300 Schools Advance in Samsung’s National STEM Competition
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced the 300 State Finalists in the annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, a $3 million* nationwide competition that challenges students to creatively use STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills to address a community challenge. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this 2019-2020 school year, the competition fosters critical thinking and creative problem solving skills among thousands of students across the country as 6-12 grade classrooms are tasked with solving a challenge impacting their community.This year, teachers nationwide submitted creative and strategic proposals to solve current problems, such as environmental issues, reducing the carbon footprint, mental health, vaping and student safety. Throughout the next month, each of the 300 State Finalists will engage their community and conduct field visits to gain firsthand knowledge of the issue, evolving their initial proposals into a detailed project plan to be executed this school year.
“Since launching the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest a decade ago, we’ve seen students tackle some of the biggest issues facing their generation and this year is no different,” said Ann Woo, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America. “From suicide prevention to single use plastic alternatives, teachers and students are stepping up to creatively address these important issues head-on. We’re thrilled to congratulate the State Finalists of the 10th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest and look forward to seeing these STEM projects progress in the coming months.”
Selected from a pool of more than 2,000 entries nationwide, the 300 State Finalists will each receive a Samsung tablet for their classroom. Each State Finalist also has the opportunity to advance through future phases of the contest to win additional prizes and educational opportunities. The remaining phases of the competition include:
- 100 State Winner schools will advance in the contest and receive $15,000 in technology and classroom materials as well as a video kit to help showcase their project.
- 20 National Finalist schools will be selected to travel to the pitch event in the spring where they will present their project to a panel of judges. For achieving National Finalist status, schools will receive $50,000 in technology and classroom materials.
- Five National Grand Prize-winning schools will receive $100,000 in technology and classroom materials, and a trip to Washington, D.C. to present their projects to members of Congress.
- Public voting will also determine one Community Choice winner from the pool of National Finalists, who will be eligible to win an additional $10,000 in Samsung technology.
In celebration of the 10th year of Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung expanded the program to award more schools and provide more resources – including increasing the prize pool by $1 million. Previously, the contest awarded 250 State Finalists – five schools from each state. This year, 50 additional schools have been named State Finalists, with at least five schools recognized as State Finalists in each state.**
Schools from across the U.S., from Alaska to Florida, answered the call for submissions in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, including submissions from several academies for young women as well as a specialty school for the deaf and blind.
Since its inception in 2010, the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest has awarded $15 million in Samsung technology and classroom materials to more than 2,200 public schools in the United States.
For a full list of state finalist schools, please visit www.samsung.com/solve or follow on Instagram @SolveForTomorrow. For official rules and judging criteria, click here.
School Name | School City | School State |
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Nenana City School | Nenana | AK |
Ryan Middle School | Fairbanks | AK |
Chugiak High School | Chugiak | AK |
Tanana Middle School | Fairbanks | AK |
Mt. Edgecumbe High School | Sitka | AK |
North Pole Middle School | North Pole | AK |
Sheffield High School | Sheffield | AL |
Northridge Middle School | Tuscaloosa | AL |
Florence High School | Florence | AL |
