♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GOOD EVENING, STLP, ARE YOU OUT THERE!

[ CHEERING ] WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WARM WELCOME.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE.

WELCOME TO THE 2025 STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE AND PROJECT AWARD SHOW.

IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU ARE ABOUT TO WIN AN AWARD, CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW STLP STATED CHAMPIONS FOR THE YEAR OF 2025, WHICH IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY READY FOR WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN.

SO JUST KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO COME DOWN, WHO ARE GOING TO STEP UP ON STAGE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR CHAMPIONS TODAY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO CHEER AND LET OUR CHAMPIONS KNOW HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THEM AND IT'S GOING TO BE UNDERSTOOD NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, Mr. DAVID COUCH WHO HAS SOME IMPORTANT WORDS FOR YOU ALL TODAY.

DAVID... SAY HELLO.

[ CHEERING ] >> WELCOME TO RUPP ARENA!

[ CHEERING ] YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT TO KENTUCKY'S FUTURE, THAT THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY-- AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE WITH-- RENTED OUT RUPP ARENA AND THE LEXINGTON CENTRAL BANK CENTER JUST FOR YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] JUST SO YOU KNOW, NO OTHER SINGLE DAY EVENT USES MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE FLOOR SPACE IN THE CENTRAL BANK CENTER EACH OR RUPP ARENA EACH YEAR THAN THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

STLP ROCKS.

[ CHEERING ] LOTS OF FOLKS HERE TODAY, BETWEEN 22,000 AND 25,000 ARE HERE.

THAT INCLUDES 17,000 STUDENTS, 5,000 ADULTS AND THOSE ARE YOUR STLP COACHES, YOUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS AND STAFF.

LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS HELP MAKE THIS SPECIAL EVENT HAPPEN.

JUDGES, WE HAD A LOT OF PARENTS THAT CAME TODAY.

FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THERE IS ALSO 5,000 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM ENTRIES.

AND YOU ARE PART OF THE FINALISTS OF THE WINNERS.

THANKS FOR BEING PART OF STLP.

[ APPLAUSE ] SO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS PLAYED RIGHT HERE.

I SAT RIGHT THERE AND WATCHED IT.

A WEEK AFTER THAT, THE NCAA MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED RIGHT HERE.

THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND YOU ALL, ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE EVENTS, SO WE HOLD THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS SAME EXACT PLACE TO EMPHASIZE THAT.

[ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING ] YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IT-- AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1992 AS PART OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY OUR KENTUCKY TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM IS THE PIONEER AND NATIONAL LEADER IN MOST ASPECTS OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY; FOR EXAMPLE, MOST KENTUCKIAN S DO NOT KNOW THIS.

WE WERE THE VERY FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE DID THAT WAY BACK IN 1995.

WE ALSO HAVE 60,000 STUDENTS, IS THAT YOU ARE PART OF, 60,000 KENTUCKY STUDENTS PART OF STLP AND THERE IS NO OTHER STATE IN THE NATION WITH MORE STUDENT PARTICIPATION OR DOES STLP THAN BETTER THAN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

[ APPLAUSE ] THIS IS OUR 31st YEAR OF STLP AND THE 19th YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD AN STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

I ALWAYS ASK THIS QUESTION AND I ASKED IT AROUND TODAY.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME IN RUPP ARENA.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND RAISE YOUR HAND IF THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF STLP EVENT HERE IN RUPP ARENA.

SO LOTS OF FIRSTS.

LOTS OF FIRSTS AND WE DO THAT FOR A REASON.

PART OF THINGS, COMPETITION OF ANY TYPE LETS YOUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS, PROJECTS AND SKILLS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER PART OF THE STATE AND PART OF THE NATION.

IT TEACHES LEADERSHIP WHICH IS PART OF STLP, TEAM BUILDING, YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS, WHETHER YOU ARE A FIRST GRADER OR 12th GRADER.

A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS HELPING YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE ALL VALUABLE SKILLS GAIN AS WELL AS, AND I HOPE YOU TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND MEET STUDENTS THROUGHOUT STATE; FOR EXAMPLE, OUR STLP ENGINEERS AND AMBASSADORS COME FROM ALL PARTS OF OUR STATE.

