[♪♪] >> STLP!

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] YES!

YES!

MY FRIENDS, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME.

WHAT A GREAT WELCOME TO THE STLP 2023 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS YOU MADE IT TO RUPP.

GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] WE ARE LIVE COMING INTO YOUR HOMES.

EVERYONE WAS HERE TODAY.

WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOW UP TODAY AND WE ARE PUMPED WE GET TO SHARE THIS STLP PROJECT AND CHALLENGE AWARDS WITH ALL OF YOU, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING YOU UP TO THE STAGE AND HOPEFULLY MANY AND MANY OF YOU WILL BE WALKING AWAY WITH TROPHIES AND BE STLP STATE CHAMPIONS TONIGHT.

WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE TO BE BACK AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER HERE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TODAY.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT AND LOTS OF PEOPLE TO GET UP ON THE STAGE.

BECAUSE IF STLP IS ABOUT ANYTHING, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING YOU.

IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING HOW YOU ARE LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY, HOW YOU ARE HELPING YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH TECHNOLOGY AND ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU ARE LEARNING ALL ABOUT AND EVEN CREATING.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SOMEONE WHO IS WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

HE IS THE ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION FOR THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND I WANT YOU TO MEET HIM HE IS MY FRIEND, Mr. DAVID COUCH.

GIVE HIM A WARM WELCOME.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] >> WELCOME TO RUPP ARENA!

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF KENTUCKY.

THAT WE RENTED OUT THE LEXINGTON CENTRAL BANK CENTER AT RUPP ARENA JUST FOR YOU.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] TODAY IS THE LARGEST EVENT EVER HELD IN A LEXINGTON CENTRAL BANK CENTER.

YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] TODAY, TODAY IS THE LARGEST STATE COMPETITION OF ANY KIND IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] THAT INCLUDES ACADEMIC, SPORTS AND CLUBS THIS IS THE LARGEST THAT EVER HAPPENED IN KENTUCKY HISTORY AND YOU ARE PART OF IT.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] SO HOW MANY OF YOU TODAY RAISE YOUR HAND, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY?

RAISE YOUR HAND.

HOW MANY OF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN RUPP ARENA, RAISE YOUR HAND?

AND THAT'S PART OF WHY WE DO THIS AND WE'VE DONE IT FOR QUITE A WHILE IS TO BREAK THOSE BARRIERS.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE GIRLS AND BOYS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS HELD RIGHT HERE.

IN FACT I WAS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.

WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE TODAY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THAT AND NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED THE SAME WAY.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] OUR STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ALWAYS MY MOST ENJOYABLE AND FAVORITE WORKDAY OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS MY 31ST YEAR WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ATECHNOLOGY AND THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

OUR ROLE FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS IS BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT PLUGS INTO ELECTRICITY, THE INTERNET, DATA VOICE AND DATA AND DIGITAL WHICH INCLUDES DIGITAL CREATION, CONTENT, LEARNING AND STLP.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE KENTUCKY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM IN 1992, KENTUCKY K-12 HAS BEEN THE PIONEER AND NATIONAL LEADER IN MOST ASPECTS OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY.

FOR EXAMPLE, KENTUCKY WAS THE VERY FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO EVERY DISTRICT EVERY CLASSROOM, AND EVERY SCHOOL.

AND WE DID THAT IN THE MID-1990s.

KENTUCKY'S ALSO THE NATIONAL LEADER IN CLOUD BASED COMPUTING AND KENTUCKY HAS THE LARGEST AND BEST STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN THE NATION.

CHEER DHARY [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS THE 29TH YEAR OF STLP.

STLP IS THE SHOWCASE OF THE VALUE OF TECHNOLOGY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AND THROUGH THIS EVENT AND THROUGH YOUR REGIONAL COMPETITIONS I HOPE YOU REALIZE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND ABILITIES ARE JUST AS GOOD AS OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AND OF THIS NATION.

AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF STLP'S BEST YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S VERY BEST.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] THE PART I'VE ENJOYED IS YOUR PROJECTS FOCUSED ON HELPING YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS YOUR TEACHERS YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR COMMUNITY BIGGER THAN ONESELF.

THIS IS THE 16TH YEAR OF OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE USED TO HAVE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 16 YEARS AGO WE STARTED THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND CHOSE IT TO BE RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE 60,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF STLP.

AND WE HAD OVER 13,000 STUDENTS HERE TODAY COMPETING.

OVER 13,000.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] AND WE HAD A LOT OF ADULTS HERE, TOO.

OVER 3,000 FOR SURE.

PROBABLY ANOTHER COUPLE THOUSAND.

WE'VE HAD CLOSE TO 20,000 PART OF STLP TODAY.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] SO THIS JOURNEY BEGAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH 2500 STLP TEAM ENTRIES.

AND REGIONAL COMPETITIONS.

WE HAD 630 PROJECTS COMPETED TODAY.

TOWARD THE END OF THIS WE WILL IDENTIFY THE TOP 90 PROJECTS IN KENTUCKY AND THEN I WILL IDENTIFY THE TERRIFIC TOP 20, AND THEN I WILL IDENTIFY THE ELITE EIGHT AND THEN I WILL IDENTIFY OUR FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'LL HAVE ONE CALLED THE DAVID SIGNIFICANTLER AWARD FOR THE BEST TECHNOLOGY PROJECT.

KENTUCKY WAS THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO ALL VEHICLES AND DAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTLER HELPED ME DO THAT BACK IN THE 90s.

OUR STATE CHAMPIONS THREE OF OUR STATE CHAMPIONS WILL HAVE THEIR WAY PAID TO THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION A CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA ON JUNE 25-28.

WE'LL FULLY PAY FOR THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL PAY FOR THAT TRIP FOR THE AWARDEES.

THE AWARD WILL BE SELECTED TO GO SOME PLACE ELSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

YOU MENTIONED KT KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IS BROADCASTING THROUGH THE INTERNET ON TV AND KET'S KENTUCKY CHANNEL.

SAY HI TO THEM AGAIN.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] I WANT YOU TO ENJOY THE MOMENT AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED.

YOUR SCHOOL ANNOUNCED AND SHOWING UP ON THE BIG SCREEN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR MAKING TO THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE GROUP I WANT TO THANK.

THERE IS A GROUP THAT HELPS MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY HAPPEN FOR THE YOUNGSTERS ACROSS THE STATE.

YOUR STLP COACHES YOUR TECHNOLOGY STAFF AND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] THE 3,000 VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE HERE TODAY.

THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY STAFF.

STATE AGENCIES AND BY THE WAY, YOUR PARENTS.

MAKE SURE YOU THANK THEM.

ALSO WANT TO THANK THE RUPP ARENA TEAM AND THE KET TEAM.

SO ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE START...

I WANT THE AUDIENCE TO HEAR YOU CHAT ONE THING, STLP.

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

STLP!

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

LET'S HEAR ONE MORE TIME FOR Mr. COUCH.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

SO FOR EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING AT HOME YOU ARE GOING TO SEE US TRY TO ORGANIZE THIS ENTIRE ARENA OF STUDENTS TO COME DOWN TO THE STAGE SO THEY CAN GET THEIR AWARDS.

FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF.

A LITTLE BIT AGO I SAID WHEN YOUR NAME POPS UP ON THE SCREEN, LIKE SO, DON'T COME OVER HERE.

I WANT YOU TO DO TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE.

GO OVER TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE WHEN WE SEE YOUR NAME LIKE FOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE KY GO PLAY INNOVATOR TEAM.

IF YOU WOULD COME TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE AND HEAD TO THE BACK AND ALSO THE BLOCK CODE CREW.

BLOCK CODE CREW HEAD TO THE STAGE AND AROUND THE BACK ON THAT SIDE.

OK.

SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT WE WANT TO BRING UP LAST YEAR'S 2022 STATE CHAMPIONS COME ON UP, GUYS.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] SO LAST YEAR OUR STATE DHAM I DON'T KNOWS -- CHAMPIONS FORKED BEST TECHNICAL PROJECT WAS FENCE PROBLEM FINDER FROM TRIMBLE COUNTY JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL THOSE GENTLEMEN ARE HERE WITH US.

THE LOW COST PRECISION AGRICULTURE FROM BOWLING GREEN.

HELPING THOSE IN NEED FROM ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASHLAND INDEPENDENT AND BUILDING BACKGROUND ON THE WAR MEMORIAL RUSSELL McDOWELL FROM RUSSELL INDEPENDENT.

AS THEIR REIN COMES TO AN END AS STATE CHAMPIONS BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW CHAMPIONS THEY DID US PROUD AT THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.

AND WE HAD A GREAT, GREAT TIME.

WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF NEW ORLEANS AND THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONS WILL BE HEADING TO PHILADELPHIA TO REPRESENT KENTUCKY.

SO LET'S GIVE OUR LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONS ONE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GREAT JOB GUYS!

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] FANTASTIC AND NOW WE'LL BRING UP TO THE STAGE YOU'VE SEEN THEM YOU LOVE THEM THEY ARE THE WONDERS THIS ONE DAY COULD BE YOU IF YOU ARE SOME ONE IN STLP THE PINNACLE OF STLP IS TO BECOME AN STLP ENGINEER AMBASSADOR.

HERE IS THE CREW.

GIVE THEM SOME LOVE AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE -- [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] AND I NEED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU LIKE YOU THANKED YOUR STLP COACH, I NEED TO THANK THEIR COACH Mr. JIM STEWART FROM BELIVIEU INDEPENDENT.

JIM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.

I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO YOU.

>> I GOT TO ASK DID YOU ENJOY THE T-SHIRTS FROM THE CREW?

SO OUR THEME THIS YEAR FOR STATE WAS SUPER HEROS.

SHOW YOUR CAPES.

AFTER THEY ARE MY SUPER HEROS AND I HAVE TASKED THEM AFTER THE CEREMONY TO GIVE THEIR CAPES AWAY TO SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD.

SO AT THE END.

AT THE END.

BUT I HAVE THE BEST JOB I WILL ARGUE WITH JEFF ANYTIME I HAVE THE BEST JOB I HAVE THE BEST KIDS THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO AND YOU SHOULD STRIVE TO DO COME HERE AND HAVE FUN WITH US.

WHAT I WILL DO I WILL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEIR TEAMS.

WE HAVE TEAM LEADS ALL SENIORS.

