Philadelphia Christian Academy wins Kansas BEST titles Philadelphia Christian Academy wins Kansas BEST titles

Philadelphia Christian Academy won the BEST Award and Game Award at the 19th annual Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event at Charles Koch Arena today (Saturday, Oct. 14). 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.

Teams advancing to the Regional Competition hosted by the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith at the Fort Smith Convention Center on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2, are Philadelphia Christian Academy, Valley Center High School, Circle High School, Wichita Homeschool, Augusta High School, Council Grove High School, Campus High School and Rock Creek High School.

Game Award
1st - Philadelphia Christian Academy
2nd - Valley Center High School
3rd - Circle High School
4th - Wichita Homeschool

BEST Award
1st - Philadelphia Christian Academy
2nd- Wichita Homeschool
3rd - Circle High School

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 other results from the 2017 Kansas BEST competition:

The Founders Award for Creative Design presented by Textron Aviation --

The Spirit AeroSystems Robust Award -- Philadelphia Christian Academy

The Software Design and Simulation Award -- Philadelphia Christian Academy
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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.