April 17, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2018 MESA Winners
Congratulations to St. Leonard Elementary, Southern Middle, and Calvert High for winning the overall titles in the 2018 Calvert County Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) competition.
Dr. Daniel D. Curry, Superintendent, said, “This is a great program that our children love. Congratulations to all.”
Maryland MESA is a grade 3-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative targeting students who are traditionally underrepresented in these fields, specifically minority and female students. Through participation in Maryland MESA, students develop academic and leadership skills, improve their academic performance, and gain confidence in their ability to compete professionally.
MESA participants are judged in four categories:
Elementary - Scratch, Effective Communications, Storybook Theme Park, and Wood Bridge;
Middle - Alice, Hovercraft, Wood Bridge, and National Engineering Design Challenge; and
High - Cyber Robot, Battleball Robot, Wood Bridge, and National Engineering Design Challenge.
The overall winner is granted to the team with the best combined score of all competitions, excluding the National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC). The NEDC is a stand-alone competition with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.
The 1st place NEDC winner and the Overall Competition winner from each level will proceed to participate in the Maryland MESA State Championship, which will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
The winners are:
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Elementary Competition
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Effective Communications
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Storybook Themepark
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Bridge
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Scratch
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1st Place
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Huntingtown
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St. Leonard
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St. Leonard
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St. Leonard
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2nd Place
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Windy Hill
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Huntingtown
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Beach
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Barstow
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3rd Place
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St. Leonard
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Windy Hill
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Huntingtown
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Windy Hill
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Overall Winner – St. Leonard Elementary
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Middle School
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Hoover Craft
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Alice Programming
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Bridge
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National Engineering Design Challenge
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1st Place
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Calvert
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Calvert
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Southern
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Calvert
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2nd Place
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Southern
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Southern
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Northern
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Southern
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3rd Place
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Northern
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Northern
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Windy Hill
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n/a
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Overall Winner – Southern Middle
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High School
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Battleball Robot
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Cyber Robot
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Bridge
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National Engineering Design Challenge
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1st Place
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Calvert
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Northern
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Patuxent
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Northern
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2nd Place
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Northern
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Huntingtown
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Calvert
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Calvert
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3rd Place
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Huntingtown
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Calvert
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Huntingtown
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Huntingtown
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Overall Winner – Calvert High
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Media Contact
Catherine Page
410-535-7428
pagec@calvertcounty.education