FIRST ONE UP, Mr. ROWAND COUNTY HIMSELF, SENIOR NATHAN JONES.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OK. MY TEAM WAS ME OBVIOUSLY, AND IT WAS ALSO BREWER FROM SENIOR FROM GREAT CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] MY OTHER MEMBER WAS HARRISON GILBERT A JUNIOR FROM EMINENCE INDEPENDENT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT AND THE NEXT GROUP IS HALEY LITTLE FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

>> HI, GUYS.

I AM SO HAPPY TO PRESENT MY TEAM.

STARTING WITH JUNIOR GRACE BLACKBURN FROM JOHNSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] SENIOR COLBY COLIN FROM BATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] SENIOR TROY DANIELS, FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] AND OUR NEXT LEAD IS SHANNON SIZEMORE SENIOR FROM DESMOND COUNTY.

>> MY TEAM MAY HAVE BEEN SMALL BUT MY WONDERFUL FROM ENNIS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN OUR NEXT LEAD IS ALEX FROM ALLEY COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

MY TEAM WAS MADE OF TJ SOUTHWICK FROM BELIVIEU HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR.

[APPLAUSE] TODD PRATER FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR.

[APPLAUSE] AND MASON THOMPSON FROM PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR.

[APPLAUSE] >> I FAILED YOU GUYS AND I APOLOGIZE.

I WANT TO MAKE ONE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

GRACE STEP FORWARD.

ALL THAT AWESOME MUSIC YOU HEARD EARLIER, THAT WAS YOUR DJ RIGHT THERE.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.

HAVE A GOOD TIME.

OK SO WHAT YOU DON'T REALIZE IS MAYBE BUT ALL OF THOSE STLP ENGINEER AMBASSADORS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY.

THEY ARE FIRST IN LINE BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO GET BACK THERE AND KEEP WORKING TO HELP US KEEP THE FLOW OF THIS ROLLING WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ENGINEER ALUMNI IN THE ROOM?

ANYBODY AN STLP ENGINEER BEFORE?

ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE AN STLP ENGINEER?

SOMETHING COOL.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

FABULOUS.

NEIL, THAT IS RIGHT.

THAT IS RIGHT Mr. NEIL AROUNDET.

SO NOW IF WE COULD HEAD BACK THE STAGE.

WHICH SIDE OF THE STAGE DID YOU NEED TO GO ON?

THANK YOU.

IF WE COULD HAVE GO TO THE BACK THE CODING CHALLENGE FINALISTS.

DATA FOR ACTION AND THE DRONE CHALLENGE FINALISTS.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP ON TO THE STAGE Mr. BRIAN WILSON WHO IS A TEACHER AT THE LEARNING CENTER HERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY WHO LEADS OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM.

PLEASE GIVE HIM A WARM WELCOME.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO APPLIED EARLIER IN THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD EXPERIENCE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BLOGGING AND ON-LINE.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT THEY GET TO SPEND THEIR ENTIRE DAY TODAY MAYBE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE DIPPING AND DOING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY ONE OF THEM HAD YOUR PICTURE TAKEN VIDEO ALL OF THAT.

IT COMES TOGETHER AND THEN IT GETS SUBMITTED TO STLP AND BECOMES A CORE PART OF A LOT OF VISUALS USED ON THE WEBPAGE THROUGH THE YEARS TO COME.

IF YOU HAD YOUR PHOTO TAKEN BY ONE OF THESE KIDS MAKE NOISE QUICK TODAY.

LET'S HEAR IT FROM THESE KIDS.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

FROM ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASHLAND INDEPENDENT WE HAVE ALLISON WALL.

REAGAN BARNHARD.

KYLIE MAY.

AND ALESHA PORTAL.

[APPLAUSE] FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN FLOYD COUNTY WE HAVE ALEXA MORRIS.

AND WE HAD WHITLEY HALL.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN FROM BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NELSON COUNTY WE HAD DYLAN HATCHER.

[APPLAUSE] AND LANDON JACOB.

[APPLAUSE] NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR IN YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU ARE ON-LINE TAKING PICTURES AND INSTAGRAM, THIS IS THE TIME WE ALL GET TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE.

TAKE YOUR PICTURES, TEAM!

IF YOU WANT TO BE AN INFLUENCER ON-LINE OR YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A PART OF THAT THIS IS THE TEAM TO APPLY FOR NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] >> HOW MUCH FUN IS THAT?

SO CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM GUYS THEY ARE LEADING OFF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.

WE WANT YOU TO APPLY FOR THESE SERVICE TEAMS.

THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS.

SO ALL OF THESE SERVICE TEAMS WE'RE BRINGING UP ON STAGE I W█ANT YOU TO BE THINKING IS THIS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SIGN UP FOR AND HELP BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR.

BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE MORE GROUPS COMING UP IF WE COULD HAVE COME BACK TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE THE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOT YOUTH CHALLENGE FINALISTS.

ADVANCED KENTUCKY GIRLS WHO CODE.

AND OUR HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE.

IF YOU COULD HEAD BACK TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE IN A NICE ORDERLY FASHION WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AS THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION.

WE KNOW THAT KENTUCKY IS STATED WIDE.

WE KNOW IT GOES FROM PIKEVILLE TO PA DUKE KA.

I'M CURIOUS TO FIND OUT WHO HAD THE LONGEST DRIVE HERE TODAY.

IF YOU GOT HERE WITHIN 30 MINUTES TODAY, HOW MANY FOLKS GOT HERE WITHIN 30 MINUTES TODAY?

HOW MANY FOLKS DID IT TAKE AN HOUR ON THE BUS TO GET HERE?

OK. HOW MANY FOLKS TOOK TWO HOURS?

ANYBODY TAKE THREE HOURS?

[CHEERING] DID ANYBODY TAKE MORE THAN FOUR HOURS TO GET HERE TODAY?

[CHEERING] LET'S GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF DEDICATION.

[APPLAUSE] SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU WE KNOW IT'S LOCK AND IT IS A HARD DRIVE TO GET HERE.

HOPEFULLY YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT.

HOPEFULLY TODAY WAS AS AWESOME AND WE BELIEVE IT WAS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING WITH THE SHOW BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO GET YOU ON THAT TRIP BACK HOME.

COME UP TO THE STAGE AND INTRODUCE OUR BLOCK CODE CREW.

NO, KY GO PLAY INNOVATOR TEAM.

COME ON UP HERE.

[APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF US MADE IT DOWN TO THE KY GO PLAYMAKER SPACE TODAY?

ANYBODY GET DOWN THERE AND MAKE STUFF IN THE LOBBY IN FRONT OF ROBOTS.

THESE GUYS HELPED US PULL THAT OFF TODAY AND IT WAS AWESOME.

LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE FOLKS FROM IMMANENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AMELIE PEYTON, IMMANENCE AND ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS AND STEP UP AND TAKE A BOW FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED WITH US TODAY.

WE ALSO WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO MS. HEIDI NELLTER AND JAMES ALLEN OUR LEADS FOR THE DAY.

GIVE OUR KY GO INNOVATOR TEAM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL KEEP ON ROLLING.

NEXT WE HAVE COMING UP ON THE STAGE WE HAVE OUR THIS IS IT, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.

THIS IS THE BLOCK CODE CREW COMING ON STAGE.

[APPLAUSE] OK.

SO WE HAVE THE BLOCK CODE CREW.

HOW MANY OF YOU CAME DOWN INTO ROBOT WORLD IN THE CODING AREA BACKSTAGE HERE TODAY?

A LOT OF FOLKS GOT DOWN HERE.

IT WAS BEHIND THE STAGE.

THIS GROUP OF FOLKS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE.

I KNOW THEY BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH THEM.

I KNOW WE HAD LOTS OF SUPPORT DOWN THERE.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAD DAYU AND DAY YOUNG FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN EMINENCE.

AND IF YOU COULD GIVE ALL THE REST OF OUR VOLUNTEERS A BIG WELCOME.

STEP RIGHT ON UP.

BIG THANK YOU.

AND ONE LAST THING BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE STAGE, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO VOLUNTEERED BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IF YOU SEE WHERE I'M POINTING HERE IN FRONT OF THESE STAIRS LET'S GIVE THESE TWO LADIES A WARM WELCOME THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OF ROBOT WORLD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BETH AND REGINA WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT.

GREAT JOBS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU CAN EXIT THE STAGE.

SO NOW WHILE WE'RE THINKING OF THAT, WE HAD LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY.

OF COURSE, WE HAD OUR COMPETITIONS.

OF COURSE WE HAD OUR PROJECTS IN THE MAIN HALL.

OF COURSE WE HAD OUR DIGITAL AWARDS SHOW BUT WE ALSO HAD WHAT WE CALL THE STLP EXPERIENCE.

STLP X.

AND SO YOU HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT AND LEARN AND DO SOME HANDS ON THINGS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WHO CAME TO HELP US AND I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SAY THANK YOU.

HERE'S THE THING... WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW YEAH WE'RE GIVING AWARDS AND RECOGNITION BUT WE WANT TO USE THIS TIME FOR GRATITUDE.

SO HELP ME GIVE GRAT TUD TO THE FOLKS THAT DID AMAZING THINGS SO YOU WOULDN'T BE BORED TODAY.

IF WE COULD THANK AWESOME INC., KY GO PLAY, KET EDUCATION, AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS THAT WAS KELSEY STARKS.

EVERYBODY LOVES MS. KELSEY STARKS.

ALSO THE FOLKS FROM NEWTON'S AT IT.

THE MORE HED CENTER FOR STEM EXCELLENCE.

THE U.K.

SOLAR CAR TEAM SUPER COOL IN THE LOBBY AND THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF RACING TO THE FUTURE WITH THE SLOT CARS.

WE THANK ALL OF THEM.

AND ALSO WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE KENTUCKY DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES.

IF YOU ARE A KENTUCKY DLC AND IN THE ROOM I WOULD LIKE YOU TO STAND UP FOR A SECOND PLEASE.

ALL THE DLC'S IN THE ROOM.

GIVE OUR DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HELPING US OUT AND GETTING YOU HERE.

[APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MS. LAURA AND JENNIFER MILLS FROM KNOCKS COUNTY AND BRUCE LINDSEY WHO HELPED US ORGANIZE ALL THE RIBBONS.

HOW MANY FOLKS GOT ALL THE RIBBONS?

HOW MANY FOLKS GOT THE STLP AWESOME RIBBON.

HOLD YOUR RIBBONS UP.

SHOW THEM AT HOME IF YOU GOT RIBBONS.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

YOU CAN BE PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN TODAY AND THEN SHARE THAT LEARNING WITH OUR DIGITAL LEARNING COACH TEAM WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.

AND NOW, IF WE COULD HAVE TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE KENTUCKY CINEMA MANIA.

