Good luck to our STEAM Tank teams from Lafayette and Randall Carter as they head to Atlantic City to compete in the final round in the Second Annual STEAM Tank competition co-sponsored by the New Jersey School Board Association and the US Army. Last spring, teams of students at all nine elementary schools worked with their enrichment specialists to identify a situation that needs resolution and to develop a way to solve the problem. They submitted their ideas to the STEAM Tank competition.

The NJSBA received over 200 submissions and selected 15 teams to compete at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in May. Teams from Lafayette, JFK, and Randall Carter pitched their original invention ideas to a panel of judges, Shark Tank style. After presenting in the regional competition, the teams from Lafayette and Randall Carter were selected to advance to the state finals and will present their ideas at the NJSBA conference in Atlantic City on October 25. The students have been using the problem-solving process and developing their public speaking in order to prepare for the final competition where they will present their inventions. The Lafayette team will be pitching their idea for Music Sheetz, a digital automatic sheet music page turner, and Randall Carter will be pitching an elaborate dog bed with several comfort and safety features.

Winners will be announced in November. Good luck Lafayette and Randall Carter!