I am happy to report that our Team finished 6th in state, earning 16.5 out of a possible 25 points. Please congratulate Rohan Iyer for the HUGE accomplishment of scoring among the top 20 of all students nationwide and qualifying as a finalist! (1st Place), Druhin Bhowal, Senior Individual Documentary: Shattered Land: How Diplomacy, Debate, and the Round Table Conferences Shaped the Fate of India 1930-1932. She also thanked Kate Allender for her instrumental help in years past as the HOSA Advisor. Congratulate (and wish good luck) to: TheAmerican Mathematics Competitions(AMC)is the first of a series of three challenging competitions in high schoolmathematicsthat determine the United States team for theInternational Mathematical Olympiad(IMO). Amrutha Srikanth finished 1st in the Senior Individual Documentary category,with her piece titled,Behind the Screen: The Rise of Women Animators in Walt Disney's Studios. As our nation continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the subject matter in this piece is incredibly timely. The Washington State Chapter of the Technology Student Association held its competition in late March in SeaTac Washington. For the first time ever, the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CSRSEF) was canceled, the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) has been canceled, and the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) was held remotely via GoToMeeting. Huge THANK YOU to Matt Travis, Sarah Newman and Lori Zebrack-Smith who chaperoned the event over the weekend as well. The future is bright, though I am encouraging them to stock three full teams for next year. In addition, Claire Whiteside received Distinguished Delegate. The award was presented by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who congratulated the team at the award ceremony. Please join me in congratulating Tesla STEM students for their winning entries in the Holocaust Center for Humanitys Writing, Art and Film Contest! Daniella Shuman 1st place,Dharini Sribalaskandrajah 4th place, Team of Audrey Tseng, Akshita Khanna and Anjali Sribalaskandrajah 1st place, Team of Dharini Sribalaskandrajah, Ila Sharma and Betty Park 2nd place, Team of Daniella Shuman, Sashu Shankar, Pranav Sukumar and Amrita Narasimhan 3rd place, Team of Jakob Bjorner, Hemant Dhokia, Stephen Yamasaki and Rudy Banerjee 4th place, Team of Victoria Alkin, Naranjin Sahi, Andrey Grebenik and Ryan Koshy 1st place, Team of Rishi Kavikondala, Rayan Krishnan and Ranveer Thind 4th place, Team of Ila Sharma, Amrita Narasimhan, Dharini Sribalaskandraja and Betty Park 5th place, Ritika Iyer 1st place, Pranav Sukumar 4th place, Software Development Team of Ibi Abiodun, Emma Drapp and Varun Venkatesh 1st place, Team of Adity Kumar, Jake Newfeld, James Kusardi, Patrick Mao and Yocel Rivera-Pagan 2nd place, Team of Abhinav Singh and Kush Khanolker 4th place, Coding Team of Abhinav Singh, Kush Khanolker and Pranav Sukumar 2nd place, Rishi Kavikondala 1st place,Rayan Krishnan 2nd place, Team of Abhinav Singh, Aditya Kumar, Akshita Khanna, Kush Kanolker, Yogi Sunkara and William Wang. Thanks to Mrs. Prelerson for her encouragement to her students to participate in the Congressional Apps Challenge Hackathon over this weekend (http://www.congressionalappchallenge.us). I am proud of their flexibility in these times. One of our students, Evan Kim, scored 9thin the nation on the NAC and will represent the US as part of the guest team at the 15thIOAA in Kutaisi, Georgia. The team of Sebi Kumar, Evan Kim, Sami Badal Khan, Yuchen Li, and Rohan Iyer had the highest score in each of the seven rounds and comfortably defeated Redmond HS in the final, 132-110. Please congratulate ALL students who competed atWSSEF- everyone worked so hard and deserves to be commended. Knowledge of or experience with mechanical engineering or manufacturing skills. Feel free to congratulate these students when you see them! 7thplace Mihika Vankamamidi, Another fabulous showing by our students at the FBLA State Leadership conference this last weekend in Bellevue. ALL of my students wrote compelling, well articulated letters that blew me away. andcongratulationsto one of the five GRAND PRIZE WINNERS who won the extraordinary honor of competing at ISEF.Nikki Taleghanifor her project onCarbon Dot and Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method for Latent Fingerprint Detection. Ankita Menon- who was the bronze medal winner at WSSEF and also one of the grand prize winners at CSRSEF: Survival Analysis of Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients Using Gene Expression Data: Identification of Survival Related Biomarkers, An Doan: Autonomous Drones for Search and Rescue Operations, Samarjit Kaushik: Investigating the Effect of Fibulin-2 on NF-kB Pathway Activity and Proliferation of Pediatric Gliomas, Taylor Rice: 3D Printing an Intrauterine Device Specifically for Nulliparous Women by Adjusting Size and Exterior Design. andcongratulationsto two of the five GRAND PRIZE WINNERS who won the extraordinary honor of competing at ISEF.Druhin Bhowal and Arihant Singhfor their project onIt's Flaming Out: Using Artificial Intelligence to Emulate Critical Aspects of Wildfire Growthand Anjali Sreenivasfor her investigation onA Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Blood-Based Biomarkers for Differential Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. 