Congratulations to Hillsdale Middle School students Rae Bel Neary, Mikal Palmantier, Anna Johnson, Alessandra Gulino, and Noah Cabral.   They were chosen best in state and best in region for their app concept design entry in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge.  http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/2014-best-region  Rae Bel found out about the challenge on her own, gathered a team on her own, and the team worked outside of school hours on their app design.  This hard work included writing an essay, and doing a short video showing how their app would work.  Their video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIK36ZVyks&feature=youtu.be  One of the prizes for winning best in region is a $5,000 STEM grant for Hillsdale Middle School.  They find out if they win best in nation on Wednesday, February 26th.  Great job to these amazing Hillsdale Students!!

Chris Stephens
Assistant Principal
Hillsdale Middle School