RCHS STEM Club Wins Challenge at Grand Canyon University
photo by Mrs. Jennifer Seganish
Picture (Left to Right): Aaliyah Xiao, Lara Cha, Michelle Moon, Clarissa Leung, and Kristine Pak.
On Saturday, April 22, two RCS teams competed against 23 schools representing twelve different states at the International Christian STEM Competition hosted in Phoenix, Arizona, at Grand Canyon University in partnership with Association of Christian Schools International. Schools came from as far away as Maine, Florida, Oregon and Georgia.
Juniors Michelle Moon and Lara Cha, and Sophomore Kristine Pak, Redwood Christian High School’s Biomedical Engineering team, were tasked to use limited materials to design and build a modification to a walking device, finishing in first place.
Senior Aaliyah Xiao and Junior Clarissa Leung, Redwood Christian High School’s Software Design team, designed, planned, built and tested a side scrolling game utilizing a programming language of their choice, tools, and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) controller, finishing in 4th place.
Mrs. Jennifer Seganish, Redwood Christian High School and Middle School Science Department Chair and Club Advisor shares, “These five girls poured a ton of effort into their projects and learned a lot in the process. I couldn’t be more proud. I hope to take a bigger team next year to participate in more of the challenges.”
Dr. Al Hearne, Redwood Christian Schools’ Superintendent, stated “We are blessed with amazing students throughout our school, and although their successes are a blessing, they are not surprising. Mrs. Seganish does a great job challenging our students, releasing them to explore their ideas, and encouraging them to be as creative as possible while accurately recording the outcomes. We are so blessed to have teachers like Mrs. Seganish and students like Michelle, Lara, Kristine, Aaliyah and Clarissa.”