Fairhope Intermediate School | Fairhope | AL |
Haleyville Center of Technology | Haleyville | AL |
Hartselle High School | Hartselle | AL |
Hewitt-Trussville High School | Trussville | AL |
Hoover High School | Hoover | AL |
Lakeside High School | Hot Springs | AR |
Central High School | Little Rock | AR |
Beebe Junior High School | Beebe | AR |
George Junior High School | Springdale | AR |
Don Tyson School of Innovation | Springdale | AR |
Sonora Middle School | Springdale | AR |
Snowflake Junior High School | Snowflake | AZ |
Blue Ridge Junior High School | Lakeside | AZ |
Sacaton Middle School | Sacaton | AZ |
Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky | Phoenix | AZ |
Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky | Phoenix | AZ |
Sierra Verde Elementary School | Glendale | AZ |
Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon | CA |
Weber Institute | Stockton | CA |
Port of Los Angeles High School | San Pedro | CA |
Cordova High School | Rancho Cordova | CA |
Alameda High School | Alameda | CA |
Santiago High School | Corona | CA |
Palm Middle School | Moreno Valley | CA |
Chawanakee Academy Charter | O'Neals | CA |
Garey High School | Pomona | CA |
Isaac Newton Graham Middle School | Mountain View | CA |
North Hollywood Senior High School | North Hollywood | CA |
Foothill High School | Pleasanton | CA |
Westminster High School | Westminster | CA |
Burlington High School | Burlington | CO |
Center High School | Center | CO |
Casey Middle School | Boulder | CO |
Northglenn High School | Northglenn | CO |
Pueblo County High School | Pueblo | CO |
West Middle School | Colorado Springs | CO |
Enfield High School | Enfield | CT |
East Lyme High School | East Lyme | CT |
Ponus Ridge Middle School | Norwalk | CT |
Waterbury Career Academy | Waterbury | CT |
Shepaug Valley School | Washington | CT |
Millsboro Middle School | Millsboro | DE |
Concord High School | Wilmington | DE |
Sussex Central High School | Georgetown | DE |
Brandywine High School | Wilmington | DE |
Newark Charter School | Newark | DE |
International Studies Preparatory Academy | Coral Gables | FL |
Imagine Schools Lakewood Ranch | Bradenton | FL |
iPrep Academy | Miami | FL |
Young Men's Preparatory Academy | Miami | FL |
Northeast High School | Oakland Park | FL |
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School | Doral | FL |
Strawberry Crest High School | Dover | FL |
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy | Atlanta | GA |
Meadowcreek High School | Norcross | GA |
Marietta High School | Marietta | GA |
Richmond Hill Middle School | Richmond Hill | GA |
Cooper Middle School | Austell | GA |
Kauai High School | Lihue | HI |
Waiakea High School | Hilo | HI |
Maui Waena Intermediate School | Kahului | HI |
Moanalua High School | Honolulu | HI |
Kalani High School | Honolulu | HI |
Sioux City Career Academy | Sioux City | IA |
Ottumwa High School | Ottumwa | IA |
Lewis Central Middle School | Council Bluffs | IA |
Central High School | Davenport | IA |
Wilton Junior Senior High School | Wilton | IA |
Oakley Junior Senior High School | Oakley | ID |
Emmett High School | Emmett | ID |
Vision Charter School | Caldwell | ID |
Ernest Hemingway STEAM School | Ketchum | ID |
Vision Charter School | Caldwell | ID |
Frazier International Magnet School | Chicago | IL |
Woodlawn Middle School | Long Grove | IL |
Monticello Middle School | Monticello | IL |
Community District 99 - South High School | Downer Grove | IL |
Willowbrook High School | Villa Park | IL |
Guion Creek Middle School | Indianapolis | IN |
Maconaquah Middle School | Bunker Hill | IN |
Goshen High School | Goshen | IN |
Center Grove High School | Greenwood | IN |
Richmond High School | Richmond | IN |
Gardner Edgerton High School | Gardner | KS |
Garden City High School | Garden City | KS |
Jackson Heights High School | Soldier | KS |
Goddard High School | Goddard | KS |
Fredonia Junior Senior High School | Fredonia | KS |
Maize High School | Maize | KS |
Marshall County High School | Benton | KY |
Daviess County High School | Owensboro | KY |
Ashland Middle School | Ashland | KY |
Pikeville High School | Pikeville | KY |
Paul G. Blazer High School | Ashland | KY |
Barren County High School | Glasgow | KY |
Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies | Metairie | LA |
Central Middle School | Gonzales | LA |