ROBOT ROYAL LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE.

NEWSCAST CHALLENGE.

AND THE NKU COLLEGE OF INFORMATICS IOT CHALLENGE.

IF THEY CAN HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE.

AND NOW MY FRIENDS THE TIME HAS COME WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN SOME AMAZING THINGS.

WE ARE ABOUT TO LOAD -- HIT ME -- GO FOR IT -- THIS TIME FOR THE CHALLENGE AWARDS.

YES.

FINALLY WE'RE GIVING OUT SOME AWARDS.

HERE WE GO.

FIRST THINGS FIRST IS THE CODING CHALLENGE AND WE HAD THE CODING CHALLENGE TEAM COME ON UP.

THANK YOU.

SO CODING CHALLENGE LOTS OF FOLKS HELPED OUT WITH THE CODING CHALLENGE TODAY.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHAMPIONS.

IN THE 6-8 DIVISION IN FIRST PLACE WE HAD NEWBURGH MIDDLE NATE TAKE FIRST PLACE IN THE 6-8 DIVISION.

GREAT JOB!

ALSO IN SECOND PLACE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION WAS LUKE H FROM BRIAN STATION HIGH SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE IN THE 9-12 DIVISION WENT TO MADISON SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL ISABELLA F FROM MADISON COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

CODING CHALLENGE.

GREAT JOB GUYS YOU CAN EXIT THE STAGE.

WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK JAY MORGAN FOR LEADING THAT CHALLENGE FOR US AND EVERYONE ELSE, OF COURSE.

AND NOW I WANT TO BRING UP TO THE STAGE Dr. SEAN JACKSON WHO HELPS LEAD OURER IS TAMPA LOSE SA COMPETITION.

Dr. JACKSON.

>> CERTIFICATE TAMPA LOUISA IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAVE AT STLP TO WORK WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENTS CAME IN AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TRY THEIR HAND AT GAMING IN THE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION IN DIGITAL LITERACY THIS YEAR.

AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

WITH SECOND PLACE FROM WILLIAMSBURG, INDEPENDENT, DAVION HAMLIN.

[APPLAUSE] AND FIRST PLACE FROM RUSSELL INDEPENDENT, CASEY MALONE.

[APPLAUSE] JUST REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T EARN A FIRST OR SECOND PLACE TROPHY, DOESN'T MEAN YOU DIDN'T WIN SOMETHING BECAUSE WITH CERTIFICATIONS AND INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS YOU ARE DEFINITELY A WINNER IN THAT.

[APPLAUSE] >> THAT IS SO COOL.

I THINK WE ARE THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT DOES CERTIFICATE TAMPA LOSE A.

COMING RIGHT UP TO THE STAGE I WELCOME DIDI CONNER A DIRECTOR FROMS OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY WHO LED A NEW COMPETITION FOR US THIS YEAR CALLED DATA FOR ACTION I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO HER.

DIDI!

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

ALL RIGHT.

DATA FOR ACTION THINK ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS BRAND NEW THIS YEAR BUT WE HAD GREAT ENTRIES AND WE HAD THEM LOOK AT THE DATA ON SCHOOL REPORT CARD BUT IT'S ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE DATA, ANLIZING THE DATA, VISUALIZING THE DATA AND THINKING WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE DATA AND THESE WERE GREAT ENTRIES WE HAD.

I WANT TO ANNOUNCE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER FIRST.

IS FROM CONWAY MIDDLE FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THEIR TECH TEAM EIGHT THEY DID A PRESENTATION HOW WE CAN BRING CHANGE AND THEY HAD GOOD IDEAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

[APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAD HIGH SCHOOL ENTRIES I WILL ANNOUNCE OUR SECOND PLACE ENTRY FIRST FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL A CS MAVERICKS THEY DID HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS AND IMPACT ON LIFE.

GOOD STUFF THANK YOU ALL.

AND OUR FIRST PLACE ENTRY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY FLYERS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY DID HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, DROPOUT RATES SHE DID THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THEY ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND DO A REAL GOOD ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU DATA FOR ACTION.

WATCH FOR THAT TO BLOWUP NEXT YEAR.

AND WHILE DIDI IS WALKING OFF THE STAGE HOW MANY FOLKS HAD TO ASK FOR HELP AT ONE OF THE ASK ME STATIONS TODAY?

RIGHT.

SO DIDI'S TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY MANNED ALL THOSE STATIONS LET'S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE FOR THE WORK THEY DID TODAY 0 TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW WHERE TO BE.

THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT CHALLENGE.

ANOTHER NEW ONE.

WE'RE ALWAYS GROWING.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THAT STLP SUPER SHEET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD NEW CATEGORIES.

WE'RE TRYING TO ADD NEW COMPETITIONS ALL THE TIME BASED ON WHAT YOU TELL US YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

AND SO THIS NEXT COMPETITION IS ONE THAT I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN.

WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT SMALL THIS YEAR.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO EXPAND TO NEXT YEAR.

PLEASE WELCOME JENNIFER TURLEY FROM CLARK COUNTY WHO DOES THE DRONE CHALLENGE.

GIVE HER A WARM WELCOME.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FIRST EVER DRONE CHALLENGE.

HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT I'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE ASK ME CAN WE DO IT FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WILL PUT A SHOUT-OUT, OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HELPING TO HOST NEXT YEAR LET ME KNOW, JEFF KNOW, WE WANT YOU PLEASE COME HELP US.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO FINALISTS THEY DID A SUPER JOB ABOVE ALL I WOULD LOVE TO COMMEND THEM ON THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP THEY WERE SHAKING HANDS, THEY WERE CHEERING EACH OTHER ON.

SO I FIRST OFF WANT TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING GREAT SPORTS.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR SECOND PLACE FINALIST WAS FROM MADISON SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL THEY WERE CALLED THE EAGLES AND WE HAD TWO TEAM MEMBERS THAT COMPETED.

WE HAD FRESHMAN EVERETT KING AND FRESHMAN MASON TURNER.

[APPLAUSE] SO IN THESE CHALLENGES, WE CAN ONLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE FIELD AT ONE TIME.

WE HAD ONE COPILOT, PILOT AND OBSERVER.

BECAUSE THEY HAD A BLACKOUT AREA WHERE THEY HAD TO FLY BLINDLY TO LAND THEIR DRONE.

SO THIS TEAM HAS MULTIPLE MEMBERS UP HERE BUT THREE OF THEM ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE CHALLENGE ITSELF.

SO IF YOU WERE ONE OF MY PILOTS, COPILOTS OBSERVERS FROM IGNITE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE ALEX HARPER, ZACK WAILEY, LANDON WILLS, WILLIS, DONOVAN NORRIS, CARSON TOWNSEND, CARSON BROWN, OWEN ROAD EN AND NATHANIAL HARMON.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU MS. TURLEY.

AND OUR DRONE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.

AS YOU ARE THINKING OF NEW THINGS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AS THERE ARE IDEAS FOR NEW CHALLENGES WE COULD INCORPORATE IN STLP REACH OUT TO US.

SEND US AN E-MAIL, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO THE SUPER SHEET IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR SOMETHING LIKE HOW COME WE DON'T DO THIS SOMETHING YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND OTHER STUDENTS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT LET US FOR WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT GETS INCORPORATED INTO STLP NEXT YEAR WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GROW AND KEEP IT FRESH FOR YOU, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DESERVE.

SO OUR NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE THE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE.

THEY WANT TO COME UP ON STAGE.

FABULOUS.

WE WANT TO THANK Mr. KEITH BARNS WHO IS A DIGITAL LEARNING COACH FOR BULLIT COUNTY AND LONG TIME STLP LEADER FORECOMING UP WITH THE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE AND MAKING IT HAPPEN FOR THESE STUDENTS.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S GET TO SOME AWARDS.

SIX-EIGHT DIVISION SECOND PLACE GOES TO TEAM SIMPSON FROM.

AND BULLDOG GAME DESIGN TEAM FROM CENTRAL ELEMENTARY.

STEP FORWARD WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME.

SECOND PLACE 9-12, GOES TO MAXIMUM LUDOS, FROMMESTLE COUNTY.

AND THAT MEANS FIRST PLACE 9-12 GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE GOES TO LOST IN SPACE FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION IN FLOYD COUNTY.

LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] SPECTACULAR THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU ALL MAY LEAVE THE STAGE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DESIGNING GAMES AND COME UP WITH GAMES.

GET INVOLVED.

SUBMIT THAT NEXT YEAR BE PART OF THE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE.

OUR NEXT CATEGORY TO COME UP ON STAGE WAS DOWN IN OUR ROBOTICS ARENA.

IF YOU GOT DOWN TO THE MAIN LOBBY THIS WAS THE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOT USE CHALLENGE.

AND WE WANT TO THANK AGAIN SUPER LONG TIME PARTICIPANT AND LEAD Dr. ANDREA PEACH FROM GEORGETOWN COLLEGE FOR HELPING US WITH THE CHALLENGE.

THE IDEA BEHIND THE ROBOT USE IS STUDENTS BUILD, CREATE AND DEMONSTRATE HOW THEIR ROBOT WITH PERFORM A TASK.

AND HERE ARE OUR CHAMPIONS.

AND SECOND PLACE K-5 DIVISION GOES TO BOT-TASTIC FROM STAMPING GROUND ELEMENTARY IN SCOTT COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] FIRST PLACE K-5 GOES TO THE DRAGUN DREAM DUNKERS FROM CAVALRY ELEMENTARY IN MARION COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] 6-8 DIVISION SECOND PLACE IS THE SUPER CHARGERS FROM BOWLING GREEN, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT.

[APPLAUSE] AND FIRST PLACE 6-8 GOES TO BROWN BEARS FROM JAY GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] IN THE 9-12 DIVISION.

SECOND PLACE GOES TO THE BEARS FROM JAY GRAHAM SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE 9-12 DIVISION FOR GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOT USE THE FILL MENTALES NELSON COUNTY ATC FROM NELSON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR ROBOT USE TEAMS.

CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND NOW POP QUIZ TIME WHICH SIDE OF THE STAGE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GO TO?

SO IF WE COULD NOW HAVE THE ASSUME MA BOT FINALISTS AND THE U.K. ENGINEERING MINDS ON INNOVATION FINALISTS HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE OVER IN THIS DIRECTION.

AWESOME.

YOU ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THIS GENTLEMAN BACK TO THE STAGE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A CATEGORY THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE COME BACK AFTER A BRIEF HIATUS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT GROW.

THIS IS Dr. SEAN JACKSON WITH THE GIRLS WHO CODE CHALLENGE.