THESE 13 STUDENTS YOU WILL MEET HERE SHORTLY REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR BEST IN KENTUCKY, AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE TODAY A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF YOU.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STLP ALUMNI AND IT'S FUN FOR ME TO BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THEY SEE ME WEAR STLP AND THEY SAY I WAS PART OF STLP.

HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE TO ME FAR AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT MADE THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

THESE TYPES OF SPECIAL THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, STARTING WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR COACHES, YOUR SCHOOL STAFF.

A LOT OF FOLKS HERE DON'T GET PAID A DIME BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL EVENT HAPPEN FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND YOU SHOULD THANK THEM, TOO.

HIGH FIVE FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TOWARD THE END, YOU WILL HEAR US TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL THREE FINALISTS.

YOU WILL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT 5,000 PROJECTS START OUT AND WE WILL IDENTIFY THOSE LEVEL THREE FINALISTS AND WE WILL IDENTIFY OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 TEAM PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND IDENTIFY OUR ELITE EIGHT AND THEN WE WILL IDENTIFY THE FINAL FOUR AND THOSE FINAL FOUR WILL BE OUR PROJECT STATE CHAMPIONS YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT BEING THE VERY FIRST STATE TO HAVE INTERSTATE ACCESS TO ALL THE SCHOOLS-- INTERNET ACCESS.

DAVID SIGNIFICANTLER-- DAVID SIGLER WHO WAS PART OF OUR STATE AND HE PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WE NAMED AN WARD IN HIS HONOR AS BEST OVERALL TECHNOLOGY PROJECT IN KENTUCKY.

WE WILL GIVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE BEST PURE TECHNICAL PROJECT.

A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE BEST K-5, A TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE BEST GRADE 6-8 AND 9-12.

OUR OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY WILL PAY THESE FOUR PROJECT STATE CHAMPIONS TO ATTEND AND REPRESENT US IN KENTUCKY IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS STARTING THE 29th OF JUNE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY CONFERENCE.

REMEMBER, IF YOU WIN IN KENTUCKY, YOU ARE NOT JUST ONE OF THE BEST IN KENTUCKY.

YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION.

SO I SAY THIS IN CLOSING.

ENJOY THE MOMENT AS YOU HEAR YOUR NAME AND SCHOOL ANNOUNCED SHOWING UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOR MAKING IT AND COMPETING IN STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THIS?

[ CHEERING ] ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THIS?

LET'S GO!

>> OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, LET'S DO THIS.

AWARDS.

BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR ALONG AND FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME TONIGHT, WE ARE, WHO ARE WATCHING US LIVE ON KET, FOLKS WATCHING US LATER ON, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER KENTUCKY HERE TONIGHT Mr. COUCH SAID WE HAVE OVER 20,000 FOLKS HERE AND WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR CHAMPIONS WHO ARE FROM THE PROJECT AND THE CHALLENGE CATEGORIES.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE OTHER CHAMPIONS LATER ON BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE GOING TO SAY IT IS TIME FOR US TO CALL BACK TO THE STAGE, AND FOR RIGHT NOW, LET'S HAVE THE... KY GO PLAYIN' VOUGHTOR TEAM, AND-- THE GO PLAY IRN VAITOR TEAM AND THE BLOCK DOAD CREW AND THE MARIO CART TIME TRIALS TOP 9.

IF ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WOULD COME ON DOWN AND HEAD BACK TO THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE.

WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU ORGANIZED FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING.

PARDON ME.

WE WILL HAVE YOU COME DOWN ON THIS SIDE WHICH I SAY WRONG EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO COME ON DOWN TO THIS SIDE AND WE WILL GET YOU ORGANIZED AND UP ON STAGE.

OKAY.

I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST BEFORE WE STEP TO THE NEXT THING, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS JEFF AND I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING OUR MASTER OF CEREMONY TONIGHT AND I ALSO LIKE TO REFER TO MYSELF AS THE STLP CHIEF ENTHUSIAST FOR THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

I HAVE THE HONOR OF GETTING TO LEAD THE STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ALONG WITH MY TEAMMATES, MATT AND AARON WHO ALL TOGETHER WE LOVE BRINGING ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO EACH OF YOU AND HAVING A CHANCE FOR TO YOU COME TO KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SHINE EVERY DAY.

