The AMC is one of the largest mathematics competitions in the nation with roughly 160,000 students participating, and we spend most of the year in Math Club preparing for it. If they place in the semi-finals, they advance to the finals in-person in New York City with all travel costs covered by the National Council on Economic Education. The award was presented by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who congratulated the team at the award ceremony. I am happy to report that our Team finished 6th in state, earning 16.5 out of a possible 25 points. Their team was specifically advised and helped through the administrative processes by their teacher Mr. Matthew Travis. The team's prototype placed in the top ten in the U.S. If he makes it through training camp, he'll represent the US at the 2022 Virtual IPhO! Team 3, consisting of Colin Xie, Danyuan Wang, Vignesh Srinivasan, Anshu Aggarwal, and Arihant Singh, finished in the Top 12. Congratulations to the followingstudents, who placed in the top 10% nationwide! It is important to note thateven if they did not receive a prize, ALL students who participated put forth a huge amount of timeandeffortand I was so impressed with our students poise, professionalism and grace at the fair. I have no doubt that what happened in the last 24 hours before the competition produced several of our first place awards. Four members of the team traveled to Washington, DC and competed in July. Digital Video Production: 1st Place - Prakriti Shukla and Charlotte Conze; 2nd Place - Parum Misri, Varun Wescott and Aditya Gottumukkala; 5th Place - Jasarjan Singh and Kion Bidari. Congratulate (and wish good luck) to: Maxwell Soh 8thplace Aheli Dutta and Aran Punniamoorthy, Sarah Wen This competition was held virtuallyit was a long day of Zoom that began at 5:30am local time. For information about sports offered and how to register, click on the appropriate link below, based on the attendance boundaries where you live. Once details are worked out, she and a parent will be flown to Washington, DC, to attend a winner's reception. Placing in the top 10 in the NAC will earn you a spot to represent the US in the IOAA. We just returned from Dallas, Tx today with our HOSA finalists from state. 10thTobia Kim, Hanara Nam and Isaac Yun, Jenai Sheffels And a huge thank you to Andrew Taylor for helping me chaperone both conferences. ISEF is the world largest 9-12 science and engineering fair that typically represents 80+ different countries and students compete for millions of dollars' worth of prizes. Katherine Bo, Davina Lau and Michelle Yeh Familiarity of Music and its Effects on Stress Levels on Students. The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is held every year (and has been hosted by UW!). These three young women have qualified for the state competition to be held at Central Washington University in early May. Current World Problems Congratulations to the winners of our 2020-2021 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition! A Tesla coil is one of the devices that has fascinated people for years. The competition was fierce, the answers were approximate and, in the end, the food and fame made it all worthwhile, especially for the winners: 2nd Place: Kshitij Rao, Andy Pham& Steven He, 3rd Place: Kedar Venkatachalam, Jai Sainani& Shiven Abhyankar. The first day was held remotely over zoom, and then 16 projects were selected to move onto finalist judging in person. Congratulations also to Pranav Teegavarapu, Evan Kim, and Sami Badal Khan, who organized the event, hosted it, and wrote the questions. All students selected as finalists will also be invited to be part of a year-long cohort of poets working together in workshops, on collaborative print projects, and at public readings. Students worked in teams of 5 or 6 to create their own version of Hunt the Wumpus (one of the earliest computer games). Maybe some day they will thank you when they are giving their acceptance speech at the Oscars. From an awestruck Coach Andy Christensen: On Saturday 9 April, 26 teams participated in the Washington Science Olympiad State Tournament. If he makes it through training camp, he will be traveling to Lithuania this summer to participate in international competition! Please join Ms. Zebrack and me in congratulating these students on their achievements. 