Cloudcroft TSA STEM Programs Wins State Title

The  Cloudcroft High School Technology Students Association won the 2025 State Championship. 

TSA chapters take the study of STEM beyond the classroom and give students the chance to pursue academic challenges among friends with similar goals and interests. Together, chapter members work on competitive events, attend conferences on the state and national levels and have a good time raising funds to get there. Chapter organizations develop leadership, as members can lead as officers at the chapter, state or national level with some of Alamogordo’s best schools as participants.

Below are the results of all individual events in which Cloudcroft Students excelled. If 

High School 

GOLD (1st Place)

Board Game Design - Bodhi West, Taylor Curtis, Ayla Yarbrough, Emma Yarbrough

Children's Stories - Sage Greenwood, Ayla Yarbrough, Emma Yarbrough, Karmen Yousif

Debating Technical Issues - Mary Claire Chase-Zimmer, Sidney Bryan-Myers

Flight Endurance - Jameer Cooks

Promotional Design - Paula Finch

Senior Solar Sprint - Xander Newton, Gena Davis, Chris Yousif

Technology Problem Solving - Nathan Brokaw, Parker Muncy

Transportation Modeling - Hannah Ferdetta

SILVER (2nd Place)

Data Science and Analytics - Connor Smith, Gavin Bryan-Myers

Dragster Design - Wyatt Renfro

Video Game Design - Cyrus Lewis, Michael Anthony

BRONZE (3rd Place)

Audio Podcasting - Mckenzie Ciulla, Callie Peterson, Zurri McNeil

Chapter Team - Sophia Newton, Bodhi West, Jameer Cooks, Emma Yarbrough, Sage Greenwood, Taylor Curtis

Drone Challenge - Nathan Brokaw, Parker Muncy, Michael Anthony

On Demand Video - Hannah Ferdetta, Paula Finch, Parker Muncy

Webmaster - Gena Davis, Karterann Mansell

Middle School 

GOLD

Children's Stories - Layla Norred, Sophia Trejo

Dragster - Angelo Herrell

Flight - Judah Ruiz

Microcontroller Design - Fin Abel, Ben Merrell

Off the Grid - Fin Abel, Ben Merrell

Website Design - Ben Merrell, Fin Abel, Judah Ruiz

BRONZE

Children's Stories - Emelia Jewell

Congratulations to those who participated and to those educators and sponsors of STEM programs in our traditional public schools.

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