M-DCPS CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXCEL
AT NATIONAL STEM LEAGUE FINALS

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) Career and Technical Education (CTE) math and science students from TERRA Environmental Research Institute and Miami Springs Senior High School were among the country’s most motivated National STEM League Ten80 teams to compete in the national finals recently.
Thirty-six teams from across the nation revved up the engines of remote control model racecars and robot vehicles, and also presented their innovative green engineering projects and racing team marketing designs to judges.
TERRA won second place in the grand champion overall category. Trophies and cash prizes were presented to both schools in other categories, including:

Approximately 200 male and female students from nine Miami-Dade schools were engaged throughout this school year in web-based Ten80 engineering competitions and two live region events at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. CTE Automotive, Engineering, and Information Technology teachers worked collaboratively with mathematics and science teachers to coach teams from the following schools: TERRA, Miami Springs Senior, Carol City Senior, Miami Central Senior, Miami Northwestern Senior, South Dade Senior, Robert Morgan Educational Center and Jose Marti MAST Academy (middle school team.)
For more information on National STEM League Ten80 NASCAR Challenge and many more M-DCPS STEM initiatives, go to: http://stem.dadeschools.net/Initiatives.html

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