SOME FOLKS WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW AND THEY MAY NOT BE IN THE ROOM, BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR STATE CHAMPIONS WHO WERE WERE NAMED ON THIS DAY ONE YEAR AGO AND OUT OF A RESPECT FOR THEIR LAST AS STATE CHAMPIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST CALL THEM OUT.

WE HAD, IT'S OUR K-5 DIVISION CHAMPIONS LAST YEAR.

WE HAD BOWEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

ABSOLUTELY.

OUR 6-8 CHAMPIONS FROM LAST YEAR WERE FALLSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

OUR 9-12 CHAMPIONS FROM LAST YEAR, OUTGOING ARE BOURBON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FROM BOURBON COUNTY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE DAVID SIGLER TECHNICAL AWARD WENT TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT YEAR.

GOOD JOB.

TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TOE NAME OUR NEW STATE CHAMPIONS AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

RIGHT NOW I WANT TO BRING UP ON TO THE STAGE SOME FOLKS YOU HAVE SEEN MOVING AROUND HERE TODAY.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE FOLKS MOVING AROUND THAT HAVE THE CAPES ON AND THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND HELPING FOLKS?

MAYBE YOU'VE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THEM?

THOSE ARE OUR STLP ENGINEER AMBASSADORS.

AND THEY ARE STUDENTS JUST LIKE YOU, WHO SAT IN SEATS JUST LIKE THIS, WHEN THEY WERE IN YOUNGER GRADES, AND THEY DECIDED, I WANT TO JOIN THAT TEAM.

I WANT TO BE UP THERE ON THE STAGE AND I WANT TO BE HELPING LEAD THE STLP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ALL DAY HELPING BEHIND THE SCENES, ACTUALLY LEADING THE SHOW, AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO Mr. JIM SEWARD FROM BELLEVUE INDEPENDENT WHO DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF LEADING OUR STLP ENGINEER CREW.

SO HE CAN INTRODUCE THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WOW.

THIS LIGHT IS BRIGHT.

THIS IS EXCITING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL CHAMPIONS IN MY MIND.

THESE ARE MY SUPERHEROS.

LIKE Mr. COUCH SAID EARLIER, THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP.

YOU WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER AMBASSADOR.

I HOPE I'M HERE WHEN YOU GET HERE.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ITTY BITTIES AND WE HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOLSERS.

I AM GOING TO ASK OUR ENGINEERS TO PASS THEIR CAPE ON TO A YOUNGER STLP STUDENT.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING ONE OF THEIR CAPES, AFTER THE CLOSING PROGRAM, FIND YOUR FAVORITE ENGINEER, THEY'RE GOING TO AUTOGRAPH IT AND GIVE IT TO YOU.

OKAY?

SO THE BIG THING FOR ME IN STLP IS THE L IN LEADERSHIP.

I WANT THEM TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEIR TEAMS.

CASEY.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS CASEY MALONE.

I'M A STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ENGINEER AMBASSADOR AND I'M A SENIOR FROM RUSSELL INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND MY TEAM CONSISTED OF GRAYSON COX FROM SOUTH WARREN HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS A JUNIOR.

[ APPLAUSE ] LOGAN GASKINS FROM METCALFE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS A SENIOR AND LANDON HECKLER FROM METCALFE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS ALSO A SENIOR.

>> HI.

HELD ON.

I'M MAR LANA WEISS, I'M A SENIOR AT WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

MY SECOND YEAR AS AN AL.

AMBASSADOR.

SENIOR A WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH MY TEAM IS BROOK FROM DIXIE HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE IS A SENIOR AND SEREA, ALSO A SENIOR AT WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH.

[ APPLAUSE ] NOW TRUMAN.

>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS LIKING US SO FAR?

[ APPLAUSE ] SO MY NAME IS TRUMAN GILBERT.

I'M A SENIOR.

FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE SITTING RIGHT NOW.

OVER HERE.

SO SHOUTOUT TO THEM.

SO I HAD TWO PEOPLE ON MY TEAM, NATALIA GARZA.

SHE IS A FRESHMAN FROM ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE IS AMAZING AND MIA QUEEN, A JUNIOR AT FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING.

>> HI EVERYBODY MY NAME IS REAGAN AND I'M A JUNIOR AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AND I GO TO WEBSTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TWO PEOPLE ON MY TEAM ARE ADELAIDE DENNIS AND SHE IS A JUNIOR FROM EMINENCE.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND THEN CALLIE CASTLE AND SHE IS A JUNIOR FROM JOHNSON CENTRAL.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU AND I HOPE WE SEE A LOT OF YOU BEHIND THE STAGE HERE SHORTLY.

