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Wichita HomeSchool is the big winner from 2021 Kansas BEST competition

Nov. 23, 2021
By WSU Strategic Communications

Contact: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.

 

Wichita HomeSchool won both the BEST Award and the Head-to-Head Robot Performance event at the 2021 Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology) competition Nov. 20 at Wichita State University.

The annual Kansas BEST competition is designed to inspire and motivate students toward careers in engineering, science and technology. This year’s game was titled “Demo Daze,” and the theme was demolition with an emphasis on safety and sustainability.

Five of the top competitors from the competition qualified for the regional championship in Denver, Dec. 11-12.

Accompanying Wichita HomeSchool will be:

  • Garden City High School: 2nd place BEST Award
  • Valley Center High School: 2nd place Robot Performance
  • Salina South High School: 3rd place Robot Performance
  • Rose Hill High School: semi-finalist in Robot Performance

The BEST Award is based on a project notebook, oral presentation, table display and interviews, in addition to the robot head-to-head competition. The Robot Performance Award is based on the project notebook, a Critical Design Review and the points scored in the robot head-to-head competition.

Other top awards from the 2021 Kansas BEST competition:

The Founder’s Award for Creative Design by Textron Aviation
Rose Hill High School

Army ROTC Most Robust Machine Award 
Valley Center High School

Spirit AeroSystems Best Critical Design Review
Garden City High School

The Top Gun Award for most points scored in a single match
Valley Center High School

See a complete list of awards winners

Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling more than 16,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.

Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.

The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.

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