Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA)

Just wanted to share some good news. My oldest daughter is a member of the MESA club at Vista del Sur Elementary School in Laveen. She is a part of the On-Site Engineering Design group. In this competition, the students show up at their destination and are given a task. They receive $500 in monopoly money to buy all the supplies they need to complete the project. At regionals, her group was required to build a shelter for an egg so that it wouldn't break when dropped. Her group's design got them second place and now they will be participating in the state competition at Apollo High School in April!!!  GO Tigers!!!!

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  1. Kassandra BarreraFebruary 22, 2018 at 7:56 PM

    That is awesome congratulations! You must be so proud of your daughter, and her being part of the Engineering and Science Achievement. As a little kid I wish my school would of offered events like that. I wish your daughter the best of luck in her competition in April and hopefully she can win first place this time around!

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  2. Luisa ZamoraMay 9, 2018 at 10:56 AM

    Hey Rolanda! Wow, congratulations to your daughter! She won an award of that magnitude and is still elementary school? That's very impressive. It sounds like she has a bright future ahead of her. It must be pretty sweet for you and your daughter to both be working on STEM related projects. I hope you and her keep up the great work and continue being passionate about what you do! I hope everything went well in her April competition. :)

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