(LEXINGTON, KY) – Nearly 21,000 students, educators, volunteers, community members and parents gathered at the Central Bank Center in Lexington on March 27 to watch students from across the state showcase their knowledge at the 2024 STLP State Championship.
Each year, students representing schools from all corners of Kentucky demonstrate what they can do with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). Students take part in Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) competition areas – including robotics, coding, web design and newscasting – uniting bright minds from diverse backgrounds and communities.
All photos were taken by Joe Ragusa, information officer supervisor at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE).
Students from Jessamine County play a robot soccer game in the Robot World exhibit at the 2024 STLP State Championship.
A young student plays a version of Operation in the Robot World exhibit.
A volunteer in the STLP Robot World exhibit helps a student operate one of the robotic games.
Interim Commissioner of Education Robin Fields Kinney speaks with student volunteers.
KDE Associate Commissioner David Couch speaks with students from John M. Stumbo Elementary School (Floyd County) about their project on vaping during the 2024 STLP State Championship.
A student with Spencer County plays with the virtual reality exhibit presented by KET Education.
A young student plays a robotic version of Mario Kart at the Robot World exhibit.
Students compete against each other in the Robot Cross Out competition.
Students from Ignite Institute (Boone County) show off a game they programmed as part of the 2024 STLP State Championship.
A STLP judge tries out a virtual reality game called Phoenix Motion by students at the Floyd County School of Innovation.
Referees of the Robo Challenge Xtreme competition explain the rules to a student from Bell County.
KDE Chief Digital Officer Marty Park high fives students as they receive an award during the awards presentation ceremony.
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