The 2017 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) Fiesta, which is coordinated annually by Workforce Solutions Borderplex and the STEAM Fiesta Committee, announced the winners during an awards ceremony last week.
This was the culmination of efforts that impacted regional middle school students along with high school competitors. The multidimensional, two-day event for middle and high school students was designed to increase student awareness of career opportunities in STEAM disciplines.
In conjunction with a long list of corporate sponsors, Workforce Solutions Borderplex is pleased to announce the following scholarships and competition winners:
Scholarships
El Paso Electric
Andrew Raul Munoz- Mission Early College
Megan Paredes- Loretto Academy
Melissa Nicole Dominguez- Del Valle HS
Natalia Gastelo- Del Valle HS
Ulises Cardoza – San Elizario HS
Samantha Dale Aziz- Northwest Early College
Cynthia Yadira Reyes – Fabens HS
Liza R. Barron – Presidio HS
Damaris Peraza – Presidio HS
Isiah Jamal Hairston – Del Valle HS
El Paso Community College
Gerardo Alberto Garcia – Mission Early College HS
Erick Alvarez Velazquez – Valle Verde Early College HS
AZTEC Contractors
Hanadi Sonouper – Montwood HS
Competitions
STEMentorship
- 2nd Place Winning Team: Presidio High School
- 1st Place Winning Team: Irvin High School
JAVA CODING, Sponsored by Sigma
- 2nd Place Winning Team: Chapin High School
- 1st Place Winning Team: Coronado High School
APP Design Competition, Sponsored by Western Tech
- 2nd Place Winning Team: Coronado High School
- 1st Place Winning Team: Northwest Early College
STEM Business Challenge, Sponsored by the Hospitals of Providence
- Track 1 2nd Place Winning Team: Iscape from Valle Verde Early College
- Track 1 1st Place Winning Team: Creo Vera from Riverside
- Track 2 2nd Place Winning Team: P.T.T.8. from Del Valle High School
- Track 2 1st Place Winning Team: K.A.A.P. from Valle Verde Early College
Growing on Mars Architecture Competition, Sponsored by Texas Tech
- 3rd Place: Fabens High School
- 2nd Place: Burges High School
- 1st Place: Riverside High School
Prudential Math Counts Middle School Winners
- 3rd Place: W. Clarke Middle School
- 2nd Place: Canutillo Middle School
- 1st Place: Marfa Junior High
Prduential Math Challenge High School Winners
- 2nd Place: Pebble Hills High School
- 1st Place: Riverside High School
Over $34,000 in cash prizes and scholarships was awarded to students and schools.
For more information on how to get involved with Workforce Solutions Borderplex and the 2018 STEAM program, please contact, Joseph Sapien, STEAM Project Manager for Workforce Solutions Borderplex at (915) 240- 5571 or by email at [email protected]