>> AND YES, I AM BACK.

ADVANCED KENTUCKY IS ANOTHER GREAT PARTNER THAT HELPS US OUT WITH SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES.

AND SPECIFICALLY GIRLS WHO CODE IS CLOSE TO THEIR HEART.

WE WANTED TO TAKE A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE AS WE CONTINUE TO REITERATE AND REDESIGN THIS COMPETITION WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES FOR STEPPING FORWARD AND TAKING PART IN OUR CODING CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

IN SECOND PLACE FROM WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CANDICE SUTTON.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN FIRST PLACE FROM BRYANT STATION HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY, [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M PUMPED TO SEE GIRLS WHO CODE COMEBACK THAT WAS A HUGE AT ONE TIME, A FEW YEARS AGO, KENTUCKY HAD THE SINGLE HIGHEST NUMBER OF GIRLS WHO CODE CLUBS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

YEAH.

SO HOW MANY FOLKS IN HERE DO GIRLS WHO CODE BACK AT YOUR SCHOOL?

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS WHO CODE.

THAT IS FANTASTIC.

NEXT YEAR YOU ARE GOING TO GET SIGNED UP AND YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

FOR OUR NEXT CATEGORY, THIS IS ONE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS.

YOU KNOW YOU USE TECHNOLOGY AND YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK AND YOU NEED HELP TO MAKE IT WORK.

THAT'S WHAT THE HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE IS ALL ABOUT.

WE HAVE HELP DESKS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF KENTUCKY THAT ARE RUN BY STUDENTS.

WE HAVE STLP HELP DESKS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS KENTUCKY WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OR MAYBE TEACHERS OR OR STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE SOME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, OUR STUDENT STLP HELP DESKS STEP IN ALL OVER THE STATE.

THEY ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE AND SO YOU, TOO, ONE DAY COULD BE ON HELP DESK AT YOUR SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE AND I WILL TURNOVER THE MEEURK TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS.

HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE.

>> ALL RIGHT WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHILE THEY ARE GETTING ON STAGE COMING OUT FOR THE HELP DESK CHALLENGE WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATIONS.

OUR SECOND PLACE FOR K-5 IS BLOOM ELEMENTARY THE BLOOM TECH TEAM FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

OUR FIRST PLACE FOR K-5 IS REILLY ELEMENTARY THE REILLY ROAD RUNNERS FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY.

AND THEN OUR SECOND PLACE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS NEWBURGH MIDDLE.

FROM THEIR NAME IS T3 SUPPORT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

OUR FIRST PLACE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS KA RIGHTERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE COBRA TECH TEAM FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION WE HAD THE WARREN CENTRAL HIGH AS OUR SECOND PLACE.

THE DRAGUN TECH SUPPORT.

AND IN FIRST PLACE, THE BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL PURPLES.

[APPLAUSE] GIVE EVERYONE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] >> GREAT JOB.

WE'LL LET THE HELP DESK SUPPORT FOLKS MAY THEIR WAY OFF THE STAGE.

THERE IS A LOT OF THEM.

THESE TEAM EVENTS CAN GET A LOT OF FRIENDS INVOLVED.

SUBMIT A TEAM NEXT YEAR.

OK. Dr. PARK.

I WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU FOR ONE OF IF NOT THE LARGEST COMPETITION THAT IS PART OF THE CHALLENGES.

ALWAYS A BIG CROWD FAVORITE BUT CINEMANIA.

LOTS OF FOLKS INVOLVED WITH CINEMANIA I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO Dr. MARTY PARK WHO WILL INTRODUCE YOUR WINNERS.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

>> INTEREST'S EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR'S CINEMANIA COMPETITION.

AS JEFF SAID THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST EXCITING COMPETITIONS AND CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE.

IT IS A 48 HOUR SURPRISE VIDEO CHALLENGE WHERE WE SURPRISE ANNOUNCE ELEMENTS, PROPS, WE ANNOUNCE DIALOGUE, WE ANNOUNCE SURPRISE CHARACTERS ALL AT ONE TIME TO ALL OF THE TEAMS.

AND THEY HAVE 48 HOURS TO NOT ONLY WRITE A SCRIPT BUT THEN PRODUCE AND PUBLISH A THREE-MINUTE VIDEO WITH A COMPELLING STORY.

IT IS A VERY CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE LOTS AND LOTS OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION WE HAD OVER 100 TEAMS, SIGN UP TO COMPETE IN THE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR'S CINEMANIA WINNERS.

IN SECOND PLACE IN THE K-5 DIVISION OF CINEMANIA FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, FIELD ELEMENTARY THE CREATORS WROTE A STORY CALLED BACKPACK FEVER.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN FIRST PLACE, IN THE K-5 DIVISION FROM BULLIT COUNTY SCHOOLS, PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY WITH THE STORY OF UNLUCKY DAY.

[APPLAUSE] PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WHEN OUR WINNERS COME TO THE STAGE THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THEY ARE FIRST PLACE OR SECOND PLACE THIS IS SURPRISING AS WELL.

IN OUR 6-8 DIVISION, IN SECOND PLACE FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, PORTER ELEMENTARY, CONGRATULATIONS PORTER ELEMENTARY.

AND IN FIRST PLACE, IN THE 6-8 DIVISION FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS,LE CORN MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A STORY HOW TO WIN A NERF WAR.

IN OUR 9-12 DIVISION IN SECOND PLACE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL THE KEY TO THE MADNESS.

[APPLAUSE] AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS IN KENTUCKY CINEMANIA FOR THIS YEAR IN THE 9-12 DIVISION FROM DANVILLE INDEPENDENT, DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH A STORY CALLED LADY TIME.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB.

GREAT JOB.

WONDERFUL GREAT JOB Y'ALL THANK YOU.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR CINEMANIA COMPETITORS.

[APPLAUSE] AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ALL OF OUR VIDEOS FROM OUR COMPETITORS ARE POSTED ON-LINE FOR YOU TO WATCH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO KENTUCKY CINEMANIA.ORG.

>> FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU Dr. PARK FOR LEADING THAT CHALLENGE AND Mr. JODY ROSE WHO HELPS LEAD THAT CHALLENGE IN THE BACKGROUND.

IF WE COULD LET'S HAVE -- OK.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE BEEN CHILL FOR JUST ABOUT AN HOUR.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL.

YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS AUDIENCE BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT YOU TO TAKE A SECOND.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 10 SECONDS YOU GET TO STAND UP, STRETCH YOUR LEGS MOVE YOUR ARMS A LITTLE BIT LET IT LOOSE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME GET THE WILLIES OUT FOR A SECOND.

YOU'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A MINUTE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF CROWD ACTION.

I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.

IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE... OK. TAKE A BREATH HAVE A SEAT.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE NEED TO GET UP AND STRETCH OUR LEGS I GET THAT I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE AWARDS TO GIVE OUT SO WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WHAT I REALLY WANT YOU TO DO RIGHT NOW IF YOU INDULGE ME I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION GET LOUD GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOUR STLP COACHES WHO ARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL OF OUR STLP COACHES LISTEN, WE KNOW THAT YOU WORK SO HARD TO GET THE STUDENTS HERE TODAY.

WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS COUNTLESS HOURS AND OFTEN IT'S HAPPENING AFTERHOURS.

IT'S HAPPENING AFTER SCHOOL.

SO I THANK YOU EACH GREATLY FOR YOUR TIME AND WHAT YOU GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT YOU GIVE TO STLP.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STLP COACHES THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.

NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ROBOT CHALLENGE AND THIS IS ROBOT ROYAL THE LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE DOWN IN THE BALLROOM AND YOU WANT YOU TO WELCOME Mr. ADAM CONVINCE END TO THE STAGE.

Mr. MATT CRESS LA.

AND THE CREW FROM WARREN COUNTY WHO PUT THIS ON FOR US.

WE APPRECIATE WARREN COUNTY'S TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS CHALLENGE TO LIGHT.

GIVE A WELCOME TO MATT CRESSLINE.

[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 50 TEAMS COMPETING IN THE ROBOT ROYALE CHALLENGE AND SOME OF THE FASTEST TIMES WE'VE SEEN YET.

SO IN HIGH SCHOOL -- NO WE'RE STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SECOND PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE ROBOT ROYALE LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE FROM ODEN COUNTY IS EAGLE STRIKE.

[APPLAUSE] AND FIRST PLACE IN THE LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE FROM ESTLE COUNTY IT'S THE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEGO MANIACS.

[APPLAUSE] MIDDLE SCHOOL SECOND PLACE IN THE LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE FROM WARREN COUNTY ONE FUN CREW.

[APPLAUSE] AND FIRST PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION FROM WARREN COUNTY, HENRY F. MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THUNDER NIGHTS.

[APPLAUSE] AND HIGH SCHOOL FROM MADISON COUNTY SECOND PLACE MADISON'S SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL MSHS EAGLES.

[APPLAUSE] AND FIRST PLACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH 21 SECONDS WARREN COUNTY WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DRAGUN DROID FIRST PLACE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WINNERS.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR NEXT CHALLENGE WHICH IS THE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE.

LET'S BRING OUR NEWSCAST CHALLENGERS FINALISTS ON STAGE.

NEWSCAST CHALLENGE BY A SHOW OF APPLAUSE AND YOU CAN GET RAUCOUS HOW MANY OF YOUR SCHOOLS DO A NEWSCAST WITH YOUR STLP?

LET ME HEAR IT.

[CHEERING] RIGHT.

SOME SCHOOLS DO A NEWSCAST.

YOU COULD BE PART OF THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY BRINGING YOUR NEWS TEAM AND SUBMITTING.

IT IS A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME OUT IN FRONT OF CAMERA AND TO LET THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR SCHOOL AND HOW YOUR STUDENTS ARE LEADING THAT MEDIA PRODUCT AND GETTING OUT IN THE WORLD BECAUSE COMMUNICATION GLOBAL COMMUNICATION.

OUR CREATIVE COMMUNICATORS FOR THE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE ARE STILL COMING ON STAGE.

AWESOME.

SO I HAVE TO SAY FIRST I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO Mr. JAMES COLLIER THE ONE TIME VOICE OF THE MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD.

GO HERD.

HE HAS BEEN A DIGITAL LEARNING COACH AND NOW AN EDUCATOR AT RACE LAND INDEPENDENT WE THANK HIM FOR LEADING THE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE.

HERE ARE YOUR CHAMPIONS.

