300 students from 26 Midwest schools made it to the MathCon finals in Chicago on April 20, 2013. Competitors in grades 5-8th and high school had 70 minutes to complete 50 challenging math problems. Please go to link below to see a list of the top 30 students in each grade and the top 10 schools in elementary, middle, and high school. These students are extremely accomplished in their math skills, since they outscored more than 500 students in their grade level to qualify for the finals.

The results from Minnesota School of Science are as follows:

Preston Sawicki   3rd place                60$ gift card

In this program, teams constructed their small wind turbines. The Challenge Day where teams brought their wind turbine to be scored on its design and energy output in a wind tunnel was fun and an informative experience for the kids.

REC had a variety of schools around Minneapolis and St. Paul such as Academy, high, middle, and elementary schools. At the final of the contest, there were two of the schools at the first place, two of them at the second place, and four of them at the third place.

Of eighteen teams , Minnesota School of Science-Shockwaves- won the 3rd place. Angelina Vue (5th grade) and Maliah Jaiteh(4th) did a fantastic job on design and presentation of their wind turbine named ‘Eagles’ Wings’.

One of the judges brought a comment to me that even if they couldn’t get enough power from their wind turbine, their presentation was awesome.

More than 500 students from seven Midwest states (OH, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI) showcased their impressive, independently created projects and demonstrations at Concept Schools’ 10^th Annual Science and Engineering Fair on March 9, 2013 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Concept Schools, a not-for-profit charter school management company, manages 27 tuition-free, high performing, college preparatory schools in the Midwest with a math, science and technology emphasis.

In the project session, students competed in 14 categories ranging from health science, physics and zoology to engineering, biochemistry and computer science in a junior division (grades 5-8) and senior division (grades 9-12).  270 judges from colleges, universities and schools assessed the student projects based on a comprehensive rubric.

With the addition of STEM Expo demonstrations and ROBOCON competitions, CONSEF successfully brought together extraordinary talents to build foundational skills while inspiring interest in STEM education.

The results from Minnesota School of Science are as follows:

Kao Chang-1^st Place-Gold Medal+$30 Gift Card

Coua Thao-2^nd Place-Silver Medal +$20 Gift Card

Jerry Sirisavath-3^rd Place-Bronze Medal +$10 Gift Card 

CONSEF was pleased to welcome U.S. House of Representative Marcy Kaptur as the keynote speaker and News Reporter Kenny Crumpton as the emcee. Congresswoman Kaptur, an influential member of the House Education Committee, inspired students, parents and community members, passed out student medals and took photos with students. Students were thrilled to receive a medal and have a photo opportunity with the renowned and entertaining Fox 8 News reporter Kenny Crumpton.

All students received recognition for their high-quality projects in various ways, including medals, certificates, trophies and monetary awards.

To watch the video please click below link.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/02/22/mpls-students-explore-black-history-on-stage/

On Wednesday February 20^th, around 15 volunteers from Wells Fargo and Junior Achievement came to MSS. Their goal was to teach the students about different aspects about business. Each grade focused on a different topic. Some of the topics were money, needs and wants, our community, and our nation. The volunteers taught five mini lessons on the subject, which kept all the students highly engaged.

bladder, long lasting flowers,… For past several weeks, MSS students had
been performing their creative science fair projects by their efforts and the help of dedicated contributions of teachers and parents. While they were conducting the experiments and demonstrations, they learned how to investigate, how to use the scientific steps and the creativeness to have a beautiful display board. After all hard work, it ended up with 125 great projects and demos. More than 40 quests and 30 judges from valued communities and universities experienced the excitement of the fair.