2023 PA Governor's STEM Competition
After four months of planning and development, coding and trading, analyzing and writing, and eight weeks of testing, The Emolument team of Madison Warren, Megan Miller, and Joey Jacobs completed both visual and written presentations to compete in the regional level of the 2023 Pennsylvania Governor's STEM Competition. The group competed against 70 school districts from all over the commonwealth and were notified Friday that their project has been selected for the final state competition to be held on April 19th in Harrisburg. The completely student coded stock predicting program has been compared weekly to others existing programs, like Motley Fool, with the goal of providing a free and easy investment and retirement savings option for anyone who lives in Pennsylvania.
National History Day
Several students recently competed in the regional National History Day competition held at Messiah University.
Megan Miller placed 2nd in the documentary film category and will be advancing to the state finals the University of Scranton. Her short film entitled "How Lucky Was I: Women's Naval Aviation Pioneer Judith Neuffer Bruner" includes Ms. Bruner's last personal interview, as she unfortunately passed away in December of 2022.
Aiden Hess also participated in the event with an exhibit on the Office of Strategic Services, that included the Ritchie Boys that were trained during World War II in Blue Ridge Summit. His project is on display in room 343 should you want to see it.
PA Media & Design Competition
Students from WASHS recently competed in the regional PA Media and Design competition in New Oxford. After a very successful day, students placed in 4 of 6 events, and three won first place in their category and are advancing to the state competition to be held in May at Dickinson College.
Students are pictured from left to right:
Anisa Minnich - 1st place - Animation - "The Lockwood Killer"
Cassidy Wheeler - 1st place - Webpage Design - "Living with Lupus"
Jordan Behnke - 1st place - 3D Design - "Gas Lock"
Jaden Leach - 2nd place - PA Media and Design Logo
Aiden Hess - 3rd place - PA Media and Design Logo
Congratulations!