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St. Clare Walker students excel at state Technosphere event

St. Clare Walker Middle School Technosphere 2024 participants include, front row, from left, Weston Wolfrey, Lian Juarez, Braydon Sommers, Bailion Pullman, Jacob Smith; second row, same order, Ford Hall, Austin Whitaker, Zeke Koontz, Claire Dise, Kyla Blazek, Mason Fochtmann, Jayden Tang; third row, same order, Xavier Morning, Bentley Eppihimer, Chase Watson, Bella Bagby, Ayla Oliver, Kaleigh Smith, Joshua Huntley; and back row, same order, Assistant Advisor Marsha Jedlinski, and Advisor Matthew Short. Caesar Gresham was unavailable for the photo. (Contributed)

by Matthew Short – 

The Technology Student Association (TSA) gives members opportunities for leadership and personal growth in all areas of technology, innovation, design, and engineering. Through TSA’s regional, state, and national competitions, members can challenge themselves in 38 different categories for middle school. These competitions stress the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts, leadership, and presentation skills.

On May 2 through 5, 20 St. Clare Walker Middle School TSA members competed at the Virginia TSA Technosphere 2024 State Leadership Conference and Competition at the Hampton Convention Center. The purpose of Technosphere is to bring together like-minded, self-driven students, who are passionate about technology and STEM education, to one large conference to help focus their interests through related competitions and leadership.

Due to the high level of competitiveness of our students, the St. Clare Walker TSA chapter received fifth place in the Lynn P. Barrier Outstanding Division Award, and also received ninth place in the Arvid Van Dyke Outstanding School Award of the middle schools attending the conference this year.

SCW TSA Advisor Matthew Short and SCW TSA Assistant Advisor Marsha Jedlinski expressed pride in the many accomplishments by the SCW students and are looking forward to the future of the SCW TSA chapter.

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