6thplace Charlotte Conze, Ria Rajan and Prakriti Shukla, Client Service: 11 TESLA Stem students competed as individuals and groups in several categories in this years competition, after having succeeded at a regional competition held in February. I'm a senior at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Washington interested in biomedical research and computer science. Following theregional competition rounds, it all came down to Friday, May 7, the Global Finale. 1st place and qualify for Nationals, also won $100 award for best use of local archives. We also had more students participate in the test this year than ever before, including Nikhil Mehta, Ethan Liao, Jolie Chan, Emma Shi, David Soto, George Zhang, Barath Saravanan, Jerry Chen, Navaneet Girikumar, Natalie Qiu, Boaz Wu, Atharv Dixit, and Jhet Cooperrider Young. Banking and Financial Systems: Team of Divij Aswinkumar and Farzad Hasan 6th place, Broadcast Journalism: Team of Monisha Krothapalli and Shreya Pandey 1st place, Business Communiction: Siddhant Porwal 7th place, Business Ethics: Team of Laura Anker and Uma Paul, 7th place; Team of Cindy Chen and Kavya Srikumar 3rd place, Business Financial Plan: Prakriti Shukla and Prakshi Shukla 5th place, Computer Problem Solving: Nidhi Munikote 2nd place, Digital Video Production: Team of Radhika Sikaria and Rohan Singh 4th; Team of Vani Daryani, Ateeq Ramlan and Leo Ribeiro di Brito 7th place, E-business: Leo Ribeiro de Brito 5th place, Entrepreneurship: Team of Shivank Dutt and Aatish Parson 2nd place; Team of Ryan Chan, Mohammad Mendahawi and Cameron Yetzer 1st place, Graphic Design: Mikey Halim 3rd place; Edward Zhou 2nd place, Hospitality Management: Navaneet Girikumar 4th place; Team of Vani Daryani and Ananya Krishnan 6th place; Team of Emma Shi and Osheen Tikku 5th place, Impromptu Speaking: Mikey Halim 3rd place, International Business: Team of Ryan Chan, Mohammad Mendahawi and Cameron Yetzer 1st place; Team of Uma Paul and Emma Shi 2nd place, Introduction to Business Communication: Sneha Murali 2nd place, Ananya Unnikrishnan 1st place, Introduction to Business Presentation: Team of Aymaan Hussain and Isayiah Lim 9th place; team of Karina Kejriwal, Bhavya Nandikanti and Divya Singh 4th place, Introduction to Business Procedures: Sneha Murali 2nd place, Introduction to FBLA: Isayiah Lim 2nd place, Introduction to Financial Math: Keshav Acharya 3rd place; Sneha Murali 4th place, Introduction to Information Technology: Rohit Karthik 4th place, Introduction to Public Speaking: Cindy Chen 1st place, Harini Vijeyanandh 6th place, Introduction to Social Media Strategy: Team of Ansh Aggarwal, Varsha Mantravadi and Prakshi Shukla 4th place, Job Interview: Eesha Kunisetty 4th place; Nitya Kakulamarri 3rd place, Management Decision Making: Team of Eesha Kunisetty and Uma Paul 4th place, Mobile Application Development: Team of Aheli Dutta, Aatish Parson and Barath Saravanan 1st place, Parliamentary Procedure: Team of Siddhant Porwal, Gauri Raman, Arihant Singh and Pranav Teegavarapu 3rd place, Personal Finance: Deepesh Singh 4th place, Publication Design: Team of Siddhant Porwal and Harini Vijeyanandh 10th place; Team of Karina Kejriwal and Divya Singh 8th place, Sales Presentation: Team of Karina Kejriwal and Rhea Kuppa 4th place, Securities and Investments: John Karaca 3rd place, Social Media Strategies: Team of Aheli Dutta and Barath Saravanan 2nd place, Supply Chain Management: Mohit Soni 5th place. The USA Physics Olympiad Series is a series of tests to select the US representatives at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO). The fourth place ranking still has a chance of attending depending on ranking 1-3 participation. