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Award Winners | Grades Innovator Supporter: SAP Award Winners | Grades 4–5 Outstanding Device Performance, presented by Seagate Judges’ Choice: Test Methodology Team #164 Team #524 The Technicals Tower power Team #104 Thunder-Bolts Judges’ Choice: Release Mechanism Argonaut Elementary School Team #107 Team Titanium Team #373 Oster Elementary School Pinewood Hedgehogs Pinewood School, Middle Campus Judges’ Choice: Most Effi cient Team #449 Spectacular Six Outstanding Engineering Design Process Team #150 THE TECHNADOS Best Sportsmanship Phillips Brooks Elementary School, Team #587 Synapse School, Menlo Park-San Mateo The Mad Penguins Oster Elementary School Team #491 Saladtasers Best Costume Alta Vista Elementary School Team #361 The Galactic Caticorns Team #423 Central Park Elementary School Techknowledgists Best Team Safety Outstanding Engineering Journal Team #368 Team #412 Tech The Elephant Sci-Queens CORAL - Catholic Charities Millikin Elementary School, Franklin Elementary Central Park Elementary School Best Teamwork Team #49 Team #311 The Minecrafters Tech Wizards Ida Jew Academy Dilworth (Nelson S.) Elementary School Team #143 Top Tech Challenge Story Meyerholz (R.I.) Elementary School Team #178 Marvelous Macarons Outstanding Overall Foster City Elementary School, Team #185 Nesbit Elementary School SMMARTT The Harker School, Lower Campus Pre-5 Judges’ Inspiration Award Team #374 Team #448 Pinewood iMagineers The Emoji Girls Pinewood School, Middle Campus Team #328 Tech Tacos Oster Elementary School Innovator Supporter: SAP Award Winners | Grade 6 Team #294 IOSSS Judges’ Choice: Photos & Sketches Steindorf STEAM School Team #475 The Ducky Momos Team #160 International School of Monterey The Stranded Penguins Peterson Middle School Judges’ Choice: Real-World Application Team #220 Outstanding Engineering Design Process Dare to Dream Team #109 John Sinnott Elementary Team Arceus CORAL - Catholic Charities Judges’ Choice: Home-Built R. F. Kennedy Elementary Team #353 Tech Titans Team #168 Peterson (Marian A.) Middle School The Space Narwhals Herbert Hoover Middle School Best Sportsmanship Team #272 Team #108 High-Tech Hedgehogs Blue Tech Unicorn Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School, Best Costume Warm Springs Elementary School Team #576 Batteries Not Included Outstanding Engineering Journal Team #472 Best Team Safety The e-LEMON-ators Team #260 International School of Monterey The Green Beenz Discovery Charter School Team #201 St. John Vianney School Best Teamwork Team #159 Team #473 CTB The Untouchables Latimer Elementary School, Moreland Middle International School of Monterey Top Tech Challenge Story Outstanding Overall Team #314 Team #540 Huskies FlyteZON The Harker School, Middle Campus Grade 6-8 The Harker School, Middle Campus Grade 6-8 Judges’ Inspiration Award Team #52 Team #476 ¢ommon Cent$ Dangerous Divas Ida Jew Academy International School of Monterey Team #80 Outstanding Device Performance, Girl Scouts Can Do Anything! presented by Seagate Team #203 NERDH St. John Vianney School Innovator Supporter: SAP Award Winners | Grades 7-8 Top Tech Challenge Story Team #608 Judges’ Choice: Great Interview Dream Crushers Team #7 Cupertino Middle School Blackout Bros Judges’ Inspiration Award Judges’ Choice: Quick Setup Team #262 Team #54 The Fallen The MARVELous Duo Discovery Charter School Ida Jew Academy Outstanding Device Performance, Judges’ Choice: Creative Use of Materials presented by Seagate Team #21 Team #22 Velocity Squared PV UAPS North Star Academy Team #461 Best Sportsmanship Wings Of Innovation Team #419 Pinewood, Los Altos, Innovate Kennedy Middle School, Cupertino Britton (Lewis H.) Middle School Team #140 Best Costume Flopper Waffl es Team #53 The Harker School, Middle Campus Grades 6-8 Drop, Wreck, and Roll Ida Jew Academy Outstanding Engineering Design Process Team #285 Best Costume AquaMarine Team #78 Joaquin Miller Middle School Einstein Erasers Miller (Joaquin) Middle School Team #290 Team T.E.C.H. Best Team Safety ACE Empower Charter School Team #55 The Lord of the Rings Team #202 Ida Jew Academy The Nerdy Almonds Weibel Elementary School, Horner Junior High Best Teamwork Team #81 Outstanding Engineering Journal The Team That Must Not Be Named Team #100 Hopkin (William) Junior High School Just Droppin’ In Cabrillo Middle School Video Contest, presented by Arm, 3rd Place Team #205 Team #355 Kombat Wombats Firehawks St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Hopkins (William) Junior High School Video Contest, presented by Arm, 1st Place Team #275 Team #138 DAD Squad (Drop and Deliver Squad) A3R2MY Keys School, Middle Campus Innovator Supporter: SAP Award Winners | Grades 7-8 Outstanding Overall Team #176 Ralston Ramps Ralston Middle School Team #261 Batteries Not Included Discovery Charter School Team #30 Mass Confusion Bay Area Homeschool Innovator Supporter: SAP Award Winners | Grades 9-12 Outstanding Device Performance, Judges’ Choice: Testing presented by Seagate Team #291 Team #413 Big Bang Leigh 413 Cupertino High School Leigh High School Judges’ Choice: Simple Design Team #38 Team #497 Santa Clara High School Magic Carpet Lynbrook High School Team #356 3 ½ Men Cupertino High School Judges’ Choice: CNC Mechanism Team #542 The Furious Flywheels Outstanding Engineering Design Process Team #238 The Squinkies Best Costume Cupertino High School Team #8 Energizer Bunnies Team #230 Castilleja School, Woodside Priory School Mission 230 Cupertino High School Best Team Safety Team #289 Team #365 ONE (Outstanding Nextgen Engineer) MnCl2 Monta Vista High School, Kennedy Middle School Cupertino High School Best Teamwork Outstanding Engineering Journal Team #607 Team #265 The Mad Dogs 4th Wheeling Cupertino High School Cupertino High School Video Contest, presented by Arm, 2nd Place Team #313 Team #200 Pegasi Team #497 Magic Carpet Video Contest, presented by Arm, 3rd Place Lynbrook High School Team #184 NA²H Outstanding Overall Challenger School, Lawson Middle School, Team #255 Miller Middle School and Cupertino High School Tech It Out Cupertino High School Top Tech Challenge Story Team #543 Team #555 Acme Inc Team Œufs Alsion Montessori Middle/High School Cupertino High School Judges’ Inspiration Award Team #605 Team #431 Branson Bulls Arctic Explorers.
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