Pennridge High School is among the regional winners of the ninth annual Governor’s STEM Competition.
This year’s competition marks the first in-person competition since 2019. Twenty regional winning teams from across the commonwealth displayed and demonstrated their projects for year’s theme, “Innovating the Commonwealth through Collaboration and Computing.”
Facilitated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Governor’s STEM Competition challenges and engages students from high schools around the commonwealth to create teams that work together during the school year to research, design, and present a device or project that can help improve the lives of Pennsylvanians and fulfill real-world needs.This year, a total of 62 teams submitted projects for consideration. The top 20 teams represent 14 different intermediate units across Pennsylvania, and will demonstrate or display their STEM-related projects for peer review and selection as “People’s Choice Award” in the Governor’s STEM Competition.
Of the top 20 finalists, a total of eight winning teams will receive one-time scholarship payments for placing as grand champion, first runner-up, second runner-up or third runner-up.
In addition to his plan to increase funding for computer science and STEM education through PASmart by 25 percent to support innovative education initiatives and practices for Pennsylvania learners, Gov. Shapiro’s 2023-24 budget proposal includes an increase of $567.4 million for basic education funding.
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