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Tesla STEM High School Committee Chair Position Descriptions ACT/SAT Prep Plan and organize SAT/ACT test prep and related activities. The season is divided into two: invitationals, which allow for practice against different levels of competition, and regional/state/national finals, which are more formal events. A premier event of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), the DECA Idea Challenge dared elementary through university students to generate a new use for paper clips in merely a week! A total of 8 bio club students participated in theUSABOOpen Exam, the first oftwo rounds of challenging exams. Public Service Announcement: 3rd Place - Syed Aamir, Vinayak Ajmera and Azhan Zaheer; 5th Place - Varun Wescott and Parum Misri; 6th Place - Isaac Yun, Emily Zhao and Hanara Nam. The PVSA was created to award outstanding members of the community who achieve set goals for community service. These teams are performing well across all events, with impressive results. Huge THANK YOU to Matt Travis, Sarah Newman and Lori Zebrack-Smith who chaperoned the event over the weekend as well. About Us. These young adults represented their district and school extremely well, exhibiting great sportsmanship and teamwork throughout the weekend. Students overall have been very gracious and understanding about the tele-judging experience and the majority have reported a positive experience. The Team competed in 2 rounds (60 minutes per player) Friday evening and another 3 rounds (90 minutes per player) on Saturday. 3rd place and $200 Graphic Design Akshay Murthy. In addition to reinventing the item, teams were to create a video pitch of their new product. This team, Eva Jain, Danyuan Wang, Shuhui Yang, Aakarsh Balla, and Johan Karukayil, was the only third team to advance to the round of 7 teams (the quarterfinals). They finished in 3rd place! The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. We will post another article about the HOSA accolades, but in regards to CSRSEF, students raked in 29 awards, including 6 of the 1st place awards out of the 9 categories that we competed in anddrum rollthe GRAND PRIZE winner for the whole fair - which includes an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles this May for the International Science and Engineering Far (ISEF)! Senior Individual Documentary: Druhin Bhowal, Title of his Documentary: Shattered Land: How Diplomacy, Debate and the Round Table Conferences Shaped the Fate of India, 1930-1932. And a special thank you to Meg Stockbridge for helping as a chaperone. We are so very proud of all of our students. We. It gives them a chance to apply the coding skills they spent all year developing while also learning teamwork, communication, and industry development practices. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. On 27 May, the Tesla STEM Science Bowl team--Yuchen Li,Rohan Iyer,Evan Kim,Sebi Kumar, andSami Badal Khan--survived four elimination rounds to qualify as one of the final 8 teams in the country. Congratulations to Rui and Naman!! George Zhang 2nd place Two students scored in the top 10% of all students taking the exam, and qualified for Semifinals which will take place on 3/21: We all congratulate them on making it this far! The team gratefully acknowledges the support of Ms. Duenas, Mr. Crowe, Ms. Townsend, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Chan in providing building access, lab and equipment access, and coaching. All three have thus earned the right to participate in the National competition at the University of Maryland in early June. Tesla STEMwon all 9 matches they played to capture their second straight Orca Bowl championship and qualify for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl in May! Our anatomy/biomedical engineering classes had three groups earn honorable mentions in the national ExploraVision Competition this year. Singapore for Regions 1 and 2 and BTG Pactual for Region 4. Wehadtwostudents take home ISEF bids and place in the top six best projectsof the whole fair and they will begoing to Phoenixfor the International Science and Engineering Fair in May. When you see Adhya, pass on your congratulations. Please congratulate all of these students! Im Sami and my favorite scientist is Wolfgang Pauli. FBLA continued the successful streak started by TSA. Only the top 10% of AMC scores in the nation are invited. The Development of Machine Learning Linear Regression Algorithms for Epileptic Seizure Prediction. Designing a Cost-Effective and Customizable 3D Printed Tongue for the Purpose of Gaining Sufficient Unsupported Synthetic Tongue Muscle Articulation for Use in Speech and Swallowing, Comparable to Organic Tongue Muscle Articulation, Rashida Hakim. Our students had a great showing at Hunt the Wumpus this year taking home 2 of 3 Runners-Up and 2nd place for Best Implementation. While everyone was well prepared and did an amazing job, some students were chosen