7thplace Karina Kejriwal, Ameya Madhugiri and Arihant Singh, These 100+ students focused their weekly meetings towards the State Leadership Conference led by Prakriti Shukla and Riya Kulkarni. This is a schoolwide effort--we have support from our admin, our office staff (Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Ferguson), our health staff (Ms. Along with the event results below, we had four students run for State Officers for next year and two of them won, Karina Kejriwal and Cindy Chen. They are: First Place: M&R Investments, Marvin Ridge High School, North Carolina, U.S. (Team Leader: Esha S., Team Advisor: Sree Singaraju), Second Place: Wells Street Capital, Walter Payton College Prep High School, Illinois, U.S. (Leader: Leo K., Advisor: Kathryn Person), Third Place: Avant-Garde Investments, Tesla STEM High School, Washington, U.S. (Leader: Dhruv S., Advisor: Matthew Travis), Honorable Mention: TSRSM Capital, Shri Ram School, Moulsari, India (Leader: Vansh J., Advisor: Vandana Sharma). Thank you all for your continual support and amazing work you do with these students in all classes. This competition is an important part of our curriculum because it gives them a taste of the reality of working as a team to design, develop and test a big coding project. Please congratulate our young scholars who participated in the 62nd Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) at Bremerton High schoollast weekend. The next round is the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). Following theregional competition rounds, it all came down to Friday, May 7, the Global Finale. Anusha Srivastava and Esther Wang finished 2nd in the Senior Group Documentary category, with their piece titled,Unfulfilled Promise: Emerging Conflicts Between Zionists and Arab Nationalists Shaped by British Policy in Post WWI Palestine. Team 3, consisting of Colin Xie, Danyuan Wang, Vignesh Srinivasan, Anshu Aggarwal, and Arihant Singh, finished in the Top 12. Our kids rock. Im Saketh Dhulipalla and my favorite scientist is Nigel Crowe. 4thplace Charlotte Conze, Ria Rajan, Introduction to Business Presentation: In the data analysis round, contestants apply their theory knowledge and number crunch through real world astronomical data to make conclusions. All middle school teams competed using the same online platform that will be used in the Science Olympiad regional and state events, which allowed TSHS to grade, rank, and announce results on the day of competition! Our Science Olympiad team was formed last year and, after a couple of very encouraging results, the Washington regional and state events were canceled due to COVID (as were similar events for so many of our other organizations). Placing in the top 10 in the NAC will earn you a spot to represent the US in the IOAA. With 12,000 competitors in Baltimore, STEM represented well. Shri Bhat 1st place Challenge Topic 1: The Itron Food, Energy, and Water Challenge Design Approach 2nd Place, Title: Integrated Denitrifying Bioreactor and Edge of Field Monitoring System Application Through Federal Policy Initiatives, Team Members: Rachel Alwan, Anusha Srivastava, Ester Wang, Challenge Topic 1: The Itron Food, Energy, and Water Challenge Multi-Approach 1st Place, Team Members: Vidhi Jain, Aditi Joshi, Lahari Nidadavolu, Roshni Srikanth, Tarini Srikanth, Challenge Topic 2: The Boeing Aerospace and Transportation Challenge Design Approach 1st Place, & Special Award for Exceptional Teamwork, Title: Producing Biofuels and Preventing Eutrophication Through the Application of a Passive Filtration System Utilizing Localized Algae Blooms, Team Members: Ayushi Desai, Ayan Gupta, Daniel Shaikh, Rhea Shinde, Anna Whiteside, Challenge Topic 3: McKinstry Built Environment Challenge Technology Approach 1st Place, Title: Implementing Hyperaccumulators and Pervious Concrete to Redesign Roads for the Phytoremediation of Runoff while Drastically Reducing Civil Infrastructure Construction Costs, Team Members: Mathias Foster, Anika Ghelani, Tristan Stevens, Rishika Veeramachaneni, Maxwell Wang. Rishi Kavikondala won 2nd place in Prepared Presentation and 3rd place in STEM Careers, Kush K, Ibi and Pranav