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Springmont Middle School Students Place 3rd at STEM Competition
Future City is a statewide middle school STEM competition focused on engineering.
Springmont Middle School students Lydia, Thomas and Zoe placed 3rd of 34 entries in Saturday, January 19th’s "Powering Our Future"-themed Future City Competition held at City Springs! Springmont was well represented, sending 5 teams to this statewide middle school STEM event focused on engineering.
This year's challenge was to design an electrical grid that could withstand and quickly recover from the impact of a natural disaster. Teams were judged by a panel of STEM professionals based on their project plans, scale models built from recycled materials, 1500-word essays, virtual cities and event-day presentations. In addition to 3rd place overall, "Terminus," Springmont’s winning
entry, also received a special award for best fire protection engineering; and "Luzzato," created and presented by students Riley, Sanaa and Thierry, received a special award for best use of water resources.
Thank you to Springmont parent Greg Lamps who served as the teams' mentor and to Thomson Chuites, Springmont's Middle School Science Teacher, for coaching and guiding the students throughout their semester-long preparations. Future City is part of Springmont's Middle
School curriculum every other year.