by the judges to be highlighted. Particular thanks to Mr. Arny Leslie who helped the students study for the exam and gave them new ways of looking at earth systems interactions. You are welcome to come by and marvel at their talents. Two key themes shaped the virtual Global Finale: gratitude for student teams disciplined commitment to the competition and admiration for their financial knowledge and skills. The AMC is one of the largest mathematics competitions in the nation with roughly 160,000 students participating, and we spend most of the year in math club preparing for it. Please join us in congratulating our knowledge bowl team that competed in the state competition in the 2A division this Saturday in Yakima and came home with 2ndplace out of 18 teams! It truly is a team effort to help these students accomplish such amazing research. LWSD announces calendar changes: May 30 is now a regular school day. ESRI willmake a decision later in May or early June. Water Waves to Light Waves, Apoorv Khandelwal. Yuchen likes rocks, big floating rocks, and fizzy bubbles. And of course, no judging experience is flawless, and there were some exceptional student projects which did not receive their due accolades, in my opinion. 1st place:Madison Messina and Eden Netz,Assessing the Effects of Posting Publicly on Social Media in Correlation to Anxious Sleep Patterns in Teenagers, 2nd place: Roshni Srikanth, App to Improve the Mental Health of Refugees, 3rd place: Rachel Alwan and Anika Ghelani, A Behavioral and Neurophysiological Analysis of False Memories, Honorable Mention:Marton Teichner, Investigating the Effects of Education on the Impact of Astroturfing, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology (CELL), 1st place:Mirra Chinta,Synergism or Antagonism between Docetaxel and Finasteride in Prostate Cancer Model, 2nd place: Anusha Srivastava, Assessing the Apoptotic Effect of the Bacteriocin Nisin on Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Viability, 3rd place: Aditi Ekbote and Vidhi Jain, Drug Combinations with Antibiotics and Curcumin to Combat Antibiotic Drug Resistance, 3rdplace:Nitisha Gautam Arundhati (Diya) Basu,Genomic Differences Between E-cigarette Vapor and Cigarette Smoke and its Relation to Tumor Growth, Biomedical and Health Sciences(BMED), Translational Medicine (TMED), 1st place: Aditi Subramanyam, Identifying TEAD Proteins and Disrupting the YAP1/TEAD Complex to Inhibit Oncogenic YAP1 Fusion Proteins, Honorable Mention: Anirudh Iyer, Analyzing miRNA Expression in Glioblastoma Patients to Identify Candidate Markers, Chemistry; Chemical Energy; Material Sciences(Chem), 3rd place: Mintra Frazzini, Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, Honorable Mention:Saketh Dhulipalla and Yuchen Li, Access to Clean Potable Water Via Fog Harvesting, Software Systems;Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (COMP), Honorable Mention:Sunya Mohammed, Implementing Eye-Tracking Technology for the Advancement of Driver Training, Animal Sciences; Plant Sciences;Earth and Environmental Sciences (ERTH), 2nd place: Annie Denton,Forecasting the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of the Pacific Sideband Snail, 3rd place:Elisabeth Berger, Powering a Solid State Fermenter with Compost Cogeneration To Produce Spores for Use as a Myopesticide, 1stplace: Romanpreet Kaur,Menstrual Hygiene Period, 3rd place: Max Reisman, Solar Desalination System Utilizing Salt-Rejecting and Solar Absorber Technology for Quick and Efficient Technology, Honorable Mention:Kishan Baliga,Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Data to Create a Machine Learning Algorithm Capable of Identifying Oil Spills, Physics;Mathematics; Physical Energy; Embedded Systems (Phys), Honorable Mention:Akshay Murthy,Greet Sense: A Facial Recognition and Obstacle Detection Device for the Visually- Impaired and Blind, 2nd place: Tristan Stevens and Maxell Wang,Using a Bi-Layer Geogrid System to Decrease Vertical Stress and Deflection of Pavement Applications, 2nd place: Mathias Foster, Development of a Perpetual Solar-Powered Blimp to Aid Urban Search and Rescue, InspiringExcellence in Scientific Research:Roshni Srikanth,App to Improve the Mental Health of Refugees, American Psychological Association (APA) Award:Madison Messina and Eden Netz,Assessing the Effects of Posting