More than 8,500 Technology Student Association (TSA) middle school and high school members from across the country attended the 2019 National TSA Association Conference from June 27th to July 2nd in National Harbor, Maryland. This year’s conference theme was “Model the Way,” as TSA marks more than four decades of enhancing personal development, leadership, and education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through intracurricular activities, competitions, and other programs.
To compete at the national level, each North East ISD student advanced through regional and state competitions in Fort Worth.
These students were eligible to attend Nationals from left to right (front row) left to right: Tristen Lee, Ammar Thayani, Maria Feibelman, Adriana Whispell, Paola Leal, Whitney Hicks, Natalie Reyes, Mirabelle Long, Max Lozano, Hannah Hughes, Freida Farias and Valeria Rosales. Left to right (2nd Row) Felix Cruz, Jakob Geib, Jacob Rahimi, Cameron Vines, JR Bass, Oscar De La Torre, Carter Cook, Ricky Gonzalez, Ayaan Momin, Julian Wearden and Zach Bernstein.
Felix Cruz, Cameron Vines, Whitney Hicks and Victoria Losoya (not shown) finished in the top 10 in the nation for Game Board Design.
Jakob Geib, Jacob Rahimi, Frieda Farias, Tristan Lee, Zach Bernstein, Carter Cook and Hannah Hughes finished in the top 10 in the nation for Cyber Security.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, or the Tomb of the Unknowns, is a monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Students Tristen Lee, Jacob Rahimi, Mirabelle Long and Julian Wearden were honored to place a wreath from the Engineering & Technologies Academy Roosevelt High School.
NEISD students also competed in Engineering Design, Architectural Design, Children Stories, Coding, Structural Engineering, On and Video, Technology Bowl, Coding, CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing, CAD Engineering, Technology Problem Solving, Chapter Team, Dragster Design, Flight Endurance, Future Technology Teacher, Music Production, Photographic Technology, On-Demand Video, Technology Problem Solving, and Video Game Design categories.
TSA also partners with The American Cancer Society (ACS) for its national service project. Natalie Reyes accepted a certificate for our Roosevelt TSA club which raised over 2,400 dollars in donations for the organization receiving the Purple Spirit of Service Award.
Roosevelt High School's Engineering & Technologies Academy was recognized as the 2018-2019 Largest High School Blue CAP Chapter.
The Engineering & Technologies Academy advisors who attended the Convention were Grizelda Gentry, Richard Saldana and Mr. Robert Lozano, Director of the Engineering & Technologies Academy at Roosevelt High School. Thanks to the Career & Technical Education Department at NEISD and Rack Gives Back for supporting our students with this wonderful opportunity.