GOOD LUCK.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> GREAT JOB STLP ENGINEER AMBASSADORS.

THEY WILL BE WITH US ALL NIGHT.

THEY WILL BE THE FOLKS WHEN WE SAY COME DOWN AND GO BEHIND THE STAGE, THEY WILL BE BACK THERE GETTING YOU ORGANIZED TO COME UP ON THE STAGE.

AND SPEAKING OF THAT, WE HAVE A FEW MORE GROUPS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME DOWN AND HEAD DOWN TO THAT SIDE OF THE STAGE.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE A.I.

ON DEMAND CHALLENGE.

CERTAPALOOZA AND CINEMA MANIA.

CERTAPALOOZA AND CINEMANIA.

IF YOU SAW YOURSELVES ON THE WALL OF WINNER, YOU ARE A FINALIST AND YOU WILL COME DOWN AND FIND OUT IF YOU ARE A FIRST OR SECOND PLACE CHAMPION.

OKAY.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE OUR NEXT GROUP.

THIS IS THE, SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT NEW THIS YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM MOVING AROUND DOING VIDEOS.

THEY HAVE DONE PODCASTS.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR IS IF YOUR SCHOOL HAS A MEDIA PRODUCTION GROUP OR MAYBE A NEWSCAST TEAM, WHAT WE'VE DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE ARE ACTUALLY INSTEAD OF BRINGING INDIVIDUAL KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, LET'S BRING ONE WHOLE SCHOOL'S MEDIA PRODUCTION TEAM AND THAT WILL BE OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE APPLICATION OUT FOR US FOR THE FALL FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IF HAVE YOU A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT CAN BE HERE HELPING US CAPTURE MEDIA, THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.

AND THIS YEAR'S CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM, WE WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO STEAM ACADEMY.

STEAM ACADEMY IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHO STEPPED UP.

WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK Mr. BRIAN WILSON AND AMY SCHWARZ FOR HELPING TO GET THE STUDENTS HERE AND THE TEAM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TODAY.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE SOME OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

BE LOOKING FOR THAT-- THERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN.

AN AWESOME GROUP OF YOUNG STUDENTS.

FANTASTIC.

NOW, IF WE COULD, WE ALSO WANT TO SEND TO THE BACK.

IF YOU ARE A ON THE WALL OF WINNERS AS A FINALIST IN THE DRONE CHALLENGE, BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DRONE CHALLENGE.

GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE, GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOTICS, AND THE GIRLS WHO CODE CHALLENGE, IF YOU ARE THE FINALISTS IN ANY OF THOSE FROM THE WALL OF WINNERS, HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE RIGHT NOW.

NOW IS THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME OTHER FOLKS.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SERVICE TEAMS UP HERE.

OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM, STLP AMBASSADORS AND KY GO PLAY INNOVATOR TEAM.

HOW MANY FOLKS GOT OVER TO THE KY GO PLAY MAKER SPACE TODAY OVER ON THE SECOND FLOOR?

YEAH?

SO THESE FOLKS STUCK AROUND AND HELPED OUT ON THE KY GO PLAY MAKER SPACE.

AWESOME!

COME ON UP, PLEASE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HELPING OUT.

AS I SAY YOUR NAME, COULD YOU STEP FORWARD AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A WAVE.

WHITLEY A FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL HALEY W. FROM EMINENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CLARA R. FROM EMINENCE AND CASEY R. FROM EMINENCE.

ADRIANA V FROM FLOYD CENTRAL.

LINDSAY N FROM EMINENCE.

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO MISS HEIDI FROM FORT THOMAS INDEPENDENT AND OF COURSE THE ONE AND ONLY Mr. JAMES ALLEN WHO IS ONE OF MY TEAMMATES AT THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHO LEADS LIBRARY SCIENCE.

GREAT JOB TO OUR KY GO PLAY INNOVATORS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU CAN WALK OFF THAT STAGE RIGHT OVER THAT WAY.

NOW FOR OUR NEXT CATEGORY, WE HAVE OUR CODE BLOCK DREW.

