Wichita Homeschool claims Kansas BEST titles Wichita Homeschool claims Kansas BEST titles

Wichita Homeschool won the BEST Award and Game Award at the 17th annual Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event at Hartman Arena today (Saturday, Oct. 31). BEST is designed to inspire and motivate students toward careers in engineering, science and technology.

Kansas BEST is sponsored by Wichita State University's College of Engineering.

By winning the competition, Wichita Homeschool automatically qualifies for the regional competition at the Frontier Trails Regional Competition hosted by the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith at the Fort Smith Convention Center Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5.

Also qualifying for the regional competition are Circle H.S., Panther Creek Academy, Campus H.S., Ambassadors for Christ Academy and Andale H.S.

Ambassadors for Christ Academy finished second in the game competition, Andale H.S. placed third and Campus H.S. finished fourth.

Circle H.S. finished second in the BEST Award and Campus H.S. took third.

The BEST Award is based on a project notebook, oral presentation, table display, interviews, and overall spirit and sportsmanship. The Game Award is based on the robot scoring points in the game competition.

Here are the other results from the 2015 Kansas BEST competition:

The Founders Award for Creative Design presented by Textron Aviation -- Circle H.S.

The Spirit AeroSystems Robust Machine Award -- Wichita Homeschool

The Software Design and Simulation Award -- Rose Hill H.S.

The WSU Sportsmanship Award -- Rose Hill H.S.
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Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, director of news and media relations at WSU, 316-204-8266 (cell) or 620-947-2464 (home) or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.