Sukumar - Fourth place Coding, Anjali S, Audrey Tseng, Akshita K - 4th place Engineering Design, Ibi, Emma Drapp and Varun V - 6th place Software Development. There were five judges for the startups (one of whom was Melanie Kong!) and our T-STEM students comprised of 27% of the total participants. Explore our favorite experiments, engineering challenges and demonstrations with these fun hands-on STEM activities! In the National Tournament, they were coached by Ms. Rebecca Townsend, with help from Ms. Duenas and Mr. Crowe. Marine Corps award, Mu Alpha Theta Certificate of Achievement Mathematics award, $75, Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society special category award, U.S. Army special category award in computer science, American Meteorological Society special category award, 1st place in Biomedical and Health Sciences Category, Senior Division, Niranjan Sahi- 1st place in Dental Science, Christine Lee - 5th place in Extemporaneous Writing, Sreejita Ghose - 3rd place in Healthy Lifestyle, Graciela Lagraba - 3rd place in Prepared Speaking, Anush Srivastava - 2nd place in Researched Persuasive Writing, Katie Chalmers - 4th place in Veterinary Science, Viashnavi Phadnis - 2nd place in Medical Terminology, Lauren Kim - 4th place in Nutrition (knowledge test), Ananya Nandula - 5th place in Nutrition (knowledge test), Niranjan Sahi - 2nd place in Dental Terminology (knowledge test), Eesha Murali - 5th place in Medical Assisting, Anika Ghelani, Rishika Veeramachaneni, Rachel Alway, Anusha Srivastava - 1st place in Biomedical Debate, Aditi Subramanyam and Daphnie Chan - 5th place in Community Awareness, Daphnie Chan and Nitisha Gautam - 4th place in Health Career Display, Ayushi Desai and Nitisha Gautum - 2nd place in Health Education, Ayushi Desai and Reeteka Kudallur - 5th place in Medical Innovation - Existing, Eudoxie Hudry and Nisha Thottam - 3rd place in Medical Innovation - Existing, Anika Ghelani, Rishika Veeramachaneni, Sunya Mohammed - 2nd place in Medical Innovation - Original, Diya Basu and Sameera Balijepalli - 3rd place in Medical Innovation - Original, Suhani Arora and Jessica Singh - 2nd place in Medical Innovation - Existing, Pacific Science Center Project of Excellence Award, Washington State University College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship ($3,000 renewable scholarship), Seattle Pacific University Scholarship ($2,000 renewable scholarship), Wolfram Research, Inc. Mathematica Certificate of Achievement Award, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiative Award, Wolfram Research, Inc. Mathematica Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Americas Corporation Sustainable Development Award, GENIUS Olympiad (all-expense paid trip (excluding travel) for individual and supervisor to attend Genius Olympiad competition), Olympic College Foundation Scholarship ($4500), Evergreen State College Award (one year full tuition), 1st place in Senior Division in the Biomedical Engineering Category, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Seattle Award. Senior Individual Documentary: Druhin Bhowal, Title of his Documentary: Shattered Land: How Diplomacy, Debate and the Round Table Conferences Shaped the Fate of India, 1930-1932. The highlight was winning the Best Large Delegation Award, which goes to the entire team. Rounding out the competitions for the year, Maxwell Wang placed 6th in the national at FBLA in Introduction to Business. Tesla STEM students represented magnificently at the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference this week. Wow. In addition to the team award, Yuchen Li won a medal for answering the 3rd-most toss-up questions. While we didn't bring home as many awards as we would have liked, the students were incredibly respectful and responsive while representing our school and district at the competition. According to state test scores, 95% of students are at least proficient in math and 95% in reading. Last week was the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference. Website Design: 3rd Place - Samarjit Kaushik, Aran Punniamoorthy and Shrey Srivastava; 5th Place - Sophia Ling and Kinner Parikh. It is important that students are at school in order to receive valuable instruction from teachers, collaboration with their peers, and understand important due dates. Sophia will have her piece shown in the Capitol Building for one year, along with the winners from across the country. Excused/Unexcused Absences. After surviving several elimination rounds, the team finished in 4th place nationally (one place higher than last year!). The team earned its place in NOSB by winning the ORCA Bowl, which is the regional ocean sciences bowl for Washington. In addition our own Tiana Dumitrescu was elected to serve as Washington TSAs Vice President for the 2023-24 school year. Zahra Merchant 2nd place See their work atGiants of the Puget Sound: The Southern Resident Orca Whales (arcgis.com). The Team competed in 2 rounds (60 minutes per player) Friday evening and another 3 rounds (90 minutes per player) on Saturday. 