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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Science
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All-girl team from Rockford middle school wins national STEM competition
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A group of Rockford 6th graders has scored first place in the national Cal Ripken Sr. STEM Challenge. The all-girl Team Zip Zoom is from Marshall Middle School, including Victoria McCallister, Adalia Moyer, Zoe Fosse, Ophelila McClellan, and Lydia Ruffner. 'We really got introduced to this challenge by our teacher, who, like, told us about it, and we were interested in it. So we were like, 'Let's give this a shot,'' said Zoe. The competition challenges teams from around the nation to create a device that helps reduce pollution or cleans up the environment. 'We drew a lot of inspiration from our experiences with the Rock River and all of the other rivers in town,' said Ophelia. The team created a 4-step process to address shoreline pollution. 'The first part is Ziggy, our mascot. The next step is Zip, which is a drone that has a light on the bottom so it can locate any trash or shoreline pollution. Zoom is a rover that we built. Its job is to collect the trash that was located by Zip, the drone. Zap is a recycling center that will recycle the trash brought in by Zoom,' the group explained. When the team learned they would be advancing to the final competition in Baltimore, Maryland, what started as a fun lunchtime activity became more serious. 'I think, before, our goals were just like, 'How will we just try and get as far as we can?' But once we learned that we were going to Baltimore, we were like, 'Let's win this thing!'' Ophelia said. They ended up securing first place in the competition. 'It also felt kind of like surreal because like the other groups also got this far and it was actually really awesome to have like the entire giant board, just like applauding, showing that kids are awesome,' Victoria said. Teacher and Coach Stacey Wallace said the competition helped all the girls grow as engineers. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Troopers looking for missing Marshall teen
MARSHALL, Mich. (WOOD) — Troopers are asking the public for help finding a missing 14-year-old Marshall girl. The Michigan State Police said 14-year-old Caidee Christine Yarbro was reported missing after she didn't return home after leaving Marshall Middle School on Friday. She was last heard from by friends around 5 p.m. on Snapchat, saying that she was in the Albion area. She didn't say where she was or who she was with. MSP said she is described as 5 feet 2 inches, 115 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a nose ring. She was last seen wearing a black Marshall cheer sweatshirt, black leggings and black Croc shoes. She may have had a pink Nike backpack. Anyone with information is asked to call the MSP Marshall Post at 269.558.0500 or Crime Stoppers at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- General
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Rockford Public Schools look to train the next generation of pilots
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Students at Marshall Middle School could have the chance to simulate flying high in the sky in the comfort of their own campus. The donation of the flight simulators to Rockford Public Schools came after Project Lead The Way Teacher Stacy Wallace was taking aviation lessons, and (SIA) encouraged her to apply for a flight simulator donation. Students at Jefferson High School already have access to an aviation simulator. Students lined the halls to try out the brand-new flight simulator during lunch on Wednesday. 'I mean, this flight simulator from day one, it was installed first thing in the morning on a Thursday,' said Jefferson High School Engineering and Computer Science Teacher Craig Stenberg. 'From the next hour and every day, this has been getting lines of students to fly.' Many of the students most interested are part of the school's aerial robotics club. Thanks to the simulator, club members can graduate from flying drones to seeing what it is like to pilot an aircraft. 'As the weather gets a little bit warmer, we'll be heading outside, and you know, after they've done a little bit of [flying] on the flight simulator, they'll be able to try flying,' said Stenberg. 'You know, one of our little model airplanes out out of the backfield.' One flight instructor said he wished he had the opportunity to do the same when he was a student. 'I think if there's one regret I were to have, it would be that I didn't get started at an earlier age,' said Poplar Grove Airport flight Instructor Tevor Connors. 'So getting the opportunity to start at the age of 15, 16 and 17 just kind of helps speed up that process overall.' Even if a student is not interested in flying an aircraft, there are tons of other opportunities available. 'We have a maintenance team and a shop that we're standing in right now. There's pretty much a million different things you can do in aviation,' said Connors. 'You could be an airport manager. There's tons of opportunities, even if the flying portion isn't for you.' The donation of another flying simulator for Marshall Middle School was in committee on March 1st, and the vote to approve the donation will be held on March 15th. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
