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TSA Nationals: Shoreline Students Bring Home Multiple Top Awards

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TSA Nationals: Shoreline Students Bring Home Multiple Top Awards

Shoreline students from Cascade K-8 Community School, Shorecrest High School, and Shorewood High School competed at the 2025 National Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee! Over 9,000 middle and high school students from nearly every state and several other territories and countries competed in more than 70 events over this five-day conference.

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All Shoreline Students at TSA Nationals 2025

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All 2025 TSA National Trophies for Shoreline Schools Students

Shorewood's Results

The Shorewood High School TSA team brought 12 members to compete in the TSA National Competition. Shorewood competed nationally in 11 events (Board Games, Children’s Stories, Drone Challenge, Forensics, Future Tech Teacher, On Demand, Photo Technology, STEM Mass Media, Structural Design & Engineering, Tech Bowl, and Tech Problem Solving) and qualified for semi-finals in Children's Stories, Drone Challenge, and Structural Design.

Not only did all of these team events make the Top 10 finals, BUT Shorewood took home 1st place trophies in both Children's Stories and Drone Challenge, and Structures placed 4th in the nation! 

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2025 Shorewood High School TSA National Team

Back Row: Sam Hicks, Milo Clark, Eli Cady, Ben Irish, Evan Butler Velvet Wu, Angie Nouwens

Front Row: Shannon McMaster, Ava Hernandez, Yeva Gomilko, Reese Davison, Simona Tapia, Gegee Amalgan​​​

 

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Children's Stories Team with their 1st Place Trophy! (Velvet Wu, Gegee Amgalan, Reese Davison, and Coren Murphy not pictured)

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Drone Challenge Team Champions! (Eli Cady, Milo Clark, Evan Butler. Sam Hicks joined their team for Nationals)

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Structural Design & Engineering Team placed 4th in Nationals!! (Sam Hicks & Evan Butler)

Shorecrest's Results

Shorecrest High School brought 13 students who competed in a wide variety of technical events; Dragster Design, Drones Challenge, On Demand Video, Robotics Challenge, Senior Solar Sprint, STEM Mass Media, Structural Design and Engineering, Systems Control Technology, Technology Problem Solving, Video Game Design and Webmaster. 

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Shorecrest's TSA Nationals 2025 Team

Back row: Jenabel Towillis, Ian Ha, Jacob Ellis, Tom Dinell, Vyr Sterkowicz, Alex Lee, Brooks Murray

Front row: Advisor Kari Potter, Keegan Ellis, Cheng Hei Yuen, Thora Fish, Taryn Murray, Yuuma Jensen, Linzhi Chan, Advisor Emily Slack

Please congratulate Tom Dinell, Alex Lee, Brooks Murray and Vyr Sterkowicz who showed tremendous grit and resilience in the Drones Challenge, earning 3rd Place in the Nation. 

Additionally, please congratulate the following semi-finalists, who finished Top 12 in the Nation and finalists, who finished Top 10 in the Nation:

  • Flight Endurance – Cheng Hei Yuen - Finalist
  • Robotics Challenge - Tom Dinell, Jacob Ellis, Taryn Murray, Vyr Sterkowicz - Semi-Finalists
  • STEM Mass Media - Keegan Ellis, Yuuma Jensen, Jenabel Towillis - Finalists
  • Structural Design and Engineering - Ian Ha, Cheng Hei Yuen - Finalists
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Shorecrest Drone Challenge Team was 3rd at Nationals!

Vyr Sterkowicz, Tom Dinell, Alex Lee (Brooks Murray not pictured)​​​​​​

 

Cascade K-8 Community School's Results

Cascade K-8 Community School brought nine students who competed in nine team and individual events: Biotechnology, Career Prep, Community Service Video, Data Science and Analytics, Dragster, Forensic Technology, Inventions and Innovations, Problem-Solving, and Technical Design.

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2025 Cascade K-8 Community School Nationals Team

Left to Right: Tilly Jacobson, Zoe MacDicken, Stella Sullivan, Quinn Farrow, Ruqaiya Goriawalla, Dagny Lynn, Tierney McGinnis, and Olive Stieber.

Everyone worked very hard to prepare their projects for National competition, competing in some of their events against hundreds of students from all over the country.

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Tierney McGinnis, Dagny Lynn, and Olive Stieber, 1st Place in the nation with their Community Service Video

Tierney McGinnis, Dagny Lynn, and Olive Stieber took 1st Place in the nation with their Community Service Video about addressing food insecurity in their community by filling little free pantries and preparing meals for the homeless. The students also filled local little free libraries. They created a short film about their project.

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Olive Stieber, 6th place in Career Prep

Olive Stieber was a finalist in the Career Prep event, taking 6th place in the nation. 

 

 

 

 

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