6th place Business Ethics Ila Sharma, Aashna Sheth and Amrita Narahamsin The team conducted itself well, workingtogether to solve problems under extreme time pressure, and sharingthe burden of sitting out (since only 4 out of 5 get to play at one time). Science Olympiad is a set of 23 events including biological, physical, chemical and earth sciences, as well as engineering, for teams of up to 15 students. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. They earned the highest score in three of the five events and earned 1st place in the competition! Board Games: 4th place- Team of Shubhu Purohit, Aditya Balasubramanian, Rohan Anand, Yash Kulkarni, Aakash Ramachandran, Childrens Stories 4th place: QingHui Xie, Annie Denton, CAD 3D Engineering 3rd place Maxwell Wang, Engineering Design 3rd place-Team of Kevin Yap, Laila Kuhn, Rudy Banjeree, Annie Denton, 2nd place-Team of Dharini Sribalaskandarajah, Sashu Shankar and Ila Sharma, 1st place-Team of Jakob Bjorner, Devesh Sarda, Anirudh Iyer, Sebastian Wick and Mathias Foster, Fashion Design 2nd place-Team of Tichada Tantasirikorn and Annie Denton, Future Technology Teacher 1st place Samarjit Kaushik, Music Production 4th place-Amrutha Srikanth and Rachel Alwin, Robotics Challenge 2nd place Team of Brian Yao and Aakash Ramachandran, Software Development 3rd place Team of Aakash Ramachandran, Surya Gorantla, Varun Venkatesh, Aditi Balasubramanian, Devesh Sarda and Pranav Sukumar, Structural Engineering 3rd place-Team of Lahari Nidadavolu and Jakob Bjorner, Webmaster 4th place-Team of Mathias Foster, Akshay Murthy, Tristan Stevens, Ranveer Thind, Extemporaneous Speech 4th place-Ranveer Thind, Technology Problem Solving 1st place-Team of Tristan Stevens and Maxwell Wang, VEX Robotics 2nd place-Team of Tristan Stevens, Mathias Foster and Maxwell Wang, 1st place-Team of Brian Yao and Aakash Ramachandran. This year Tesla STEM had 29 students participate, and 15 students qualified for the next round, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) on February 7th. Conduct an egg drop. Congratulations toSiddhant Porwal and Druhin Bhowal, who were theWashington State High School Winners for the ArcGIS Online Competition for 2022! 4thplace Henry Liao and George Zhang, Parli Pro: Lori Zebrack-Smith. Placing in the top 10 in the NAC will earn you a spot to represent the US in the IOAA. You can see all the results of their division here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13sWf3XgjRrGyfxNyV4YgYt5F3IJZ9l_W40ulqgLGccI/edit#gid=0. FBLA continued the successful streak started by TSA. Tesla STEM High School (TSHS) hosted its first B-division Science Olympiad Invitational on January 30. They present their work in a variety of formats, from historical papers to scripted performances. Please join us in congratulating the following students who were recognized at the event. Here are our 2017 Technology Student Association (TSA) results in Yakima March 16-18. Please join me in congratulating the winners! Shout out to Karen Schaeffer and Melissa Wrenchy for design advice and help with printing the materials for the Senior Exhibit entry. To go from nothing (well COVID) in Year 1, to 3rd place in Washington State in Year 2, to 1st place this year, is a testament to the vision, dedication, time and effort of the students who lead this organization. OUTSTANDING DELEGATE: Christine Lee, Human Rights Council, POSITION PAPER: Jessica Singh, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, POSITION PAPER: Somya Pratapati, Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific, POSITION PAPER: Esther Wang, Security Council. 2ndplace Mikey Halim and Varun Wescott, Website Design: All of our scholars brought their best work to their events and made their school proud. This is one of those classic STEM activities every kid should try at least once. Both efforts are succeeding, so far. Particular thanks to Mr. Arny Leslie who helped the students study for the exam and gave them new ways of looking at earth systems interactions. The team won 7 matches and lost only 2, both to Lexington HS (in MITs backyard), who went on to be defeated narrowly in the finals by the current national champion. And, unlike the tech colossus nearby, the "Choice" school's just in its startup stage. Please congratulate ALL students who competed at WSSEF - everyone worked so hard and deserves to be commended. This year, the centerreceived almost 600 entries representing 46 schools!
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