDC winner and the Overall Competition winner from each level will proceed to participate in the Maryland MESA State Championship, which will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
The winners are:
Elementary Competition
Effective Communications
Storybook Themepark
Bridge
Scratch
Middle School
Hoover Craft
Alice Programming
Bridge
National Engineering Design Challenge
Battleball Robot
Cyber Robot
Bridge
National Engineering Design Challenge
1st Place Huntingtown St. Leonard St. Leonard St. Leonard 2nd Place Windy Hill
Huntingtown Beach Barstow 3rd Place St. Leonard
Windy Hill Huntingtown Windy Hill Overall Winner – St. Leonard Elementary
1st Place Calvert Calvert Southern Calvert 2nd Place Southern
Southern Northern Southern 3rd Place Northern
Northern Windy Hill n/a Overall Winner – Southern Middle High School
1st Place Calvert Northern Patuxent Northern 2nd Place Northern
Huntingtown Calvert Calvert 3rd Place Huntingtown
Calvert Huntingtown Huntingtown Overall Winner – Calvert High
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