Pius X Students Win Global STEM Competition

Tom Fulton, Kathleen Medill, Taylor Gierhan, and Natalie Schieuer represented Pius X (www.piusx.net) in the global STEM competition called “SMART.” The quad competed as part of a physics project for their PACE (AP Physics) class taught by Mr. Jeremy Scheffler. The SMART Competition is a STEM and Career and Technology Education (CTE) education program that provides high school students with a practical real-world design challenge that addresses sustainability, green design, localized power generation, architecture, the environment and the community. Fulton, Medill, Gierhan, and Schieuer completed a winning task of redesigning a high school gymnasium. The design changes they implemented were planned to increase the overall reliability of the equipment and building systems while reducing the costs of operating their school of the future. In addition to team member awards, Pius X High School will receive a $500 donation to support its STEM and CTE programs from Bentley Systems. The complete news release can be viewed at: www.smartcompetition.org.