The Technology Student Association fosters personal growth, leadership, and opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Students work on projects as part of our class and can also work on personal projects that qualify based on the rulebooks below. The regional competition is in March, state competition in April, and national competition in June. For the past several years, our numbers that qualify for each level have grown along with our successes.
Our TSA chapter has been under new management since 2015. Being a component of our STEM Academy, we expanded our participation in the competitions with great success, improving every year. Here are our results:
Regional results
11- 1st place, 9- 2nd place, 9- 3rd place ribbons
State results
9- 1st place, 8- 2nd place, 7- 3rd place medals
National results
Children's Stories - National Qualifier
Abby the abacus, through the ages. Follow along in the life of Abby as she develops from an abacus, to a simple calculator, and then a computer.
Regional results -
35 - 1st place, 19 - 2nd place, 14 - 3rd place ribbons
State results- 2nd place Outstanding Middle School
23 - 1st place, 21 - 2nd place, 16 - 3rd place medals
National results
Career Prep/Interview - national qualifier
Children Stories - national qualifier
Leadership strategies - national qualifier
Prepared Speech - national qualifier
Problem Solving - national qualifier
TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, & Science) - National Qualifier
One of our students created a bookshelf resembling a tree. The branches were the shelves and the backdrop was painted with chalkboard paint, allowing the user to decorate it as they wished. It was a popular stopping point at the competition for attendees to include their artwork.
Regional results - 3rd place overall Outstanding Middle School
Naveen Cunha - Outstanding Middle School Teacher of Brazos Valley TSA
46 - 1st place, 31 - 2nd place, 24 - 3rd place ribbons
State results - 2nd place Outstanding Middle School
41 - 1st place, 38 - 2nd place, 15 - 3rd place medals
Dragster— Top 10 in Texas
Problem Solving— 2nd in Texas
Structural Engineering— Top 10 in Texas
TEAMS — 2nd in Texas
Technical Design— 2nd in Texas
National results
Dragster— National Qualifier
Problem Solving— 4th place in the NATION!
Structural Engineering— National Qualifier
TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, & Science)— National Qualifier
Technical Design— National Qualifier
Regional results
47-1st place, 39-2nd place, 34- 3rd place ribbons
State results - 2nd place Outstanding Middle School
31 - 1st place , 26 - 2nd place, 26 - 3rd place, 22 - 4th place, 22 - 5th place
career prep - Top 5 in the state
dragster- Top 5 in the state
essays on technology - 2nd in state
flight- 2nd in state
forensic technology - 3rd in state
leadership strategies - 1st in state
medical technology - 1st in state
problem solving - 1st in state
website - 3rd in state
technical design- 2nd in state
312 projects taken to regionals (most of any Middle School in the region)
276 projects advanced to the State competition in Ft. Worth on April 25th
167 of those 276 placed in the top 5!
National Results
TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, & Science) — 7th place in the nation Digital Media, 6th place in the nation Design and Build, 7th place Overall in the nation
Essays on Technology - 9th in the nation
Leadership Strategies - 7th in the nation
Flight - national qualifier
Forensic technology - national qualifier
Medical Technologies - national qualifier
Problem Solving - national qualifier
Technical Design - national qualifier
Website Design - national qualifier
Regional Results
1st place - 40 projects
2nd place - 26 projects
3rd place - 22 projects
4th place - 14 projects
5th place - 15 projects
So a total of 117 projects out of 179 had a top five finish. We were excited about taking projects to state as well as competing in new events such as VEX IQ. Several students were preparing for National Qualifying Events.
Our TEAMS team had the best success yet:
1st-multiple choice
1st-essay
1st-design and build
1st-STATE - automatically qualified for nationals
Due to Covid 19, the state and national competition did not take place. We look forward to continuing the success of SFA TSA next year.
In other exciting news, former SFA TSA president, Caroline McCall, was elected state TSA president. We are proud of ALL of our students and the leaders they are becoming.
Regional Results
1st place - 57 projects
2nd place - 32 projects
3rd place - 26 projects
4th place - 18 projects
5th place - 15 projects
State Results - State Champion Middle School Division 3, Middle School Chapter Excellence Award
1st - 41 projects
2nd - 28 projects
3rd - 23 projects
4th - 16 projects
5th - 14 projects
Our two TEAMS teams came in 1st & 2nd in state. The 1st place team automatically qualified for nationals. Unfortunately, TEAMS nationals did not take place this year due to COVID 19.
Nationals Results - TSA nationals happened virtually this year.
Technical Design - 4th place in the nation
VEX IQ - 1st in the nation
Regional Results - 2nd place overall in the middle school division
69 - 1st place
50 - 2nd place
26 - 3rd place
18 - 4th place
15 - 5th place
State Results - State Champion Middle School Division 3
42 1st place finishes
31 2nd place finishes
26 3rd place finishes
33 Top 5 finishes
Our two TEAMS teams came in 2nd and 3d in state. The 2nd place team was in the top 25 teams in the nation and qualified for the national competition.
Nationals Results (in the nation)
Coding - 2nd place
TEAMS - Presentation - 6th place
TEAMS - Design and Build - 8th place
Technical Design - 5th place
