Oregon MESA held our MESA Day 2021 Awards Ceremony on May 20th. Although MESA Day 2021 was virtual we had hundreds of students and teachers join us for the week’s activities. We’re pleased to announce the following winners from MESA Day 2021.
MESA Annual Awards
Dorothy and Jerome Lemelson Students of the Year
Middle School: Adriel Aparicio (Centro Cultural Invention Club)
High School: Say’Yonce Tate (Parkrose High School)
Mentor of the Year
Kevin Calderon-Garcia
Advisors of the Year
*all Oregon MESA advisors in 2020-21 were selected due to their incredible contributions during an extraordinary year
Alejandro Carrero Ramos
Andrew Gruber
Ashley Keller
Aviva Einhorn
Brooke Kottkamp
Craig Johnston
Denise Aquino
Dylan Richmond
Emma Fuller
Forrest Johnson
Frank Fields
Heather Meiring
Jackie Hellis
Javier Contreras
Jennifer Chavez
Jess Augden
John Colgan
John Day
Kelly Kaleshnik
Kerryn Henderson
Laura Waksman
Lena Fox
Lindsay Laing
Maria Ruiz Perez
Melanie Ramsey
Pamella Eiter
Philip Clarke
Suzanne Pittock
Tanya Kindrachuk
Tonya Jones
Trish Langman
Vicki Lee
MESA Day Competition Winners
Invention Telephone Game
1st Place Middle School: Zea and Han from Creston K8
1st Place High School: Kyle and Yasmine from Beaverton High School
National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC) Winners
NEDC Design Brief
3rd Place Middle School: Team 1 from Estacada – Carter and Aryianna
2nd Place Middle School: Team Flextape from Parkrose Middle School – Bridger, Brissa, Kevin
1st Place Middle School: Team 3 from Estacada Middle School – Tiki, Jackson, Brayden, Mckenzie
3rd Place High School: The Humans from Parkrose High School – Coral, James, Miyabi, Mason
2nd Place High School: The Outvoted from Parkrose High School – Say’Yonce, Abdi, ShaRae, Rubi
1st Place High School: Team TASK from McDaniel High School – Frankie, Akosha, Connor
NEDC Pitch Presentation
3rd Place Middle School: The Pine Fishies from Alder Creek Middle School – Avree, Emma, Grace, Lucy
2nd Place Middle School: Team Flextape from Parkrose Middle School – Bridger, Brissa, Kevin
1st Place Middle School: Team Ace from Alder Creek Middle School – Abrham, Chloe, Emma
3rd Place High School: the PEGS from Parkrose High School – Pearl, Sydney, Evan, Grace
2nd Place High School: The Humans from Parkrose High School – Coral, James, Miyabi, Mason
1st Place High School: Team TASK from McDaniel High School – Frankie, Akosha, Connor
Overall Oregon State Winners of the NEDC
3rd Place Middle School: Team 3 from Estacada – Tiki, Jackson, Brayden, and Mckenzie
2nd Place Middle School: Team Ace from Alder Creek Middle School – Abrham, Chloe, Emma
1st Place Middle School: Team Flex Tape from Parkrose Middle School – Bridger, Brissa, Kevin
Advised by Ms. Tanya Kindrachuk
3rd Place High School: The Outvoted from Parkrose High School – Say’Yonce, Abdi, ShaRae, Rubi
2nd Place High School: The Humans from Parkrose High School – Coral, James, Miyabi, Mason
1st Place High School: Team TASK from McDaniel High School – Frankie, Akosha, Connor
Advised by Mr. Frank Fields
Thank you again to all of the volunteers and sponsors that made MESA Day 2021 possible. We could not have done it without you!
