Hudson County- The Hudson County Freeholders Congratulate, Honor, and Commend the student team from Christa McAuliffe School, (Public School #28), in Jersey City on their extraordinary results at this year’s Lexus Eco Land and Water Challenge.
The Lexus Eco Challenge is a national STEM competition for students’ grades 6-12 that awards a total of $500,000 in grants and scholarships to eligible teachers, students and schools each year. Featuring three separate challenges, the Lexus Eco Challenge gets students involved in project-based learning, teamwork and skill building as they identify an environmental issue that affects their community, use their critical thinking and research skills to come up with a solution, and report on the results by way of an Action Plan. Led by Teacher Advisors at their schools, the student teams work to help their community while getting a chance to compete for scholarships and grants.
Three out of four Student Teams from Christa McAuliffe School (Public School No. 28) that won challenges in this year’s Lexus Eco Challenge are from Christina McAuliffe Public School #28 located in Jersey City, Hudson County.
The success of the Christa McAuliffe student teams at the 2020 Lexus Eco Challenge reflects the high quality science instruction at Christa McAuliffe School, which strongly supports and encourages science learning, thereby developing the next generation of innovators and inventors.
The National Championship winning teams from Christina McAuliffe School in Hudson County Are:
R.E.M. Remote Environmental Monitoring (Middle School Grand Prize Winner, Middle School Air & Climate Challenge Winner):
Teacher Advisor: Mahvish Haq, Joel Naatus
Team Members: Johandry, Isabel, Nour, Romayssae, Lexie, Liana
Aeroponics28 (Middle School First Place Winner, Middle School Air & Climate Challenge Winner):
Teacher Advisor: Christopher Brown, Malissa Yabut
Team Members: Aya, Gisela, Ty, Arianna, Sergio, Juan, Renzo
The Aqua Squad (Middle School Land & Water Challenge Winner):
Teacher Advisors: Christopher Brown, Robert O’Donnell
Team Members: Daphne Smith, Nathan Phoolchan, Mia Smallwood, Marco Sanchez, Miley Parada, Giuseppe Pizza
TEAM R.E.M. -National Winner Grand Prize:
Lexie Hutchinson Liana Bryant Isabel Martinez
Johandry Disla Romayssae Saidi Nour Aziz
TEAM Aeroponics28 National winner- First Place:
Juan Sanvicente Sergio Lira Gisela Artica
Arianna Cuadra Aya Akel Renzo Vazquez
Ty Castellanos
The success of the student teams at the 2020 Lexus Eco Challenge reflects the high-quality science instruction at Christa McAuliffe School, which strongly supports and encourages science learning, thereby developing the next generation of innovators and inventors.
Chairman Anthony Vainieri, the Board of Freeholders and County Executive Thomas A. DeGise, congratulates, honors, and applauds the Christa McAuliffe School’s STEM program, its teachers and students for winning the Lexus Eco Challenge National Championship.
Release #28