Broome-Tioga BOCES News Article

Hundreds of area students test their skills at Engineering Day

Approximately 350 students from 17 school districts – forming 90 teams - packed the gymnasium at BOCES to put their ingenuity, creativity and team-building schools to the test. In a race against the clock (a two-hour deadline), each team was challenged to create a functional Rube Goldberg machine out of a box of everyday household items.

The event is coordinated with help from SUNY Broome Community College, the Eastern Southern Tier STEM Hub and Broome-Tioga BOCES. The machines are judged by professional partners from local industry.

Here are the winners:

Middle School Division

First place: Owego Apalachian Middle School (133 points)

Thomas Anderson

Kaden Krohmalney

Haley Stephen

Taylor Dalton

Second place: Newark Valley Middle School (132 points)

Midori Barret

Alyssa Brown

McKenna Buck

Maddy Davis

Third place: Maine Endwell Middle School (131 points)

Lukas Lattner

Emily Bealla

Liam Blanchard

Jacquelyn Savage

High School Division

First place: Vestal High School (147 points)

Catherine Deskur

Jessica Lou

Mia McAllen

Kaimana Lum

Second place: Whitney Point High School (145 points)

Hannah Fish

Ada Roe

Madison McCall

Allison Randall

Third place: Whitney Point High School (135 points)

Griffin Angelo

Matthew Jordan

Alex Baxter

Alex Hoeppner

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