Publicly on Social Media in Correlation to Anxious Sleep Patterns in Teenagers, Materials Science special categoryAward:Mintra Frazzini,Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, Excellence in bacteria research-environmental scienceAward:Anusha Srivastava,Assessing the Apoptotic Effect of the Bacteriocin Nisin on Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Viability, WSSEF Award:Akshay Murthy,Greet Sense: A Facial Recognition and Obstacle Detection Device for the Visually- Impaired and Blind, American Chemical Society (ACS) Prize:Mintra Frazzini,Engineering Environmentally Friendly Sunscreen Using Metal Organic Frameworks, American Institute for Aeronautics and AstronauticsAward:Mathias Foster,Development of a Perpetual Solar-Powered Blimp to Aid Urban Search and Rescue, SupernovaAwards:Isha Murali, Exploration into Analyzing the Auditory Cortex in Relation to Attention as Measured by Alpha Waves, Parbeen Sekhon and Rhea Shinde, Setting Minutiae Standards in Forensic Odontology, Kristin Acheson, The Effects of Ascorbic Acid on the Binding of Collagen and Tannins, Tarini Srikanth, Modeling Potential Drug to Drug Interactions Targeted Towards Cardiovascular Systems, Manasvini Calmidi, Determining the Salt Concentration of Irrigation Water for Trichoderma to Confer Salt Tolerant Oryza sativa Plants, Marko Milovanovic and Denis Chelan, Water Purification Via Hand-Powered Pump, Ricoh Sustainable Environmental ScienceAward:Elisabeth Berger,Powering a Solid State Fermenter with Compost Cogeneration To Produce Spores for Use as a Myopesticide, Office of Naval Science ResearchAward:Sunya Mohammed,Implementing Eye-Tracking Technology for the Advancement of Driver Training. We had a record 18 students participate in the Biology Olympiad Open Exam this year. Boyceville SO Invitational (out of 148 teams): Raisbeck Aviation Invitational (out of 27 teams): Golden Gate Science Olympiad (out of 53 teams): The Tesla STEM Chess Club/Team finished their regular season Mid-February in the KingCo chess league, finishing in 5th place and earning a bid to the State Team Tournament held this last weekend in Stanwood, Washington. If a student has a double asterisk next to their name, they advanced to the second round of judging and almost made it to the final round of judging as contenders for being an ISEF finalist. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing; leadership ability; academic history; and plans for post-secondary education. Many of these students qualified to attend the National conference at the end of June in Washington DC. Congratulations toSiddhant Porwal and Druhin Bhowal, who were theWashington State High School Winners for the ArcGIS Online Competition for 2022! More than 600 studentsparticipated, havingearned that opportunity by qualifying in 8 regional contests around the state. Compare Tesla STEM High School to Other Schools lwsd.org (425) 936-2770 Personal Finance: 1st Place - Edward Zhou. Congratulations to our winners from this years STEM Expo: Avant-Garde Investments, from Tesla STEM High School, placed 3rd in the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition. This years Conference had over 4000 students from both middle school and high school attend, the largest in WTSAs 40 year history. We have two students who qualified as semifinalists for the USABO Open Exam, meaning that they scored in the top 10% of students nationally. Places 1-3 will compete at the National competition this summer. And so please congratulate: Samantha Novitski and Saachi Sharma for their second-place finish in the Group Performance Category. Press release from the Wharton School of Business: M&R Investments Takes First Place in Our 2021 Global Finale. Civics See their work atGiants of the Puget Sound: The Southern Resident Orca Whales (arcgis.com). 