{"id":68015,"date":"2016-05-04T05:47:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T09:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68015"},"modified":"2016-05-03T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T01:00:44","slug":"holy-cross-academy-seniors-with-third-place-honors-in-annual-air-force-research-laboratory-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68015","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cross Academy seniors with third-place honors in annual Air Force Research Laboratory competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=68016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68016\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"AFRLaward\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-900x773.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFRLaward-400x344.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Two Holy Cross Academy seniors won third place honors overall in the eighth annual Air Force Research Laboratory Challenge Competition at the Griffiss Institute in Rome. Maggie Cummings and Kevin Lohr, together with HCA math teacher Michael Schepis attended the week-long STEM event during spring break last week.<\/p>\n<p>Teams from eight Central New York schools, including HCA, Oriskany, Westmoreland, New York Mills, Proctor of Utica, Brookfield, Frankfort-Schuyler, and Central Valley Academy competed to solve technical problems, with opportunities to attend lectures and <!--more-->demonstrations and work with hands-on projects. This year, the students worked on\u00a0cyber security\u00a0challenges and were judged on the creativity of their approach, whether their solutions achieved the goals\u00a0and the clarity of their presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Both Cummings and Lohr received new iPads as prizes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciated how the program gave students a chance to think outside the box on questions similar to what professionals encounter in the real world,\u201d said Schepis. \u201cThey were able to collaborate on open-ended challenges and work as a team. It\u2019s really a unique opportunity we have here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of Maggie and Kevin who were able to win third place competing against much larger schools,\u201d said Holy Cross Academy Principal Teri Maciag. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to have this excellent educational opportunity nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo caption:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Holy Cross Academy seniors won third place honors overall in the eighth annual Air Force Research Laboratory Challenge Competition at the Griffiss Institute in Rome. Maggie Cummings and Kevin Lohr, together with HCA math teacher Michael Schepis attended the week-long STEM event during spring break last week. Teams from eight Central New York schools, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}