PM students earn multiple TSA awards

Forty-two Penn Manor high school and middle school students won multiple awards at the recent Pennsylvania Region 2 Technology Student Association competition at Conestoga Valley Middle School.

Vying against hundreds of students from 16 neighboring school districts, TSA students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and Penn Manor High School competed in a variety of STEM events, from problem solving and programming challenges to public speaking and presentations.

Thirty-seven of the students qualified for the next level of competition at the Pennsylvania State TSA Conference in April. Here are the results:

Marticville Middle School

  • CAD Foundations: Hannah Smith, 3rd place
  • Dragster Challenge: Jordan Stum, 2nd; Sam Rouche, 5th; Wes Kendig, 11th
  • Problem Solving: Sara Hollinger and Sam Rouche, 3rd
  • Website Design, Hannah Smith, Alex Detter and Miaya Groff, 3rd

Manor Middle School

  • Problem Solving: Kaylee Jackson and Isabella Price-Duble, 1st; Josh Gerlach and Kyler Stigleman, qualified
  • Forensic Technology: Kaylee Jackson and Isabella Price-Duble, 3rd
  • Flight Challenge: Neel Mahapatra, 4th
  • Video Game Design: Josh Gerlach and Kyler Stigleman, 2nd
  • Structural Engineering: Seve Flores and Neel Mahapatra, 4th; Kaylee Jackson and Isabella Price-Duble, 5th

Penn Manor High School

  • Children’s Stories: Josh Adams, Ethan Getz, Calle MacDonald, Simon Schoelkopf and Kevin Ward, 2nd; Ray Gerner, Matt Schaefer, Jared Stephan, Nicholas Fafel and Cole Shenk, 3rd
  • Dragster Design: Nick Fisher, 5th; Colin Cunningham, 10th
  • Extemporaneous Speech: Joshua Hiltz, 2nd
  • Flight Endurance: Nicholas Fafel, 2nd
  • Prepared Presentation: Grant Gale, 5th; and Matt Tulli, 6th
  • Structural Design & Engineering: Drew Ebersole and David Lefever, 3rd; Max Minnick and Jared Stephan, 6th; and Nick Buckwalder and Nick Fisher, 10th
  • System Control Technology: Trey Erisman, Ray Gerner and Zach Schucker, 1st; Josh Adams, Aidan McFall and Kevin Ward, 2nd
  • Technical Sketching and Application: Cole Shenk, 3rd
  • Technology Problem Solving: Ray Gerner and Zach Schucker, 6th
  • Video Game Design: Josh Adams, Ethan Getz, Aidan McFall, Simon Schoelkopf, Erik Starry and Kevin Ward, 2nd
  • Webmaster: Thomas Hartenstine, Simon Schoelkopf and Zach Schucker, 2nd
  • Biomedical Essay: David Lefever, 5th
  • Logo Design, Matt Tulli, 3rd
  • Safety Illustration, Kyle Groff, 5th

Congratulations to all, and best of luck in April!

Manor MS TSA participants, from left, Neel Mahapatra, Josh Gerlach, Seve Flores, Kyler Stigleman, Isabella Price-Duble, Kaylee Jackson and Bryce Julian.
Manor MS TSA participants, from left, Neel Mahapatra, Josh Gerlach, Seve Flores, Kyler Stigleman, Isabella Price-Duble, Kaylee Jackson and Bryce Julian.