K-5 DIVISION SECOND PLACE, CAVALRY SPEAKING SQUAD FROM CAVALRY ELEMENTARY IN MARION COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] K-5 FIRST PLACE, GOES TO NORTHERN NEWS FROM NORTHERN ELEMENTARY.

[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] SCOTT COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE 6-8 DIVISION GOES TO NEWBURGH NEWS FROM NEWBURGH MIDDLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] 6-8 FIRST PLACE GOES TO THE GATOR NEWS SHOW DRAKE'S CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL WARREN COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] OUR 9-12 SECOND PLACE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE IGNITE INSTITUTE MEDIA TEAM FROM THE IGNITE INSTITUTE IN BOON COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] FIRST PLACE 9-12 NAFTD CHALLENGE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE THE FLYER FOCUS NEWS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR NEWSCAST CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS ONE BIG ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT.

OK. AND NOW ANOTHER NEW CATEGORY THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE OFFERED TO EVERYONE AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THIS AS IT GOES ON WILL BE THE FROM THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF INFORMAT PARTICULARS, THE INTERNET OF THINGS OR IOT CHALLENGE.

WE WANT TO THANK SARAH MAN, THE K-12 COORDINATOR AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AND HER TEAM FOR COMING UP WITH THE CHALLENGE AND ALSO HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE PICKED OUR STATE CHAMPIONS TODAY.

SO ON THE STAGE WE HAVE WITH US OUR FIRST PLACE 9-12IOT CHALLENGE THE FCS I-TEAM ONE FROM FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION IN FLOYD COUNTY.

LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

NOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE THIS EXPAND AND GROW.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS WE WILL HAVE JOIN THE CHALLENGE NEXT YEAR.

FOR THIS YEAR, GREAT START GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD WORK.

FANTASTIC.

OK. NOW THIS IS A BIG ONE.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIG CHALLENGES.

RCX ROBO CHALLENGE EXTREME AND I'M HAPPY TO LET ALL OF THESE STUDENTS COME UP ON STAGE TO GET SHOUT-OUT.

THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, WEEKENDS TO GET THINGS READY TO COME UP HERE TODAY.

I WILL TURNOVER THE MIC.

THANK YOU.

>> I'M JEREMY SLOANE AND I AM ONE OF THE LEADERS OF RCX FOR THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THESE STUDENTS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ALL SEASON AND TODAY THEY COMPETED IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS.

SO STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY, THE RUNNER-UP FOR THIS YEAR'S RCX STATE CHAMPION IS TECHNO LOGIC FROM ATKINS FULL QUIVER ACADEMY A HOME SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY WITH A SCORE OF 695 POINTS.

GOOD JOB.

STEP FORWARD.

AND FIRST PLACE FOR ELEMENTARY WAS CEDARS OF LEBANON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY THE ROBO LEGENDS WITH THE SCORE OF 745 POINTS.

[APPLAUSE] MIDDLE SCHOOL RUNNERS UP CHANDLER SCHOOL WITH A SCORE OF 810 POINTS.

THEY ARE FROM LOW BEGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I DON'T THINK THEY ARE HERE.

IN FIRST PLACE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS THE BLAZER BOTS GREEN WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE OF THE DAY REGARDLESS OF CATEGORY WITH A SCORE OF 820 POINTS.

THEY ARE FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY IN HOPKINSVILLE IT IS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

AND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION THE RUNNER-UP WAS THE BLAZER TWO WITH A SCORE OF 720 FROM BLAZER PAUL HIGH SCHOOL.

PAUL BLAZER HIGH SCHOOL FROM ASHLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.

AND THEN IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION WAS THE DINO 0 BOTS WITH A SCORE OF 739 POINTS FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

LET'S GIVE THESE GUYS A GREAT BIG HAND.

[APPLAUSE] THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR ROBOTICS IN KENTUCKY.

>> GREAT.

TALK ABOUT GIANT GROWTH THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE HAD ALMOST A THREE-TIMES GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY SPHFLTH SPEAR ROW HERO.

WE LOVE SPERO HERO.

HOW MANY FOLKS USED THE SPERO ROBOT BEFORE?

I'M SEEING LOTS OF HANDS.

THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE CATEGORY BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROGRAMMING ROBOTS, THEY ARE ALSO WRITING A STORY THEN BUILDING A MINIATURE WORLD FOR THE ROBOT TO MOVE THROUGH WHILE THEY TELL THE STORY.

SO IT'S AUTHENTIC WRITING, IT'S CODING, IT'S PROGRAMMING, IT'S CONSTRUCTION, IT'S DESIGN AND IT'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

SPERO HERO AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR TEAMMATES FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS REBECCA REYNOLDS, KATHLEEN RECEIVER THE TEAM THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING TO PULL SPERO HERO TOGETHER FOR US.

THANK YOU TO JCPS FOR SUPPORTING THIS CHALLENGE.

HERE ARE ARE YOUR SPERO HERO CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

IN SECOND PLACE, K-5.

GOES TO CAVALRY CODING QUEENS FROM CAVALRY ELEMENTARY IN MARION COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] K-5 FIRST PLACE BEAR CAT BRAWLERS FROM WALTON VERONA ELEMENTARY AND INDEPENDENT.

[APPLAUSE] 6-8 DIVISION SECOND PLACE GOES TO THE SPERO BALLERS FROM DAVIS COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DAVIS COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] DAVIS COUNTY IN THE HOUSE.

FIRST PLACE 6-8 GOES TO NEWBURGH HEROS FROM NEWBURGH MIDDLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

LOVE IT.

LOVE IT.

SECOND PLACE 9-12 DIVISION IS GOING TO GO TO THE FCS I-TEAM FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.

FLOYD COUNTY, OF COURSE.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT'S OUR FIRST CATEGORY SWEEP OF THE NIGHT FROM FLOYD COUNTY ALSO FIRST PLACE GOES TO JAGUAR SPERO TEAM FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, FLOYD COUNTY.

FLOYD COUNTY IS CRUSHING IT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION TODAY.

AWESOME.

GIVE OUR SPERO HEROS ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU MAY EXIT THE STAGE.

[APPLAUSE] AWESOME.

WE KNEW SPERO HERO WAS GOING TO NEED EXTRA SPACE WE DOUBLED THEIR ROOM AND IT STILL WASN'T BIG ENOUGH.

COMING TO THE STAGE NOW WE HAVE THE STLP TECH BOWL CHAMPIONS.

AND I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY OUT OF MY MIND IF I DID NOT PAUSE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS. RHONDA THOMPSON THE CIO FROM JACKSON COUNTY, LET'S HEAR IT FOR JACKSON COUNTY.

SHE MASTERMINDS AND HAS A ROOM PACKED FULL OF STUDENTS EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY.

LET'S FIND OUT WHO OUR CHAMPIONS ARE.

K-5 SECOND PLACE GOES TO BOWEN S FROM TOLL LEN ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

K-5 FIRST PLACE GOES TO KALEB A FROM NORTON ELEMENTARY.

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

NORTON.

SO ANOTHER COUNTY SWEEP.

JEFFERSON COUNTY SWEPT TECH BOWL IN THE K-5 DIVISION.

LET'S SEE HOW WELL THEY DO IN THE 6-8 DIVISION.

SECOND PLACE GOES TO JAMES B.

FROM WESTPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND THAT LEAVES FIRST PLACE 6-8 GOING TO BEN FROM BARRETT TMS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

JEFFERSON COUNTY SWEPT 6-8 AND K-5.

GREAT JOB JCPS.

9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO LANDON FROM KNOX CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN KNOX COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS LANDON.

AND THAT LEAVES FIRST PLACE STLP TECH BOWL TO MILES C FROM BARON COUNTY, BARON COUNTY SCHOOLS.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR TECH BOWL CHAMPIONS GREAT JOB GUYS.

CAN YOU LEAVE THE STAGE.

GREAT WORK.

OK.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS WE NEED TO KISS THE BOARD MEMBERS AND IF YOU ARE A LEVEL THREE PROJECT TEAM WE NEED ALL THE LEVEL THREE PROJECT TEAMS TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM WORK DOWN THROUGH THE STANDS AND TAKE YOUR TIME.

LOTS AND LOTS OF LEVEL THREE TEAMS HEADING BACK.

WE'LL GIVE THEM JUST A MOMENT TO KEEP MOVING BEFORE WE CONTINUE.

SO WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE LEVEL THREE PROJECT TEAMS AS THEY ARE STREAMING DOWN OUT OF THE STANDS.

WE KNOW THAT BACK THERE GUYS WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED.

THE STLP ENGINEERS AND THE FOLKS FROM KET AND ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS ARE BACK THERE TO HELP YOU GET ORGANIZED.

GIVE THEM JUST A MOMENT TO KEEP ROLLING.

SO AS THEY ARE ROLLING BACK WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING WE HAVE MORE AWARDS TO GIVE OUT.

WE HAVE OUR CHALLENGE AWARDS TO GIVE OUT.

AND NOW WE ARE UP FOR I WANT TO SAY THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH OF THE ROBOTICS CHALLENGES THAT WERE IN THE ROBOT CHALLENGE ARENA IN THE LOBBY ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

PLEASE WELCOME TO LEAD THE SUM MOW BOT CHAMPIONS.

DIGITAL LEARNING COACH FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST AND FOREMOST THANKS TO THE STLP TEAM WHO HOSTED THIS EVENT.

IT IS ANOTHER FABULOUS EVENT.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AS OUR CONTESTANTS COME UP WHAT IS SUM MOW BOTS THEY ARE ON A ROUND RING AND THEY TRY TO FORCE THEIR OPPONENT OFF THE RING.

WE HAVE I LIKE TO CELEBRATE ALL OUR COMPETITORS.

FOR THE TIME THEY TOOK TO DEVELOP AND PROGRAM THEIR ROBOTS.

AND TO MAKE IT HERE AND COMPETE.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO WE WILL START WITH OUR ELEMENTARY RUNNERS UP FROM BEAVER CREEK ELEMENTARY, THE MIGHTY BEAVER BOTS.

WE HAVE JAY AND COLSON.

IN FIRST PLACE, IN ELEMENTARY FROM RUSSELL McDOWELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WE HAVE THE SUM MOW DEVILS WE HAVE KINSLY JONES AND JADA CARR.

YEAH.

IF YOU KNOW SCREAM FOR THEM.

MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM SQUIDS, JADEN HALL AND BRANDON IN RUNNERS UP.

AND IN FIRST PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE RUSTSLE RED DEVILS WE HAVE HARPER ROBINSON AND DOMINIC LIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] MAKE THAT NOISE THEY WORKED HARD.

