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Twin Valley TSA students report regional and state success, describe STEM events and contests
Summary
Members of the Twin Valley High School Technology Student Association presented to the board on May 19 about their regional and state competitions, reporting 32 students at regionals, 19 qualifying for states and multiple semifinal and top-10 finishes at the state level.
Students from the Twin Valley High School Technology Student Association (TSA) presented the club's 2024–25 competitive work and results to the Twin Valley School District Board on May 19.
Students and their advisor described TSA as a STEM-based extracurricular program that fields teams in more than 40 event categories including architectural design, CAD engineering, RC off-road, transportation modeling, material processing and on-demand video. Presenters said 32 Twin Valley students attended the regional conference in January at Conestoga Valley High School; 19 qualified for state competition and 18 of those participated at the state event in April (the presenters said the state event was held in Pittsburgh at 7 Springs Resort). Students reported several notable results: one student placed second in an event, another finished eighth, one was a semifinalist, and the technology bowl team reached the semifinals.
Student presenters described event examples: an architectural design team that created a space‑themed museum using Revit; an RC off‑road competition that involved disassembling and customizing an RC car; a CAD engineering assignment to model and document a dowel‑jig; transportation modeling that produced a food‑truck/park concept; and a manufactured prototype (a picture‑frame/dice case) and material‑processing projects such as a lamp made in an engineering class. Students also discussed capstone courses where patent research and coding work may be included. The advisor and several board members praised the program as a strong STEM representation for Twin Valley and encouraged students to continue.
Ending
The board thanked the students for presenting and took no formal action on the presentation. Students said they did not qualify for nationals this year but noted participation growth statewide since COVID-19.