9th and 10th Grade Division Qualifiers: The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator, Director of Human Resources, 425-936-1251,civilrights@lwsd.org; Title IX Coordinator, Director of Athletics and Activities, 425-936-1289,titleix@lwsd.org; and 504 Coordinator, Director of Special Services, 425-936-1407,section504@lwsd.org (16250 NE 74th Street, Redmond, WA 98052). Ekaansh Agrawal Aashray earned an invitation to the USESO training camp, which is an event where top scholars learn from distinguished alumni (including Tesla STEM's own Yuchen Li, '22) and leading researchers in earth science. Please join us in congratulating our ten outstanding young women who received 2020 NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing: In June, the Tesla STEM Science Bowl team (Saketh Dhulipalla, Rohan Iyer, Evan Kim, Yuchen Li, and Vedantha Venkatapathy) participated in a completely-online National Science Bowl finals. These same students are also the ones who are working with other students across our district to encourage neighboring high schools to start Economics Clubs. If you see the following students (our Economics Club founders) in your classes next week, please join me in congratulating them! ree Tesla STEM students participated in the Washington State National History Day contest in an attempt to qualify for the National competition in June. Evan Kims Project: ScGAN: A Generative Adversarial Network to Predict Hypothetical Superconductors, Harish Krishnakumars Project: Analysis of Ring Galaxies Detected Using Deep Learning with Real and Simulated Data, Each year, the math club participates in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) which is the first of a series of three challenging competitions in high schoolmathematicsthat determine the United States team for theInternational Mathematical Olympiad(IMO). Please take opportunity to congratulate the following students and perhaps offer your expertise based upon your knowledge of their topics. Of the 9 spots available to our students to go to ISEF, our students at T-STEM secured 1/3 of those!! Amrutha Srikanth (gr. About 20% of the people who write the exam are selected for the next level, the National Astronomy Competition (NAC). According to state test scores, 95% of students are at least proficient in math and 95% in reading. To go from nothing (well COVID) in Year 1, to 3rd place in Washington State in Year 2, to 1st place this year, is a testament to the vision, dedication, time and effort of the students who lead this organization. Aditi will compete along withapproximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories. We won three 1st Place Awards, two 2nd Place Awards, and the Best Teamwork Award. Furthermore, of the 12 bids available to our students to go to ISEF, our students at T-STEM secured 50% of those spots!! The team conducted itself well, workingtogether to solve problems under extreme time pressure, and sharingthe burden of sitting out (since only 4 out of 5 get to play at one time). They have qualified to participate in the state conference in Spokane in April.Business Plan: Dhruv Talwar 2nd placeDigital Video Production: Team of Varun Vennkatesh and Sashu Shankar 6th place; Patrick Mao 3rd placeE-Business: Team of Jack Tribolett, Yukito Shida and Lucian Petriuc 6th place; William Wang 4th placeBusiness Calculations: Rashida Hakim 6th placeBusiness Communication: Vaishnavi Phadnis 1st placeBusiness Law: Isha Murali 5th place, Vidha Sudhesh 2nd placeComputer Problem Solving: Fred Qin 6th place; Lawrence Atienza 1st placeCyber Security: Lawrence Atienza 1st placeDatabase Applications: MacQuarrie Thomson 4th placeFBLA Principles and Procedures: Ila Sharma 6th placeHealthcare: Christine Lee 6th place; Vaishnavi Phadnis 2nd place, Salil Kanade 1st placeInsurance and Risk Management: Rishi Ramesh 5th place; Fred Qin 3rd placeIntroduction to Business: Maxwell Wang 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Communication: Sonika Tayade 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Procedures: Lauren Kim 3rd place; Aashna Sheth 1st placeIntroduction to Information Technology: Rishi Kavikondala 3rd placeIntroduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Toma Itagaki 2nd Management Information Systems: Team of Salil Kanade and Prerna Kulkarni 2nd place; Team of Lawrence Atienza, Fred Qin and Larry Wang 1st placeNetwork Design: Team of Katie Chalmers and Amulya P 2nd placeNetworking Concepts: Shruti Kompella 5the place; Amulya P 3rd placeSecurities and Investments: Tyler Warden 5th place; Neha Nagvekar 3rd place, Rashida Hakim 1st placeEntrepreneurship: Dhruv Talwar 6th place; team of Aashna Sheth and Claire Yang 3rd placeEmerging Business Issues: Team of Shruti Kompella and Rafia Khatri 5th place; team of Audrey Tseng and Fred Qin 2nd placeJob Interview: Apoorv Khandelwal 4th place; Afeef