RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS FUTURE CITY TEAM ON A SUCCESSFUL 2021 COMPETITION
WHEREAS, The Queen of All Saints Future City Team, Artemis, placed third overall in the Illinois Regional Competition and received numerous special awards; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has been informed of this joyous occasion by the Honorable Samantha Nugent, Alderman of the 39th Ward; and
WHEREAS, The Future City Competition is a project-based program where students in grades 6 through 8 are challenged to be innovative and creative to imagine, research, design, and build cities ofthe future; and
WHEREAS, The Future City Competition's 2021 challenge was "A Waste-Free Future" which asked teams to use the principles of a circular economy to design a futuristic, waste-free city; and
WHEREAS, The Queen of All Saints Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher, Mrs. Kara Jackson, supported and mentored the students through the project and competition process; and
WHEREAS, The Queen of All Saints team, consisting of 8th grader Connolly Nugent, and 7th graders Joshua Almendras, Emily Fitzgerald, Alicia Hourihane, Anthony (Ty) Linn, Catherine Murphy, and Christopher Murphy, entered the competition; and
WHEREAS, The students worked together and learned how to use the engineering design process to.solve real-world problems, develop skills for effective teamwork, and practice communication and public speaking; and
WHEREAS, The team's hard work and dedication paid off with them placing third overall in the Illinois Regional Competition and receiving numerous awards including: the Most Innovative Pollution Mitigation and/or Recycled Material Feature award; the Water Resources award; the Best Use of High Rise Buildings award; the Outstanding Use of High Rise Buildings award; the Outstanding Use of Circular Economy Principles award; and the Innovation in Transportation award; and
WHEREAS, The 39th Ward is proud of team Artemis, Mrs. Kara Jackson and the Queen of Al...
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