LET'S SEE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION RUNNERS UP, FROM WESTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE BOB BOT WE HAVE CAIDEN JOB.

AND IN FIRST PLACE FOR SUM MOW BOTS HIGH SCHOOL FROM METCALFE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE FEISTY HORNETS.

WE HAVE LANDON HECKLE AND LOGAN GASKINS.

WELL DONE.

THANKS TO ALL OUR COMPETITORS THANKS TO THE STLP TEAM FOR HOSTING SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

GREAT JOB.

ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR SUM MOW BOT WINNERS.

THAT IS SUPER EXCITING.

HE HAS LED THIS FOR US AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS A PARTNER THANK YOU JIM AND THANK YOU JCPS LENDING YOUR SKILL SET TO US.

SUM MOW BOTS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING OF THE ROBOT ACTIVITIES IT'S GREAT FOR SPECTATORS TO WATCH THAT.

SO ONE THING TO ADD BEFORE WE JUMP AHEAD INTO THE U.K.

MINDS ON INNOVATION, WHEN I CALLED FOR THE KISSTY BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAD TO THE BACK I FORGOT TO CALL FOR THE KISSTY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS IF YOU ARE HEAD AROUND SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE PULL YOU ON STAGE.

OUR NEXT CATEGORY FROM U.K. ENGINEERING, MINDS ON INNOVATION, LONGSTANDING CHALLENGE WE'VE HAD FOR A LONGK LONG TIME.

LET'S BRING THEM UP ON STAGE AND LET THEM LINED UP.

I WELCOME TIM SIZEMORE WHO IS GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR CHALLENGE WINNERS.

TIM, STEP RIGHT UP.

>> VERY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS FOR THE U.K. ENGINEERING AND MINDS ON INNOVATION, A SPECIAL THANKS TO Dr. BRUCE WALL COT, HIS GRAD STUDENTS ALEX AND GRACE WHO ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE THREE GUYS.

FOR OUR K-5 DIVISION IN SECOND PLACE WEST MARION ELEMENTARY.

STEP FORWARD GUYS.

[APPLAUSE] FIRST PLACE, K-5 DIVISION KENNEDY ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] 6-8 DIVISION, BLESSED SACK CONTRACT.

SACRA MEANT.

AND FIRST PLACE FOR 6-8 DIVISION ASHLAND MIDDLE.

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.

IN THE 9-12 DIVISION NELSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

Mr. JACOB McCLURE.

FIRST PLACE 9-12 WOODFORD HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

>> GREAT JOB THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WHILE THEY ARE EXITING THE STAGE I HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST.

IF YOU ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU ARE FINALISTS IN THESE THREE CATEGORIES, MAKE SURE I HAVE THEM IF YOU ARE A TIME LIST I KNOW I TOLD YOU TO GO TO THIS SIDE BUT THE NEXT THREE CATEGORIES I WANT YOU TO COME RIGHT DOWN HERE TO WHERE Mr. SPELLMAN IS WAVING HIS HANDS WE WILL BRING AND ON STAGE FOR THESE CATEGORIES.

IF YOU ARE A U.K.

WEB CODING CHALLENGE COME RIGHT HERE TO Mr. SPELLMAN.

AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU CAN.

IF YOU ARE A U OF L PODCAST CHALLENGE FINALIST COME RIGHT DOWN HERE TO Mr. SPELLMAN.

AND IF YOU ARE PART OF THE KENTUCKY ON-LINE LEARNING EXPERIENCE COLLABORATIVE WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE THAT IS THE WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE COME RIGHT OVER HERE TO Mr. SPELLMAN AND WE'LL GET YOU UP ON STAGE IN JUST ONE SECOND.

SO FOR EVERYONE AT HOME I KNOW YOU ARE PROBABLY WATCHING THE SCREEN AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS CALM AND SET AND EVERYTHING IS ORGANIZED, WELL THINGS ARE GOING GREAT.

WE HAVE GOT JUST A FEW THOUSAND STUDENTS WHO WENT BEHIND STAGE WHO ARE GETTING LINED UP TO COME UP ON STAGE IN A FEW MINUTES TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE OUR PROJECT CHAMPIONS.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE MINUTES AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE CHALLENGE AWARDS TO GIVE AWAY.

THE EXCITEMENT IN THE ROOM I WISH WE COULD PICK IT UP AND I HOPE FOLKS AT HOME UNDERSTAND IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY GOING ON IN THE ROOM WITH EVERYONE ANTICIPATING WHO IS GOING TO FIND OUT AM I AM CHAMPION, AM I FIRST PLACE OR SECOND PLACE?

IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE AND I HOPE THAT IS COMING ACROSS.

IF WE COULD NOW I THINK WE HAVE OUR UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WEB CODING CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS IF THEY WANT TO COME UP ON STAGE.

WE WANT TO THANK Dr. JERRY SWAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOR LEADING THIS CHALLENGE FOR US.

GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND MAKE HIM FEEL WELCOME AS HE GIVES US OUR U.K.

WEB CODING CHALLENGE WINNERS.

ALL RIGHT.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR DOING THE WEB CODING CHALLENGE AND IT'S BEEN SUPER FUN ALWAYS INSPIRED TO SEE WHAT THE PARTICIPANTS COME UP WITH.

AND SO NO FURTHER ADO WE WILL GET RIGHT TO IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THE RUNNER-UP IN SECOND PLACE IS WILL K FROM EMINENCE INDEPENDENT.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN FIRST PLACE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS ALEXANDER R FROM BRYANT STATION HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN SECOND PLACE JORGE V: YES, SIR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FROM WARREN COUNTY AND THAT'S DRAKES CREEK SCHOOL.

IN FIRST PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS ALEX T AND ROSS R. FROM BARON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE TREVOR T FROM SCOTT COUNTY STOMPING GROUND ELEMENTARY.

AND IN FIRST PLACE, ANDS HIGHEST SCORING PROJECT IN THE ENTIRE CHALLENGE, WAS SEAN SHANNON R FROM TILLER ELEMENTARY IN JACKSON COUNTY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

>> REAL QUICKLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Dr. JERRY SWAN HE IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

AND AT THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HE DOES SO MUCH TO HELP US OUT IN SO MANY AREAS.

AND OF COURSE WHEN WE NEEDED AND WANTED A NEW CHALLENGE HE STEPPED UP TO SAY I WILL LEAD THAT CHALLENGE.

AND IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY AREAS THAT HE HELPS US WITH.

THANK YOU TO Dr. JERRY SWAN.

[APPLAUSE] >> IF I HAVEN'T'S MENTIONED YET ONE THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT STLP IS RUN AND I KNOW I SAID THIS EARLIER BUT IT'S HARD TO FATHOM.

ALL OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES ARE LED BY PEOPLE WHO THEY DON'T WORK FOR STLP.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE COMING FROM SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMING FROM DISTRICTS THEY ARE TEACHERS LIKE YOU, THEY ARE FOLKS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR FIELD WHO STEP FORWARD TO HELP US OUT WITH CHALLENGES AND OUR NEXT GROUP I HAVE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BECAUSE AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT I REACHED OUT AND SAID IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU COULD LEAD THIS CATEGORY AND I MEAN LIKE HOURS AGO IT FEELS LIKE.

I HAVE TO GIVE A GIANT, GIANT THANK YOU TO KELLY FISHER AND EMILY TIRE COMING UP ON STAGE FROM FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE PODCAST CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> PODCASTERS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT DAY OF ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU MADE US LAUGH.

YOU MADE US CRY.

AND YOU EVEN SCARED US TO DEATH WITH SOME OF THESE TRUE CRIME STORIES.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOUR PROGRESS AND YOUR NUMBER OF LISTENERS GROW BECAUSE YOU WERE TRULY PROFESSIONAL.

THANK YOU ALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

STARTING OUT IN OUR ELEMENTARY DIVISION.

IN SECOND PLACE, FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, WE HAVE BLOOM ELEMENTARY WITH THE BULLDOG PODCAST CLUB.

IN FIRST PLACE, FROM FAYETTE COUNTY, WE HAVE FROM SANDERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SHARK CAST.

[APPLAUSE] IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION IN SECOND PLACE FROM WARREN COUNTY, WE HAVE TWO SPARTANS IN THE MIDDLE FROM SOUTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN FIRST PLACE, FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND WE HAVE THE COBRA CHRONICLES PODCAST.

[APPLAUSE] AND IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, IN SECOND PLACE FROM HARRISON COUNTY IN HARRISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE THIS IS OUR PODCAST.

AND IN FIRST PLACE, FROM FLOYD COUNTY IN FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE JAGUAR PODCASTING.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

[APPLAUSE] ED.

>> WOW.

GREAT GROUP THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS TIME MS. FISHER FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LEADING THAT CHALLENGE FOR US.

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

TALK ABOUT ALSO STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE LAST-MINUTE, THESE NEXT FOLKS ARE ALSO STEPPED UP WHEN I PUT THE CALL OUT AND THEY CAME TO HELP US OUT, MS. INDICATE MAYFIELD AND JAMIE BIRCH KENTUCKY ON-LINE LEARNING EXCHANGE IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE THEY BAILED ME OUT THIS YEAR.

WELCOME UP TO THE STAGE LADIES.

COME RIGHT ON UP HERE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> HI EVERYONE.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE AND WE HAD OVER 50 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.

STUDENTS HAD 60 MINUTES TO COME IN AND DESIGN A WEBSITE ON THE FLY.

AND WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND PLACE FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH.

ALL RIGHT SECOND PLACE FOR ELEMENTARY WE HAVE HARTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

FIRST PLACE ELEMENTARY FROM TULLY ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY IS VAVITG.

>> MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE WE HAVE BENJAMIN B FROM DUFF ALLEN CENTRAL ELEMENTARY IN FLOYD COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] FIRST PLACE, KAYLA H. FROM HENRY F. MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.

AND IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE CHASE C. SECOND PLACE METCALFE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

LA[APPLAUSE] IN METCALFE COUNTY.

FIRST PLACE WILLIAM BANT BARON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, BARON COUNTY.

[APPLAUSE] >> GREAT JOB.

GREAT JOB WEBSITE DESIGN.

SO WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING UP OUR KISSTY BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE KISSTY SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO TAKE ONE SECOND THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:00 P.M. WE HAD A WHOLE OTHER AWARDS SHOW IF YOU WERE DOING CHALLENGES AND IN THE PROJECT HALL DOING LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE JUDGING AT THAT POINT WE HAD THIS ARENA PACKED WITH FOLKS WHO WERE FINDING OUT IF THEY WERE OUR DIGITAL PRODUCT CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

IT WAS HOSTED BY THE ONE AND ONLY MS. KELSEY STARKS FROM KET'S NEWS QUIZ SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB AND MADE IT FUN.

