In March 2025 Oregon MESA successfully hosted four regional Demo Days for the first time in MESA’s history. A total of 683 students, families, advisors, and community members joined the four events. Demo Days were a testament of Oregon MESA’s
We are thrilled to share with you Oregon MESA’s 2024 Annual Report. As we reflect on the 2023-2024 school year, we want to celebrate the achievements of the MESA community in advancing equity, innovation, and environmental stewardship. Through the second
On the morning of Monday, June 24th, the MESA team met up at the Portland airport, along with teachers and the student state champs from Alder Creek Middle School and Parkrose High School to travel to sunny San Diego, California
During MESA Day we announced our 2024 State Champions for our Designing for Environmental Conservation Challenge: team G.A.L.Afrom Alder Creek Middle School and team We Are Working On It from Parkrose High School! At the end of June these talented
On May 17th we hosted MESA Day 2024 at Portland State University. Over three hundred students, teachers, volunteers, and community members gathered at the Viking Pavilion to celebrate the culmination of the MESA year. From the student invention showcase around
The last week of March, Jonas, Valentina, Elizabeth and Michela from the MESA team had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. to participate in the InventEd Convening, all about turning passion into action. InventEd is an initiative launched by The
MESA students never cease to amaze us. Over the last week, students and community members gathered at our three regional Demo Days across Oregon to see our future innovators in action. Demo Day is MESA’s community showcase where students present the
On Thursday, February 1st, we kicked off Black History Month with our biggest Career Conversations events to date, Career Conversations: Black Futures. Career Conversations is a career talk series that intentionally uplifts the voices of the communities we represent. It
Changing Lives Through Engineering: Brook Thompson’s Story A Yurok and Karuk Native American from Northern California, Brook Thompson spent her time growing up between the Yurok Reservation and Portland, OR. Her fascination with how the world works started as a