Prince Frederick, MD – Three Calvert County schools were the overall elementary, middle and high school winners at the 2016 Calvert Regional MESA Competition. The contest, held on April 13 and 14 at Huntingtown High School, included twenty-one schools from Calvert and Prince George’s Counties. The overall winners are teams from Huntingtown Elementary, Windy Hill Middle and Northern High.
Maryland MESA (Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement) is a grade three through twelve STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiative. Maryland MESA seeks to target 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.
Supervisor of Science Yovonda Kolo, Ph.D., said, “Maryland MESA provides an opportunity for students to engage in STEM activities in various ways. Whether students are programming, designing a prosthetic arm, building bridges or using their imagination to design a theme park, they are all engaged in higher level thinking. The innovative ideas and creative thinking displayed by the students will be beneficial to them in and out of the world of STEM.”
The overall winners and the 1st place winners in the prosthetic arm competitions for each level will participate in the Maryland MESA State Championship to be held on May 19, 2016 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
The winners in each category are:
Elementary School
Effective Communications Challenge
1st Huntingtown Elementary
2nd St. Leonard Elementary
3rd Calvert Elementary
Storybook Theme Park Ride Challenge
1st Huntingtown Elementary
2nd Calvert Elementary
3rd St. Leonard Elementary
Wood Bridge Challenge
1st St. Leonard Elementary
2nd Huntingtown Elementary
3rd Barstow Elementary
Scratch Programming Challenge
1st Huntingtown Elementary
2nd St. Leonard Elementary
3rd Chesapeake Math and IT Academy
Middle School
Hovercraft Challenge
1st Windy Hill Middle
2nd Southern Middle
3rd Northern Middle
Prosthetic Arm Challenge
1st Thomas Johnson Middle
2nd Northern Middle
3rd Windy Hill Middle
Wood Bridge Challenge
1st Northern Middle
2nd Mill Creek Middle
3rd Windy Hill Middle
Alice Programming Challenge
1st Windy Hill Middle
2nd Thomas Johnson Middle
3rd Mill Creek Middle
High School
Battleball Robot Challenge
1st Northern High
2nd Huntingtown High
3rd Calvert High
Prosthetic Arm Challenge
1st Bowie High
2nd Calvert High
3rd Northern High
Wood Bridge Challenge
1st Calvert High
2nd Patuxent High
3rd Northern High
Cyber Robot Challenge
1st Northern High
2nd Huntingtown High
3rd Bowie High