[January 03, 2019] |
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50 Schools Nationwide Named State Winners in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest
Samsung (News - Alert) Electronics America, Inc. today announced the 50* state winners
in the Samsung
Solve for Tomorrow Contest - a
nationwide competition that challenges students to inspire change in
their local communities by developing solutions to complex issues using
STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. Each state
winner will receive $20,000 in technology and will advance in the next
phase of the contest to compete for additional prizes and educational
opportunities.
Selected from thousands of entries nationwide, teachers submitted
detailed lesson plans illustrating how they plan to develop and execute
their projects over the coming months. This year classrooms identified
issues that are unique to their communities - such as contaminated
water, emergency relief in the face of natural disasters, and access to
proper food and resources - as well as critical societal issues that are
impacting classrooms nationwide, such as the topics of mental health,
school shootings, vaping, bullying, homelessness, and veteran care.
"The scale and importance of the issues addressed in this year's contest
reflect how students are taking responsibility for their role as change
agents for the future," said Ann Woo, senior director of corporate
citizenship, Samsung Electronics America. "These state winners and
trailblazing teachers and students are taking action to create tangible
solutions and promote positive change. Samsung is proud to support their
vision for a brighter future and looks forward to seeing how they will
use imagination and creativity with complex technologies such as VR and
3D printing to bring these projects to life."
The state winners will now use their new Samsung video kit prize package
to submit a three-minute video that showcases their project from
planning to execution, while demonstrating its application to solve the
identified issue.
Schools have until February to work on their projects and submi their
video in hopes of advancing in the contest to proceed through the
following remaining phases:
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10 national finalists will be selected to travel to the National
Finalist Pitch Event in the spring to present their project to a panel
of judges. For achieving national finalist status, seven of these
schools will receive a $50,000 Samsung technology package while the
remaining three will be named national grand prize winners.
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The three national grand prize winners will receive $100,000 in
classroom technology and supplies.
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The general public will elect one Community Choice winner from the
pool of national finalists who will be eligible to win an additional
$10,000 in Samsung technology.
The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest was created to encourage
innovation among young students while addressing the technology gap in
classrooms across the country. Since its inception in 2009, the contest
has provided more than $23 million in technology to more than 1,700
schools nationwide.
For a full list of state winner schools, please visit www.samsung.com/solve
or follow on Instagram @SolveForTomorrow.
For official rules and judging criteria, click
here.
*Includes all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Schools from Maryland
and Washington, D.C. were eligible for the Maryland/D.C. State Winner
award.
About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Samsung Electronics America,
Inc. (SEA), is a recognized innovative leader in consumer electronics,
mobile devices and enterprise solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA is pushing beyond the limits of
today's technology and providing consumers and organizations with a
portfolio of groundbreaking products in appliances, home entertainment,
Internet of Things, mobile computing, smartphones, virtual reality,
wireless infrastructure and wearables, in addition to offering leading
content and services related to mobile payments, 360-degree VR video,
customer support and more. Samsung is a pioneering leader in smartphones
and HDTVs in the U.S. and one of America's fastest growing home
appliance brands. To discover more about Samsung, please visit www.samsung.com.
For the latest Samsung news, please visit news.samsung.com/us and
follow us @SamsungNewsUS.

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