WASN'T SHE AWESOME AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS WE GAVE OUR AWARDS OUT TO ALL OF OUR DIGITAL PRODUCT ENTRIES THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE DIGITAL PHOTOS, DIGITAL MUSIC, TECHNICAL WRITING, THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT ARE DIGITAL PRODUCTS THAT YOU SUBMIT ON-LINE AND THE WHOLE COMPETITION HAPPENS VIA THE SPORTS BET.

AND THEN TODAY THEY GOT TO COME TOGETHER AND WIN GREAT MEDALS TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS BEING STATE CHAMPIONS.

IF YOU WERE A DIGITAL AWARD WINNER TODAY WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM AND CONGRATULATING THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.

BY THE WAY, YOU CAN WATCH THAT DIGITAL AWARDS SHOW IT'S ARCHIVED.

IT WAS BROADCAST LIVE STREAMED ON THE INTERNET.

WE'LL HAVE A LINK TO THAT ON STLP.LIVE TO CHECK THAT OUT.

NEXT I'M PROUD TO BRING UP MY FRIENDS FROM THE KENTUCKY SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.

KISSTY GREAT PART INERTS WHO WORK WITH US IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS TO SUPPORT YOUR TEACHERS TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS IF YOU COULD GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE KISSTY BOARD MEMBERS COMING TO THE STAGE RIGHT NOW.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING I'M JESSICA SPERO DISTRICT WEATHER MEDIA SPECIALIST FOR NELSON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE LIAISON FOR KISSTY.

THE KENTUCKY SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.

EACH YEAR KISSTY RECOGNIZES STLP SENIORS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE KISSTY BOARD IS HERE TO PRESENT FOUR $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR STLP SENIORS.

OUR FIRST SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HALEY LITTLE.

[APPLAUSE] AND HALEY'S NINE YEARS WITH STLP SHE HAS BEEN AN ENGINEER, AND HAS HAD MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDING KENTUCKY TRAVEL, SEMIFINALIST, INDICATE PRODUCTS STATE CHAMPION, PSA SEMIFINALIST TO NAME A FEW.

SHE CREDITS STLP FOR GIVING HER CONFIDENCE AND HER PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS AND IS HONORED TO BE RECEIVING THIS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS HALEY FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SCHOLARSHIP IS THE ELAINE HARRISON LANE SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO ZACHARY BURKHART FROM TREMBLE COUNTY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] STLP HAS PROVIDED ZACHARY OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH TEAMMATES AND TO BECOME A TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION.

ZACHARY HAS LEARNED MANY SKILLS ALONG THE WAY, BUT SAYS STLP HAS MOST HELPED HIM WITH OVERCOMING ANXIETIES WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING.

HE ALSO BELIEVES STLP HAS HELPED HIM TO BECOME A MORE CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKER AND STLP IS A SAFE PLACE TO SHARE IDEAS.

HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH STLP FOR NINE YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS ZACHARY FROM TREMBLE COUNTY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] OUR THIRD SCHOLARSHIP IS THE MARY GRACE YEAGER SCHOLARSHIP AND THIS WILL GO TO NATHAN JONES FROM ROWAN COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

NATHAN HAS PARTICIPATED IN STLP FOR SIX YEARS AND SHOWCASED PROJECTS AND LEADERSHIP.

NATHAN IS AN STLP ENGINEER AND HE STARTED A STUDENT TECH LEADERSHIP TEAM AT HIS SCHOOL.

NATHAN HAS A PASSION FOR TECHNOLOGY, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

STLP HAS GIVEN HIM A PURPOSE IN HIS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS NATHAN FROM ROWAND COUNTY SENIOR HIGH.

[APPLAUSE] OUR FINAL SCHOLARSHIP IS GARY AND BECKY GRANT SCHOLARSHIP.

THIS SCHOLARSHIP WILL GO TO ARNOLD FROM RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] ARNOTT HAS BEEN IN STLP FOR FIVE YEARS SUCCESSFUL IN REGIONAL AND STATE SHOWCASES WON BEST PROTECT DAHL PROJECT WITH HIS TEAM IN 2021 BY CREATING CONTENT FOR TEACHERS AND TRAINING THE TEACHERS.

WHAT A WORK OF COLLABORATION.

HE ALSO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DPOJ CATEGORIES DURING HIS TENURE IN STLP.

PLACING FIRST IN SCREEN CAPTURE, MULTIMEDIA MATCHUP AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND THAT IS JUST A FEW.

STLP TAUGHT HIM TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS, EXPANDED HIS TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND DEVELOPED HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

CONGRATULATIONS ARNOTT FROM RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR AWARD WINNERS IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.

[APPLAUSE] >> LISTEN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A SENIOR NEXT YEAR, AND YOU DON'T APPLY FOR THE KISSTY SCHOLARSHIP, YOU ARE MISSING OUT GUYS.

YOU GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RESOURCE.

THEY ARE HERE FOR US.

AND WE LOVE IT.

OK. REAL QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

I DON'T WANT US TO GET STUCK IN THE MUD AND HAVE A SITUATION.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND I AM GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO A FEW FOLKS TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE HELP US PULL THIS OFF.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HELP ME PULL THIS OFF AND I SAY THANK YOU TO THE LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST ANDS AND THE DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES AND THE COMPUTER SCIENCE TEAMS THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE PRINCIPALS THE SUPERINTENDENTS THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS, THE TECHNOLOGY STAFF.

THE BUS GARAGE; THE BUS DRIVERS.

EVERYONE WHO HELPED YOU GET HERE TODAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR HELPING THAT HAPPEN.

MOM AND DAD MOST IMPORTANT ALL THE PARENTS AND ALL THE GUARDIANS IN THE ROOM WHO ARE HERE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GET HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US TO THIS POINT.

BECAUSE NOW WE ARE VERY CLOSE, VERY CLOSE BECAUSE NOW IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR STLP PROJECT FINALISTS.

OUR LAST AWARD OF THE DAY IS FOR OUR PROJECT CHAMPIONS.

AND FIRST WE HAVE TO THANK Mr. BENNY LYLE RETIRED METCALFE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, MS. AMY JOHNS, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER FROM FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS.

THANKS ERIN WAGNER AND THANK REBECCA BRIGHT FROM OUR TEAM WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND ALL OF OUR LEVEL THREE JUDGES WHO PITCH IN TO HELP US SELECT THESE STUDENTS TO BE OUR LEVEL THREE PROJECTS.

BACK IN THE FALL OUR JUDGES SAW LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS THAT HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT AND THEN GET FEEDBACK AND HOPEFUL THEY WOULD MOVE ON FROM LEVEL ONE IN THE FALL TO LEVEL TWO TODAY.

WE HAD 630 OR SO PROJECTS ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WHICH IS A GIANT AMOUNT OF PROJECTS IF YOU GOT TO GET INTO THE EXHIBIT HALL THEN HOPEFULLY YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S HARD TO FATHOM 635 PROJECTS IN ONE ROOM BUT WE PULLED IT OFF.

OF THOSE THAT QUALIFIED AT LEVEL TWO, THOSE 635 THAT PRESENTED, THE JUDGES NARROWED IT DOWN TO 90 OF THE BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUP.

WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TODAY.

BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS, PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS THE BACKBONE OF STLP.

IT IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHER STUDENTS FOR TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL OR EVEN THE COMMUNITY NOWHERE ELSE CAN YOU CLEARLY SEE THE KENTUCKY ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY SO AUTHORIZE ROELY ENGRAINED IN LEARNING THAN IN OUR PROJECT TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN STLP.

THOSE ACADEMIC STANDARDS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING WE DO WITH STLP.

AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.

BECAUSE I BET ALL THE TEACHERS IN THIS ROOM IF YOU ASKED STUDENTS IF THEY COULD NAME ANY OTHER ACADEMIC STANDARDS OUT THERE, IF THEY COULD NAME THEM, DOUBTFUL, BUT TODAY, THEY HAD TO DEFEND ALL SEVEN OF THOSE STANDARDS TO THE JUDGES.

BY NAME.

OUR STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY DO LEVEL TWO PROJECTS THAT IS IN MY MIND, A POTENTIAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT CHECK BOX.

THEY JUST DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY IN TECHNOLOGY.

GREAT JOB TO OUR TEAMS.

HERE IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO NAME OF THOSE 90 TEAMS WE'LL NAME 70 OF THE BEST IN LEVEL TWO PROJECT GROUPS.

THEN WE'LL IDENTIFY OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20.

WORK OUR WAY DOWN TO THE ELITE 8.

OUR RUNNER-UP.

AND THEN OUR CHAMPIONS.

FIRST WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUPS AS I CALL THEIR NAMES THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP E. WORK THEIR WAY ACROSS THE STAGE AND WAVE A LITTLE BIT KEEP ON MOVING.

MOM AND DAD DON'T WORRY YOU CAN ALSO COME DOWN AFTER THE AWARDS SHOW AND WE CAN TAKE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE BOOTH.

SO IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR SHOT RIGHT NOW, NO SWEAT.

PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HELP ME WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE OUR LEVEL THREE PROJECT FINALISTS.

STARTING WITH MUG TANK MEMORIES FROM RED CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARON COUNTY.

TH STUDENT HELP DESK FROM TEMPLE HILL ELEMENTARY IN BAR REB COUNTY.

BARREN COUNTY.

KENTUCKY FACT OR FICTION SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BOYD COUNTY.

THE ENERGY SAVERS FROM MARYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BULLIT COUNTY.

COUGAR CLUB CUB TECH HUB FROM ROW V ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO IN BULLIT COUNTY.

SIP FOR TREES FROM SOUTH CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

H20, HNO FROM COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM CRIT EN DEN COUNTY.

GO FINDER FROM HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO IN DAVIS COUNTY.

LEADING THE PACK FROM GARRET MORGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTE COUNTY.

SHARK CAST FROM SANDERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

WELLINGTON NEWS FROM WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

KRITD -- CRITTER CUDDLES FROM GLASGOW INDEPENDENT.

JACKSON COUNTY COME FOR VISIT STAY FOR A LIFETIME.

FROM TYNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JACKSON COUNTY.

AR CALM DOWN SPACE FROM ALEX R. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON.