Livonia High School | Livonia | LA |
Edna Karr High School | New Orleans | LA |
Southern University Lab School | Baton Rouge | LA |
ENLACE at Lawrence High School | Lawrence | MA |
Randolph Community Middle School | Randolph | MA |
Southbridge Middle School | Southbridge | MA |
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Acton | MA |
KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School | Lynn | MA |
Columbia Heights Education Campus | Washington D.C. | MD |
Applications and Research Laboratory | Ellicott City | MD |
North East Middle School | North East | MD |
Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women | Baltimore | MD |
James McHenry Elementary & Middle School | Baltimore | MD |
Green Street Academy | Baltimore | MD |
Noble Middle School | North Berwick | ME |
Frank H. Harrison Middle School | Yarmouth | ME |
Saco Middle School | Saco | ME |
Scarborough Middle School | Scarborough | ME |
Noble High School | North Berwick | ME |
Holt Senior High School | Holt | MI |
Troy High School | Troy | MI |
Comstock STEM Academy | Kalamazoo | MI |
Washtenaw International Middle Academy | Ypsilanti | MI |
Schoolcraft High School | Schoolcraft | MI |
New Century Academy | Hutchinson | MN |
Washington Technology Magnet School | St. Paul | MN |
Byron Middle School | Byron | MN |
Edgerton Elementary School | Maplewood | MN |
Shakopee Senior High School | Shakopee | MN |
Bakersfield High School | Bakersfield | MO |
Monett Middle School | Monett | MO |
Hixson Middle School | Webster Groves | MO |
Republic Middle School | Republic | MO |
Holden Middle School | Holden | MO |
Center Middle School | Kansas City | MO |
Gulfport High School | Gulfport | MS |
North Panola Vocational Comp | Como | MS |
Neshoba Central Middle School | Philadelphia | MS |
Warren Central High School | Vicksburg | MS |
Ackerman Elementary School | Ackerman | MS |
New Albany Middle School | New Albany | MS |
Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind | Great Falls | MT |
Lewistown Junior High School | Lewistown | MT |
Polson Middle School | Polson | MT |
Hellgate High School | Missoula | MT |
Simms High School | Simms | MT |
Whitefish MIddle School | Whitefish | MT |
Thomas Jefferson Middle School | Winston-Salem | NC |
Swann Middle School | Greensboro | NC |
East Duplin High School | Beulaville | NC |
North Carolina School of Science and Math | Durham | NC |
Sallie B. Howard School | Wilson | NC |
Holly Grove Middle School | Holly Springs | NC |
New Town Middle School | New Town | ND |
Northern Cass High School | Hunter | ND |
Northern Cass High School | Hunter | ND |
Valley Middle School | Grand Forks | ND |
Northwood High School | Northwood | ND |
Weeping Water High School | Weeping Water | NE |
Bryan High School | Omaha | NE |
Chase County High School | Imperial | NE |
Gering High School | Gering | NE |
Dawes Middle School | Lincoln | NE |
Elm Street Middle School | Nashua | NH |
Pembroke Academy | Pembroke | NH |
Merrimack Valley High School | Penacook | NH |
Gorham High School | Gorham | NH |
Nashua High School South | Nashua | NH |
Hasbrouck Heights Middle School | Hasbrouck Heights | NJ |
Bergenfield High School | Bergenfield | NJ |
Thirteenth Avenue School | Newark | NJ |
PS 28 Christa McAuliffe | Jersey City | NJ |
School 8 | Paterson | NJ |
Belleville High School | Belleville | NJ |
Wallington Junior Senior High School | Wallington | NJ |
Henry Hudson Regional School | Highlands | NJ |
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School | Upper Saddle River | NJ |
Bayonne High School | Bayonne | NJ |
Santa Teresa High School | Santa Teresa | NM |
Mescalero Apache High School | Mescalero | NM |
Ojo Amarillo Elementary School | Fruitland | NM |
Taos Academy | Taos | NM |
Capitan High School | Capitan | NM |
Foothill High School | Henderson | NV |
Edward C. Reed High School | Sparks | NV |
Lied STEM Academy | Las Vegas | NV |
James Cashman Middle School | Las Vegas | NV |
Ed W. Clark High School | Las Vegas | NV |
Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics | New York | NY |
Brentwood High School | Brentwood | NY |
Wellsville Secondary School | Wellsville | NY |
Digital Arts & Cinema Technology High School | Brooklyn | NY |
Niagara Falls High School | Niagara Falls | NY |
North Rockland High School | Thiells | NY |
Liberty Avenue Middle School | Brooklyn | NY |
Community Health Academy of the Heights | New York | NY |
