Other winners
Several Northwest Side middle and high schools placed in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Day Statewide Design Competition April 3 at Arizona State University. They are:
Amphitheater Middle School, 315 E. Prince Road, took first place overall and earned first place in the individual categories of multipurpose vehicle, reflecting telescope and toothpick tower. It also earned second place in the categories of windmill and technical briefing, third place in balsa-wood bridge, fourth place in jeopardy and cargo bottle rocket, and sixth place in college-poster design.
Amphitheater High School, 125 W. Yavapai Road, earned second place in the categories of 1-ounce paper bridge, third place in jeopardy and fifth place in the windmill category.
Flowing Wells Junior High School, 4545 N. La Cholla Blvd., earned first place in the 1-ounce paper bridge category and first in the windmill category.
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Flowing Wells High School, 3725 N. Flowing Wells Road, earned third place overall for high schools, and earned first place in the individual categories of 1-ounce paper bridge, jeopardy and windmill. It earned second place in the multipurpose vehicle category, third place in the reflecting telescope category and fifth place in university-poster design.
About MESA:
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement - MESA - is a national college-preparation program that tries to increase the number of ethnic minority, low-income, and first-generation college-bound students who are eligible to enter a degree program at a university.
The Southern Arizona MESA region offers tuition waivers for enrollment at the University of Arizona to some eligible students who have been involved in the program at least a year, said Rafael Meza, program coordinator for the Southern Arizona region of MESA.
Between 85 percent and 90 percent of high-school seniors in Arizona who have spent at least a year involved in the program will enroll in a college or university, he said.
The University of Arizona coordinates the southern region, and Arizona State University coordinates the state's central region. For more information visit http://info-center.ccit.arizona.edu
/~arizonamesa/
Source: MESA, southern region.