Sheikh 2nd placeBusiness Ethics: Team of MacKenzie MacLauchlin, Pooja Senapati and Aivy Tran 5th place; Rashida Hakim 2nd placePublic Speaking I: Rishi Kavikondala 1st placePublic Speaking II: Sarah Tarta 5th place, MacQuarrie Thomson 2nd placeImpromptu Speaking: Kamran Badh 2nd place, Maxwell Wang 1st placeIntroduction to Business Presentation: Team of Christine Lee, Eric Yin, Toma Itagaki 5th place; team of Aashna Sheth, Ila Sharma and Sonika Tayade 4th place. Of 22 initial entries across the district, our school contributed 6 entries. Just participating in the competition was a big accomplishment, but we had 3 students qualify for the next round of testing, the USAMO, from which students will be selected for the national Mathematical Olympiad Program! This is Teslas first year competing in knowledge bowl and the team in 1stwas the overall winner (all divisions) at our regional competition. Our scholars adapted so well to the change in the way the conference ran this year. Junior Rui Menghas won The Silver Key Critical Essay Award for his work about technology, war, and the destruction from war. Please congratulate our your scholars who participated in the 62nd Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) at Bremerton High school last weekend. Rohan Iyer and Maxwell Soh are USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalists! Rithika Madey: 9th Grade Not only did we have one of our esteemed students take home the GRAND PRIZE winner of the whole fair, but we got two additional bids to ISEF, so now we have a record 3 student projects going to Los Angles for the International Science and Engineering Fair in just a few weeks. Aayush Sheth: 11th Grade 6thplace Anisha Karnik, Prakriti Shukla and Alexa Wirth, We had 75 students from Tesla STEM participate and once again, our students out-shined our greatest expectations. While we didn't bring home as many awards as we would have liked, the students were incredibly respectful and responsive while representing our school and district at the competition. Those team members from Tesla STEM were Aayush Sheth, Maxwell Soh, and William Gong! The local competition was open to all high school students who either reside or attend high school in the first congressional district. The top four automatically qualify for the National conference, places 5 10 could potentially move up if the people who placed ahead of them dont go. Eudoxie Hudry and Nisha Thottam, Improving the Production of the Anti-Cancer Drug Paclitaxel Through Biosynthesis in Bacteria, Ishika Mukherjee and Eesha Murali, Viability of Urinary Polyamine levels as a Preliminary Test for Cancer, Rayan Krishnan, Utilizing Idealized Simulations to Investigate the Impacts of Carbon Emissions on Polar Vortex, Amrita Narasimhan, Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Identification of Discriminative Biomarkers, Neha Hulkund, MRI Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation Using Deep Learning, Lukas Spring, Examining the Potential of Smile Photography and the Importance of the Maxillary Incisors in the Identification of Disaster Victims, Anjali and Akash Srivastava, Building an App to Improve Reading Readiness of Children, Prerna Sheokand, Blue Light Effects on Working Memory of Preschoolers, William Wang, Drones Optimized Through Neural Networks for Reconnaissance and Imaging of Martian Environments, Kyra Bethune, Incorporation of Self-Esteem Enhancement Strategies in Social Media, Sashwatha Shankar, Generating a Machine Learning Model to Determine the Metastatic Potential of Lung Cancer Tumors, Sarah Suhy, Siderocalin and Its Interactions with Adipocytes, Megha Mattikalli, Advancing Diagnosis of Lung Cancer using Visual Biomarkers, Ritika Iyer, The Application of Infrared Thermography to Architecture to Identify Heat-Emitting Building Materials, Pranay Muthineni, Making Desalination Cost Effective and more Efficient for Third World Countries Using Solar Power, Christine Lee, The Efficacy of Counter-Stereotypical Scenario in Reducing Racial Implicit Bias, Jack Tribolet, Generating Haptic Feedback Based Upon Calculated Data and User Information, Aashna Sheth, The Application of Microwave Satellite to the Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS), Sonika Tayade and Hamsa Shankar, Predictions Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.