The four Mountain Home EAST programs, which stands for Environmental and Spacial Technology, recently picked up wins at the Annual conference in Hot Springs last week while showcasing what the students have been working on this year.
EAST is a nonprofit organization, which began in Mountain Home in 2012, designed to give students a chance to be creative and independent through using technology for problem-solving, higher order thinking, and collaboration.
Hackler, Pinkston Mountain Home Junior High and high school EAST students attended the event, where in addition to competing, EAST students and teacher facilitators made presentation during breakout session.
High school teacher and EAST facilitator Jackie Meissner says the teams became finalists in several different competitions.
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Meissner says all four groups of students were finalists for the Signature Design Super Booth and won the category for the third year in a row.
Hackler Intermediate School was one of five finalists from 236 schools competing as a finalist in a national service project called #EASTsayDyslexia for their line readers to help students capture words off pages. Hackler teacher and EAST advisor Becca Martin says although they didn’t win, the three team members, fourth grader Blaine Tate and fifth graders Brady Lance and Braxton Carson had a great experience.
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Bradley Villager, who was part of the competition, was a finalist for the Tech Support Olympiad. He came in third place for solving different puzzles.
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