This Saturday, May 2nd, Biotech students participated in two different competitions and walked away with over 40 awards.
The Technology Student Association (TSA) is an organization that is dedicated to giving students the opportunities to work with many types of technology, some of which include digital video presentation, fashion design, and photography. Below is the list of 31 students that won in the TSA competition.
Burton Ye (11th grade) won 3rd place in Career Preparation.
Jacob Barabas, Varsha Garla, Himani Jani, Brian Meng, Kelsey Nies, and Simran Tatuskar (all 10th grade) won 2nd place in Chapter Team.
Siddarth Iyer and Roy Kim (both 10th grade) won 2nd place in Debating Technological Issues.
Andrew Chen, Saaketh Kanikicharla, Victoria Momyer, Alex Yang, and Burton Ye (all 11th grade) won 1st place in Digital Video Production and qualified for the national TSA competition.
Patricia Magistrado, Jenna Moldaver, Tiffany Paul, and Alexandra Winant (all 10th grade) won 2nd place in Fashion Design.
Phoebe Dijour and Joyce Xu (both 9th grade) won 2nd place in Manufacturing Prototype.
Sara Cruz (11th grade) won 2nd place in Photographic Technology.
Anekha Goyal (10th grade) won 2nd place in Prepared Presentation.
Arpan Sahoo (9th grade), John Rezek (9th grade), and Adam Konkol (10th grade) won 1st place in SciVis and qualified for the national TSA competition.
Caitlin Patterson (10th grade) won 2nd place in Technical Sketching and Application.
Mike Abelar, Ricky Pati, Daniel Andrade, Mike Brennan, and Dylan Cook (all 10th grade) won 1st place in Webmaster and qualified for the national TSA competition.
National History Day is an program in which students can investigate and analyze historical events. Students can also compete with projects that focus on a single historical event. Below is a list of all that were recognized for their efforts.
Kylie Katz, Rachel Weinstein, Allyson Bazer, Janelle Hampton, and Kelly O’Rourke (all 11th grade) advanced to the National Finals in the Group Documentary category and will be competing in Maryland.
Ingrid Song, Orli Weiss, Vahini Talmati, and Thomas Lehan (all 10th grade) were named First Alternates for the Group Historical Performance category and will attend nationals if the Qualifiers cannot.
Lauren Kwok and Michelle Chen (both in 10th grade) were named First Alternates in the Group Documentary category and will attend if the Qualifiers cannot.
Bharath Nagaraj and Patrick Kim were named First Alternates for Group Historical Exhibit category and will attend nationals if the Qualifiers cannot.
Congratulations to all who won and will be moving on to national competitions. Keep up the good work!