Middle and High Schoolers Compete for MESA
The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement program hosts its preliminaries on Feb. 26.
The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Schools Program will host its annual MESA Day Preliminaries on Saturday, Feb. 26, throughout the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» campus.
County-wide competition
All 20 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» MESA Schools Program participants will compete to qualify for the middle and high school regionals, including schools from the:
- San Diego Unified School District
- Escondido Union and High School Union districts
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District
- Borrego Springs Unified School District
Variety of projects
Students have worked since September designing, creating, testing and refining their projects in preparation for MESA Days.
In addition to math and speech competitions, other activities include:
- Mousetrap cars
- Gliders
- Popsicle stick bridges
- Manila folder bridges
- Balsa wood bridges
- Models of the human eye and brain
- Creating a prosthetic arm
Moving to regional competitions
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» MSP students who qualify for the Middle School MESA Day Regionals will compete on Saturday, April 2, at Chapman University against other MSP students in the Southern Region MESA Centers. The high school students who qualify for regionals will compete on Saturday, April 9, at University of California Irvine.
