The New Mexico Technology Student Association, managed through New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering, is the state’s STEM career technical student organization. At this year’s hybrid NM TSA conference, held March 31 to April 1 at NMSU, more than 120 students from middle and high school chapters showcased their projects and practiced leadership skills through more than 35 different science, technology, engineering and math competitions. Cloudcroft High School was crowned as this year’s state champion.
Schools in attendance included Chaparral High School, Cliff High School, Cloudcroft Middle, Los Lunas High School, Newcomb High School, Pecos Cyber Academy, Santa Teresa High School, School of Dreams Academy and Volcano Vista High School.
“TSA is a wonderful career technical education program that provides students with opportunities for career-based learning that contributes to a skilled workforce in New Mexico,” said Clara Raley, NMSU STEM program manager and TSA state adviser.
“This year, we even added two new events, drone challenge and audio podcasting. We were so excited to see several new schools join TSA this year, and compete at the state conference, which almost doubled the number of students competing.”
As a national career and technical student organization, TSA provides affiliated schools with more than 73 intra-curricular career-based projects for middle and high school students and a virtual leadership curriculum. Student members complete standards-based experiential projects to build the necessary skills and knowledge to compete at the annual state leadership conference with the chance to advance to the national conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in June. Competitions span many different career clusters including architecture, arts and audio and visual technology, marketing, education, health sciences, engineering and information technology.
Interested schools are encouraged to affiliate with NM TSA to gain access to this program. To affiliate with any career and technical student organization, schools pay national and state dues each year. Visit https://nmtsa.com for more information.
State winners
High school
Animatronics
First Place – Los Lunas High School
Second Place – Santa Teresa High School
Audio Podcasting
First Place – Volcano Vista High School
Second Place – Los Lunas High School
Third Place – Santa Teresa High School
Board Game Design
First Place – Volcano Vista High School
Second Place – Santa Teresa High School
Third Place – Cloudcroft High School
Chapter Team
First Place – Santa Teresa High School
Second Place – Cloudcroft High School
Third Place – Chaparral High School
Children’s Stories
First Place – Los Lunas High School
Second Place – Cloudcroft High School
Third Place – Volcano Vista High School
Coding
First Place – Santa Teresa High School
Second Place – Los Lunas High School
Third Place – Volcano Vista High School
Computer-Aided Design, Engineering
First Place – Samuel Martin – Los Lunas High School
Second Place – Isaac Garcia – Chaparral High School
Third Place – Adrian Torres – Chaparral High School
Debating Technological Issues
First Place – Nadalia Hernandez, Isaac Jiron – Los Lunas High School
Second Place – Ethan Flores, Ian Nunez – Chaparral High School
Third Place – Scarlett Marez, Ella Zamora – Los Lunas High School
Digital Video Production
First Place – Volcano Vista High School
Second Place – Los Lunas High School
Third Place – Pecos Cyber Academy High School
Dragster Design
First – Samuel Martin – Los Lunas High School
Second – Austin Martinez – Los Lunas High School
Third – Joshua Lipschultz – Los Lunas High School
Drone Challenge
First – Santa Teresa High School
Second – School of Dreams Academy High School
Essays on Technology
First – Kyle Pankretz – Volcano Vista High School
Second – Kyleigh Winters – Los Lunas High School
Third – Sophia Newton – Cloudcroft High School
Extemporaneous Speech
First – Zachary Eggleston – Cliff High School
Second – Sophia Newton – Cloudcroft High School
Third – Scarlett Mare – Los Lunas High School
Fashion Design and Technology
First – Volcano Vista High School
Second- Los Lunas High School
Third – Santa Teresa High School
Forensic Science
First – Janelly Anchondo, Haley Sanchez - Chaparral High School
First – Taylor Curtis, Sophia Newton - Cloudcroft High School
Third – Alizae Fernandez, Estevan Montelongo - Chaparral High School
Music Production
First – Pecos Cyber Academy High School
Second – Santa Teresa High School
Third – Los Lunas High School
On-Demand Video
First – Volcano Vista High School
Second – Santa Teresa High School
Photographic Technology
First – Roberto De Luna – Santa Teresa High School
Second – Iris Hernandez – Santa Teresa High School
Third – Chaparral High School
Prepared Presentation
First – Mia Lucero-Cisneros – Volcano Vista High School
Second – Kyle Pankretz – Volcano Vista High School
Third- Isabella Ortiz – Los Lunas High School
Promotional Design
First – Mia Lucero-Cisneros – Volcano Vista High School
Second – Isabella Ortiz – Los Lunas High School
Senior Solar Sprint
First – Cliff High School
Second- Newcomb High School
Third- Los Lunas High School
Structural Design and Engineering
First – Chaparral High School
Second – Los Lunas High School
Third- Santa Teresa High School
Technology Bowl
First – Los Lunas High School
Second - Chaparral High School
Third- School of Dreams Academy
Technology Problem Solving
First – Santa Teresa High School
Second – Volcano Vista High School
Webmaster
First – Volcano Vista High School
Second – Los Lunas High School
State winners
Middle School
Career Prep
First Place – Adriana Ortega – Cloudcroft Middle School
Second Place – Tristan Bowden – Pecos Cyber Academy Middle School
Third Place – Jimena Lozano – Cloudcroft Middle School
Children’s Stories
First Place – McKenzie Ciulla – Cloudcroft Middle School
Second Place – Pecos Cyber Academy Middle School
Third Place – Cloudcroft Middle School
Coding
First – School of Dreams Academy Middle School
Second – Cloudcroft Middle School
Digital Photography
First Place – McKenzie Ciulla – Cloudcroft Middle School
Flight Endurance
First – Noah Trujillo – School of Dreams Academy High School
Second – Elijah Beck – Volcano Vista High School
Third – Austin Martinez – Los Lunas High School
Leadership Strategies
First – Cloudcroft Middle School
Mechanical Engineering
First – Cloudcroft Middle School
Website Design
First – Cloudcroft Middle School