TSA Team Competes at State

The Jasper County Technology Student Association (TSA) team traveled to Athens recently to compete in the TSA State Leadership Conference held at the Classic Center.

Students competed in the following categories, technology bowl, music production, animatronics, vex robotics, children’s story, dragster-co2 car, and technology problem solving.

The group competing in the technology bowl placed third and included (bottom photo, left to right) Jacob Bell, Cameron Whitener and Levi Ford. The trio has qualified to compete in Dallas, Texas for the National TSA Conference in June.

The music production group of Cameron Whitener, Levi Ford, Jacob Bell and Madison Fish placed sixth.

The animatronics group, Alina Jablonski and Zoe Arena, placed tenth.

There were 160 schools competing in these events and the Jasper County team placed 42nd overall.

The TSA team has been working on some of these projects, especially vex robotics since the beginning of the school year, meeting as early as 7:30 a.m. for four days a week.

Dedicated exclusively to students enrolled in engineering and technology education pathway programs. TSA chapters prepare students to be successful inventors, designers, creative problem solvers, responsible citizens and leaders in a technological society.

The TSA is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of students interested in technology. This club is offered at Jasper County High School under the supervision of Mr. Gary Cooper.

Students attending the vent included Levi Ford, Alina Jablonski, Stephen Arena, Zoe Arena, Madison Fish, Tyler Cooper, Daniel Cronan, Christian Parr, Cameron Whitener, Jacob Bell and Jamari Myrick.