Senior High Student Technology Association Students Compete at Conference

In late January the Boyertown Area  Senior High (BASH) Technology Student Association (TSA) participated in their first conference of the year at Stroudsburg Junior High. 

The TSA Region 9 Conference had nearly 600 students, judges, and advisors in attendance, including nearly 80 students from Boyertown. 

Boyertown State Officers McKenna Smith and Ava Carmichael were in attendance as competitors. They also offered conference attendees opportunities to discuss running for the organization's state office in the future, and they also facilitated some special interest sessions. In addition, they ran a Miracle Minute fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and raised over $500 for their National Philanthropy. 

BASH participants competed successfully in several categories:

Architectural Design:

1st Place: McKenna Smith, Brodie Peifer, Aidan Brunner, Brayden Pope, Leah Pulcher

2nd Place: Jessica Buchanan, Alex Rose, Maya Brunner, Samantha Hemingway, Julia Leshinskie

5th Place: Isabella Zettlemoyer, Grady Jones, Sunny Amatya, Emiliano Hornak

Audio Podcasting:

1st Place: Ava Carmichael, Victoria Munoz

5th Place: Brayden Panunzio, Sunny Amatya, Stanley Yang

6th Place: Summer Bellino, Lula Mekonnen

Biotechnology Design:

1st Place: Grace Gibbins, Aly Hadfield, Eryn Drobins, Shraddha Manney, Aidan Brunner

2nd Place: Lula Mekonnen, Logan Bailey, Brayden Tinney, Ava Carmichael, Joey Trout, Summer Bellino

6th Place: Aiden Driscoll, Sunny Amatya, Emiliano Hornak, Grady Jones, Daniel Yang, Luca Galliano 

Board Game Design:

4th Place: Isabella Zettlemoyer, Shaunak Bangalore, Zoe George

5th Place: Alex Gambone, Brayden Tinney, Gianna Martin, Piper Zaharchuk, Emma Klass

7th Place: Eryn Drobins, Kylie Beardsley, Ayva Pensyl, Aly Hadfield, Abby Johnstin, Sofia Maraldo 

Chapter Team:

1st Place: McKenna Smith, Ava Carmichael, Milly Liang, Zoe George, Summer Bellino, Aiden Driscoll 

Children's Stories:

1st Place: Julia Leshinskie

3rd Place: Summer Bellino, Ava Carmichael, Isabella Zettlemoyer 

Computer Aided Drafting Architecture:

1st Place: McKenna Smith

2nd Place: Brayden Panunzio

3rd Place: Aidan Brunner

5th Place: Jessica Buchanan

Computer Aided Drafting Engineering:

1st Place: Brodie Peifer 

Debating Technological Issues:

1st Place: Summer Bellino, Lula Mekonnen

5th Place: Zoe George, Samantha Hemingway 

Digital Video Production:

Eryn Drobins, Aly Hadfield, Kylie Beardsley, Abby Johnstin, Ayva Pensyl 

Dragster Design:

1st Place: Brodie Peifer

11th Place: Leah Pulcher 

Engineering Design:

1st Place: Brayden Panunzio, Stanley Yang, Daniel Yang, Alex Gambone, Maya Brunner, Grady Jones

2nd Place: Piper Zaharchuk, Gianna Martin, Emma Klass, Brayden Tinney, Lula Mekonnen, Diego Peredo

Aly Hadfield, Eryn Drobins, Leah Pulcher, Grace Gibbins, Zoe George, Emiliano Hornak 

Fashion Design:

1st Place: Isabella Zettlemoyer and Julia Leshinskie

3rd Place: Faith Zadroga and Zoe George 

Forensic Science:

9th Place: Piper Zaharchuk and Gianna Martin 

Future Technology Teacher:

2nd Place: Julia Leshinskie

3rd Place: Diego Peredo

4th Place: Victoria Munoz 

Geospatial Technology:

1st Place: Alex Gambone, Emma Klass, Brayden Panunzio

2nd Place: Brayden Pope, Aidan Brunner, Milly Liang 

Manufacturing Prototype:

2nd Place: Brodie Peifer

4th Place: Samantha Hemingway and Jessica Buchanan 

Music Production:

8th Place: Logan Bailey, Joey Trout, Lula Mekonnen 

Photographic Technology:

3rd Place: Isabella Zettlemoyer 

Prepared Presentation:

1st Place: Summer Bellino

2nd Place: Lula Mekonnen

Promotional Design:

1st Place: Milly Liang

2nd Place: Diego Peredo

3rd Place: Kylie Beardsley

6th Place: Grace Gibbins 

Senior Solar Sprint Cars:

2nd Place: Zoe George, Faith Zadroga, Daniel Yang, Emiliano Hornak

8th Place: Maya Brunner, Samantha Hemingway, Jessica Buchanan 

STEM Mass Media:

2nd Place: Eryn Drobins, Shaunak Bangalore

Structural Design and Engineering:

1st Place: Isabella Zettlemoyer and Julia Leshinskie

3rd Place: Alex Gambone and Diego Peredo

4th Place: Zoe George and Faith Zadroga

6th Place: Grady Jones and Emiliano Hornak 

Technology Bowl

1st Place: Brayden Tinney, Piper Zaharchuk, Daniel Yang 

Technology Problem Solving:

5th Place: Grady Jones and Ayden Driscoll 

Transportation Modeling:

1st Place: Julia Leshinskie

2nd Place: Maya Brunner

3rd Place: Jessica Buchanan 

Video Game Design:

1st Place: Aiden Driscoll, Daniel Yang, Grady Jones, Sunny Amatya, Emiliano Hornak, Luca Galliano

2nd Place: Stanley Yang, Brayden Panunzio 

Webmaster:

2nd Place: Julia Eckert, Grace Gibbins, McKenna Smith

PA Materials Processing:

2nd Place: Leah Pulcher

6th Place: Aly Hadfield 

PA Safety Illustration:

1st Place: Piper Zaharchuk

2nd Place: Brayden Tinney

3rd Place: Abby Johnstin      

[Information and photo from Boyertown Area School District, submitted by Mr. Pennington, TSA adviser.]

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