The Dayton Regional STEM School was well represented at the Southwest Ohio Invention Convention Regional Finals on Saturday at Central State University. In the seventh grade category, STEM students won first and second place. The team of Apurva Makote and Surabhi Pasupuleti won first place and were awarded a $500 college scholarship. Clare Ashcraft won second place and won a $250 college scholarship. Both projects have been invited to attend the first National Invention Convention in Washington DC (May 19-21). More information about this event can be found at
www.stemie.org.
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| From left to right: Claire Ashcraft (2nd place) and Apurva Makote and Surabhi Pasupuleti (1st place) |
Nate Ashcraft was also selected as the 2016 Student Alumni Ambassador. He gave a short speech in which he included the Five Qualities he has learned at STEM and how all the inventors demonstrated those qualities.
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| Nate Ashcraft was the 2016 Student Alumni Ambassador |
Congratulations to all of the students who participated and placed in this competition, and many thanks to Ms. Lydy for going above and beyond in organizing and taking on another task for the good of the students!
