For the third
year in row, students at Hanes Magnet Middle have won the North Carolina
Regional competition of Future City, a middle school competition in which
students strive to make the world a better place by designing a more
sustainable city.
This year, the
Hanes students focused on Mumbai, India.
“We have
won the North Carolina Regional three years in a row and will be going to
Washington, D.C. to compete against schools from across the United States
during National Engineers Week,” said John Boyd, the Team Educator.
“The
competition runs from Feb. 16 to 20. Last year, our team finished fifth in the
country.”
“In addition to winning the overall competition, they were also
voted the People's Choice Award
for favorite city model chosen by their fellow competitors, and the judges
awarded them the Most Creative Team
Presentation. Each of those Specialty Awards comes with a $150 check.”
“Over the years in which we have competed, the Hanes Future City
teams have won over $7,000 for the school.”
“We also must acknowledge
our Team Mentor Jasmine Vadgama
and our Team Coach Nehali
Patel. This doesn't happen without them.”
This year's Mumbai team
members are Benjamin Beaudry, Rebecca Beaudry, Cady Barlow, Hershal Patel, Zoey Yeboah, Thanai Votanopoulos, Peyton Morgan, Thanisha Vadgama, Larkin
Macosko, Georgia Anderson, and Zhanqi Su.
“We had two other teams made up of students competing for the
first time,” Boyd said.
The Choshi, Japan team members were Kaitlyn Nelson, Eva Dardeau, Addison Engle,
Andrew Hjorth, Michael Ragonesi, Madi Fortney, Ryan Blankenbaker, Kamran
Anderson, and Kristopher Burch.
The Tambora,
Indonesia team members were Laasya Karnati,
Ashley Meier, Michael Shen, Cole Hunt, Brian Jones, Jasmine Zhu, Taylor
Lazenby, Sydney Yeboah, Maria Karagiorgis, and Anais Szeremeta.
You will find more information about the competition at Future City
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