Bayside High School | Bayside | NY |
Orchard Park Middle School | Orchard Park | NY |
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School | Port Washington | NY |
Chesapeake High School | Chesapeake | OH |
Fairfield High School | Fairfield | OH |
Beachwood High School | Beachwood | OH |
Green High School | Uniontown | OH |
Shaw High School | East Cleveland | OH |
Carl Albert Middle School | Midwest City | OK |
Wewoka Middle School | Wewoka | OK |
Hugo Middle School | Hugo | OK |
Gracemont High School | Gracemont | OK |
Cache High School | Cache | OK |
West Salem High School | Salem | OR |
Ponderosa Middle School | Klamath Falls | OR |
Clear Creek Middle School | Gresham | OR |
Sisters Middle School | Sisters | OR |
St. Helens Middle School | St. Helens | OR |
South Hills Middle School | Pittsburgh | PA |
Tunkhannock Middle School | Tunkhannock | PA |
Central Mountain High School | Mill Hall | PA |
Linglestown Middle School | Harrisburg | PA |
Berwick High School | Berwick | PA |
Cochranton Junior Senior High School | Cochranton | PA |
Mt. Hope High School | Bristol | RI |
Lincoln Senior High School | lincoln | RI |
Davies Career-Tech High School | Lincoln | RI |
Nathanael Greene Middle School | Providence | RI |
Middletown High School | Middletown | RI |
Mid-Carolina Middle School | Prosperity | SC |
Nation Ford High School | Fort Mill | SC |
Ocean Bay Middle School | Myrtle Beach | SC |
Military Magnet Academy | North Charleston | SC |
Hillcrest Middle School | Dalzell | SC |
Richland Two Institute of Innovation | Columbia | SC |
Starr-Iva Middle School | Starr | SC |
Oldham-Ramona High School | Ramona | SD |
Newell Middle School | Newell | SD |
Edmunds Central High School | Roscoe | SD |
Watertown High School | Watertown | SD |
Mitchell Middle School | Mitchell | SD |
Central Magnet School | Murfreesboro | TN |
Cleveland High School | Cleveland | TN |
Oakdale School | Oakdale | TN |
Discovery School | Murfreesboro | TN |
Williamson County Schools | Franklin | TN |
Loftis Middle School | Hixson | TN |
Cypress Ridge High School | Houston | TX |
School of Science and Engineering | Dallas | TX |
Dickinson High School | Dickinson | TX |
George Bush High School | Richmond | TX |
Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center | Garland | TX |
Briarhill Middle School | Highland Village | TX |
Houston Academy | Houston | TX |
Sachse High School | Sachse | TX |
Porter High School | Porter | TX |
School of Science and Technology | Corpus Christi | TX |
Young Women's Leadership Academy | San Antonio | TX |
Richfield High School | Richfield | UT |
Nebo Advanced Learning Center | Salem | UT |
Mountain Heights Academy | West Jordan | UT |
West Bountiful Elementary School | West Bountiful | UT |
Jordan Academy for Technology & Careers South | Riverton | UT |
Valley Elementary School | Eden | UT |
Great Bridge High School | Chesapeake | VA |
Deep Creek Middle School | Chesapeake | VA |
George P. Phenix Elementary School | Hampton | VA |
Loudoun Valley High School | Purcellville | VA |
Halley Elementary School | Fairfax Station | VA |
Thomas Hunter Middle School | Mathews | VA |
Harrisonburg High School: Governor's STEM Academy | Harrisonburg | VA |
Harwood Union High School | Moretown | VT |
Burlington High School | Burlington | VT |
St. Albans City School | St. Albans | VT |
Hartford High School | White River Junction | VT |
Essex High School | Essex Junction | VT |
Lynden Middle School | Lynden | WA |
Sacajawea Middle School | Spokane | WA |
Toledo Middle School | Toledo | WA |
Ocean Shores Elementary School | Ocean Shores | WA |
Goodman Middle School | Gig Harbor | WA |
River Valley High School | Spring Green | WI |
Rhinelander High School | Rhinelander | WI |
Omro High School | Omro | WI |
Wisconsin School For the Blind and Visually Impaired | Janesville | WI |
Washington Island Elementary School | Washington Island | WI |
Omro High School | Omro | WI |
Morgantown High School | Morgantown | WV |
Pineville Middle School | Pineville | WV |
Pineville Middle School | Pineville | WV |
Herbert Hoover High School | Elkview | WV |
Wayne High School | Wayne | WV |
Wyoming County Career & Technical Center | Pineville | WV |
Newcastle High School | Newcastle | WY |
Powell High School | Powell | WY |
CY Middle School | Casper | WY |
Evanston High School | Evanston | WY |
Central High School | Cheyenne | WY |