GET LIT ABOUT LITERATURE ALEX R. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE SPANISH OUTREACH PROJECT FROM BOWEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

DIGITAL CITIZENS TECHNO CATS TURNING OUR STUDENTS INTO TECH HOT SHO SHOTS FROM COCHRAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

COCHRAN PURPOSEFUL PEOPLE FROM COCHRAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE PRODUCERS FROM GREAT HOUSE SHY ROCK TRADITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE GREENWOOD TECH TEAM FROM GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

HAWK SQUAD FROM HEIGHT ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY FROM LOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE START KIDS CARE TEAM FROM SIMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

STRANGER DANGER FROM STOFFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

NOW WE HAVE POSITIVE PANTHER NEWS FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND JOHNSON COUNTY.

PROJECT WELLNESS EDUCATION LASTING LIFETIME FROM WR CASTLE ELEMENTARY ALSO IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

THE HAMPTON HELPING HANDS GR HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM KNOX COUNTY.

NOW WE HAVE MODEL CARES FROM MODEL LAB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MADISON COUNTY.

OUR PATHWAY TO PEACE FROM THE GRADE SCHOOL.

COME TO VISIT END UP STAYING FROM JOE HARRISON CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MONROE COUNTY.

TIGER ADVOCATES FOR ANIMALS FROM MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM MURRAY INDEPENDENT.

STORY TIME WITH KENTUCKY FROM PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PULASKI COUNTY.

PAWS ARE US FROM ROBERTSON COUNTY SCHOOL ROBERTSON COUNTY.

SENDING SMILES TO RESIDENTS ALSO ROBERTSON COUNTY SCHOOL IN ROBERTSON COUNTY.

WORDS ON WHEELS ROBERTSON COUNTY SCHOOL ROBTD SON COUNTY A BIG SHOWING FROM ROBERTSON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB ROBERTSON.

THE GREEN TEAM PROJECT FROM TILT TON HOAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ROWAND COUNTY.

WITH THE THREE BOOK ATEARS FROM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SIMPSON COUNTY.

DRIVING DONATIONS FROM STURGIS ELEMENTARY IN UNION COUNTY.

GREAT TO SEE UNION COUNTY HERE.

THANK YOU.

THE JAG CLEANERS FROM NORTH JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARREN COUNTY.

PANTHERS THE PANTHERS CARE LIBRARY FROM SINKING FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

READ HARDER FROM ROBERT D. CAMPBELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CLARK COUNTY.

ME TO YOU ALSO ROBERT D. CAMPBELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CLARK COUNTY.

GREAT JOB CLARK COUNTY.

CLOSE TO MY HEART.

NOW WE HAVE HOST A HACK-A-THON FROM EMINENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EMINENCE INDEPENDENT.

EQUALITY FOR ALL FROM LEESTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

RELAX A BIT FROM JAMES D. ADAM MIDDLE SCHOOL FLOYD COUNTY.

GCMS VIRTUAL LOST AND FOUND FROM GRADES COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM GRADES COUNTY.

LIONS DONATION DRIVE FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO IN GRAVES COUNTY.

BARRETT TECH SUPPORT FROM BARRETT TMS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

TIME MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECTS BARRETT TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

IS LOUISVILLE A COMPASSIONATE CITY TOWARDS VARIOUS CULTURES FROM CONWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB.

LET'S TOUR DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE FROM THE J GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND ENGAGING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH 3D PRINCIPLING FROM NEWBURGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

T3 NEWS SUPPORT FROM NEWBURGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

TERRIFIC TEETH FROM EMELINNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KNOT COUNTY.

GREAT JOB KNOT COUNTY.

HERE PRESENT FROM NORTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAUREL COUNTY.

THE CATS COURIER FROM NEWPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEWPORT INDEPENDENT.

OAKLAND MORNING MEETING STLP NEWS CREW FROM OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.

OAKLAND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

BRIEF VISIT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN BRIEF IT COUNTY.

COMFORTING HANDS FROM EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE DOG.COM FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY.

CASEY UNMUTED PODCAST FROM KNOX CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

KNOX COUNTY.

THAT IS AWESOME.

VIRTUAL SCHOOL TOUR FROM LIVINGSTON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

GAMING FOR THE GREATER GOOD BELFRY HIGH SCHOOL IN PIKE COUNTY.

SMILE FROM BELFRY HIGH SCHOOL ALSO IN PIKE COUNTY.

VALHALLA VISUALS FROM WOUND COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN ROUND COUNTY.

USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH ANIMAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FACILITIES, GREAT CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL SCOTT COUNTY.

OPEN MINDS OPEN ARMS, TRAY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AND OUR LAST BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUP GOES TO BRINGING AWARENESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT WOODFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WOODFORD COUNTY.

PLEASE GIVE OUR BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUPS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

NOW I'M BRINGING BACK TO THE MICROPHONE SOMEONE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE Mr. DAVID COUCH WHO HAS THE HONOR OF TAKING US THROUGH OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 AND OUR CHAMPIONS.

DAVID THE MIC IS YOURS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BEFORE WE IDENTIFY OUR TOP 20.

FOLKS GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE OF OUR STAFF OF ONE PERSON THAT MAKES ALL THIS HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, JEFF SOBOSKY.

ALSO HIGH 5 TO OUR KENTUCKY K-12 DIGITAL CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER MARTY PARK.

MARTY?

YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

SO FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEHIND ME, I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN THEY GO BACK HOME.

ALL THE AWARD WINNERS MAKE SURE YOU RECOGNIZE AS IF IT WAS THE BIGGEST ANYTHING INCLUDING A SPORTING EVENT THIS IS VERY SIMILAR.

THE STATUS HERE.

TAKE PICTURES AND AFTER WE IDENTIFY THE TOP FOUR STAY AROUND AND TAKE PICTURES WE'LL TAKE PICTURE WITH THE FINAL FOUR AND EACH ONE OF THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE ARE YOUR TOP 20 IN KENTUCKY: HAZARD HIGH SCHOOL HAZARD INDEPENDENT WIDGET.

EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL, EMANYONES INDEPENDENT STORIES SLIP.

THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS AT FAYETTE COUNTY THE BLUEGRASS RECYCLING RIGHT.

ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ASHLAND INDEPENDENT A CALMING PRESENCE.

FORESTER HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NELSON COUNTY, CANDLES FOR A CAUSE.

TOP KINSVILLE ELEMENTARY MONROE COUNTY EQUAL PLAY FOR EVERYONE.

SIMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY, WHAT'S MY NAME?

LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY SUPPORTING OUR SPANISH COMMUNITY.

FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY SOARING INTO THE R. BLOOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY BLOOM TECH TEAM.

PRESTONSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLOYD COUNTY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIRTUALLY FIND IT.

SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOYD COUNTY, MATH CATS.

NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JEFFERSON COUNTY COUGAR STEAM CAMPS.

ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ASHLAND INDEPENDENT IMPROVING SCHOOL SAFETY.

CONWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY UNCOVER, SHARE STORIES AND CELEBRATE THE BLACK HISTORY HERITAGE IN KENTUCKY.

TREMBLE COUNTY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TREMBLE COUNTY, TC TRAVEL MAP.

BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT VR COMPUTER BILL.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, FABRICATED LIKE WEATHER REPORTING STATION.

AND THE LAST OF OUR TOP 20, SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS BLUEGRASS DECREASING THE ANNUAL COST OF TIPPING DUMPSTERS AND STLP INVENTION.

THIS IS OUR TOP 20 IN KENTUCKY!

OUT OF 2500 PROJECTS THAT STARTED A LONGTIME AGO THIS IS THE TOP 1% SO CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT I WILL CALL UP 12 SCHOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS MAKING TOP 20 AND THE REMAINING SCHOOLS WILL BE OUR ELITE EIGHT.

COVER INDUSTRY OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTE COUNTY.

COVENTRY OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTE COUNTY.

IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED, LEAVE THE STAGE.

COVENTRY OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ARE THEY UP HERE?

OK. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THEY LEAVE.

PRESTONSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FLOYD COUNTY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] COME ON OFF.

BLOOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, BLOOM TECH TEAM.

FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY SOARING INTO VR.

LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY.

SIMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY WHAT'S MY NAME?

TOP KINSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONROE COUNTY, EQUAL PLAY FOR EVERYONE.

FOSTER HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NELSON COUNTY CANDLES FOR A CAUSE.

ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ASHLAND INDEPENDENT A CALMING PRESENCE.

THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS AT THE BLUEGRASS IN FAYETTE COUNTY, RECYCLING RIGHT.

EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL EMINENCE INDEPENDENT STORY SLIP.

HAZARD HIGH SCHOOL HAZARD INDEPENDENT WIDGET.

WE NOW SHOULD HAVE OUR ELITE 8 IN KENTUCKY.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] MAKE SURE WE HAVE EIGHT UP HERE.

SO THE NEXT THING I WILL ANNOUNCE IS OUR RUNNERS UP.

THE NEXT FOUR NAMES WILL BE OUR RUNNERS UP.

THE GOOD HIGH CAN LEAVE THE STAGE AND THE REMAINING FOUR SCHOOLS ARE THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

OUR FIRST RUNNER-UP IS A SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS AT THE BLUEGRASS DECREASING THE COST OF TIPPING SCHOOL DUMPSTERS AND STLP INVENTION.

GO AHEAD AND EXIT THE STAGE.

DO WE HAVE THEM EXIT?

IF YOU ARE THAT SCHOOL EXIT THE STAGE.

OUR NEXT ONE IS BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL VR COMPUTER BUILDER.

STATE RUNNERS UP GOOD JOB.

CONWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY UNCOVER SHARE STORIES AND CELEBRATE THE BLACK HISTORY HERITAGE IN KENTUCKY.

CONWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

RIGHT THOUSAND WE SHOULD HAVE FIVE LEFT.

WE HAVE FIVE LEFT?

OUR LAST RUNNER-UP IS NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

COUGAR STEAM CAMPS.

NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY DO WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS LEFT ON THE STAGE.

DO WE HAVE FOUR?

DO WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS?

THESE SHOULD BE OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, SUMMIT ELEMENTARY BOYD COUNTY, MATH CATS.

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVING SCHOOL SAFETY.

[APPLAUSE] HIGH SCHOOLS STAY UP ON THE STAGE, TREMBLE COUNTY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DC TRAVEL MAP AND DAVE SIGNIFICANTLER OUR CHAMPION.

ATHERTON REPORTING SYSTEMS.

THESE ARE OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] FOR ALL THE FOLKS HERE WITH US TONIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING WITH US THROUGH THE AWARDS SHOW.

FOR EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANKS FOR ALL EVERYONE WHO HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LET'S GIVE ONE LAST ROARING CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STLP 2023 STATE CHAMPIONS!

[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING]