School District of Manatee County

The middle and high school students competed in more than 70 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) events, attended leadership workshops, networked with representatives from companies, universities and organizations which support careers in technology. 

Photo: Dr. Mona Jain Middle School

Teams from Braden River High School earned two national championships (#1 in the nation) in the categories of Animatronics and Board Game Design. 

Students from Nolan Middle School brought home a national championship (#1 in the nation) for Video Game Design.

Photo: Haile Middle School

Here are the other accolades earned by Manatee County traditional public schools: 

Braden River High School -

2^nd place - Architectural Design

2^nd place - Children's Stories

3^rd place - Future Technology & Engineering Teacher (Jack P.)

4^th place - System Control Technology

6^th place - Chapter Team

6^th place - Fashion Design & Technology

7^th place - Future Technology & Engineering Teacher (Gael M.)

8^th place - CAD Engineering (Matthew M.)

9^th place - Digital Video Production

9^th place - Structural Design & Engineering 

Lakewood Ranch High School - 

5^th place - Webmaster

Palmetto High School - 

6^th place - Dragster Design (Sadie G.P.)

10^th place - Dragster Design (Benjamin B.)

Southeast High School - 

3^rd place - CAD Architecture (Daniel B.)

3^rd place - Dragster Design (Daniel M.J.) 

7^th place - Extemporaneous Speech (Neelam J.)

Braden River Middle School - 

3^rd place - Tech Bowl

5^th place - Inventions & Innovations

7^th place - Problem Solving

8^th place - Video Game Design

9^th place - Cybersecurity (Kha N.)

Buffalo Creek Middle School - 

8^th place - Website Design

Haile Middle School - 

4^th place - Cybersecurity

7^th place - Flight (Blake R.)

7^th place - Mass Production

9^th place - Microcontroller Design

Dr. Mona Jain Middle School - 

4^th place - VEX IQ

4^th place - Video Game Design

7^th place - Cybersecurity (Vihaan A.)

8^th place - CAD Foundations

8^th place - Tech Bowl

9^th place - Flight (Carl S.)

10^th place - Career Prep (Samuel N.)

Lee Middle School - 

10^th place - Technical Design

Nolan Middle School - 

4^th place - Microcontroller Design

6^th place - Construction Challenge 

6^th place - Website Design

Palm View K-8 - 

7^th place - Mechanical Engineering

7^th place - Structural Engineering 

7^th place - Website Design

Sugg Middle School - 

3^rd place - Construction Challenge

7^th place - Data Science & Analytics

Congratulations to all!