IF YOU WERE BEHIND THE CURTAIN OVER HERE AND MAYBE YOU GOT IN AND GOT TO MESS AROUND WITH CODING SOME ROBOTS TODAY RVELGT THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS THAT HELPED YOU OUT WITH THAT.

COME ON RIGHT UP.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

IF COULD YOU GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR BLOCK CODE CREW.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE WITH US UP HERE, NATE R. AND BENTLEY ALLEN FROM HEBRON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUT WITH THAT TODAY AS THEY SHARED THEIR EXPERTISE IN CODING TO HELP SOME FOLKS GET INTO CODING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG WE'VE GOT SO MUCH HAPPENING.

PART OF WHAT WAS GOING ON BACK BEHIND THE STAGE TODAY WE HAD THE KY GO PLAY AND THE ROBOT WORLD BLOCK CREW WHICH IS PART OF THE STLPX.

HOW MANY FOLKS GOT A BADGE AND YOU EARNED RIBBONS TODAY.

GIVE ME APPLAUSE.

IF YOU DID THE STLPX.

OKAY.

FANTASTIC.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR EVERYONE TO ENGAGE WITH THE KENTUCKY ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY.

SO YOU GOT TO DO ACTIVITIES UP THERE THAT WERE HANDS ON AND GOT PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT BEING A KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTOR, ABOUT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND TO DIG INTO THOSE.

HOW MANY FOLKS IN THE ROOM EARNED ALL SEVEN BADGES AND GOT THE STLP AWESOME BADGE.

ANYBODY OUT THERE?

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT IS AWESOME.

TO THE FOLKS FROM NEWTON'S ATTIC, CORVETTE MUSEUM MAIN EVENT, SPIRO EDUCATION, THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CENTRAL EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE, THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SAMSUNG FOR TOMORROW.

LIVING ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER.

REC FOUNDATION AND BELLERMAN UNIVERSITY TRANSLYVANIA UNIVERSITY MIDWAY UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AND NKU CYBER SHIELD AND NKU NORS IOT GROUP FOR COMING IN AND HELPING WITH THAT AND WE █WANT O GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE DIGITAL LEARNING COACHES THAT HELPED WITH THE STATIONS AND A HUGE GIANT THANK YOU TO NONE OTHER THAN MISS STELLA POLLARD.

IF YOU ARE OUT THERE, WE APPRECIATE YOU LEADING THAT FOR US.

STLPX WAS AWESOME THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

OUR NEXT CATEGORY, WE HAVE COMING UP TO THE STAGE-- HOW MANY OF YOU GOT TO TRY THE MARIO CART TIME TRIALS TODAY.

WELL, LET'S GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP AND SHARE WITH WHO GOT THE TOP NINE.

LET ME TURN IT RIGHT OVER THERE.

>> AWESOME.

ON BEHALF OF EPIC E SPORTS AT FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO THANK THE PLAYERS AND COACHES WHO CAME OUT TO STLPX FOR EPIC EXPERIENCE.

THE TIME TRIALS WERE COMPETITIVE AND HAPPY TO AWARD NINE TOTAL WILL BUT THE TOP THREE FROM EACH DIVISION.

SO A BIG THANKS TO U.K. AGAIN, E-SPORTS FOR RUNNING THE TIME TRIALS, AND FREE PLAY AREAS AND ROCKET LEAGUE.

TO PRESENT OUR AWARDS, WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME ELLEN BLUMEFIELD FROM MIDWAY UNIVERSITY, HOME TO KENTUCKY'S ONLY GAME STUDIES AND DESIGN MAJOR, WITH THE UNIQUE FOCUS ON THE STORY TELLING, PLUS THEIR COMPETITIVE eSPORTS TEAM FEATURING TITLES LIKE ROCKET LEAGUE AND LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WHO JUST TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE NECC NAVIGATOR'S LEAGUE.

IF YOU ALL DID NOT MEET US UP IN THE BACK AND YOU HEAR OR NAME CALLED, PLEASE MEET US DOWN FRONT AND WE WILL GET YOU YOUR STLP MEDALS.

>> THERE WERE SOME MIGHTY FINE-- THERE WAS SOME MIGHTY FINE RACING TODAY AND IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH TECHNICAL.

A GREAT TIME WITH TECHNOLOGY.

IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION, THIRD PLACE... MATTHEW FROM MADISON COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE, CARTER FROM MADISON COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION GOES TO ANABELLE FROM LARUE COUNTY.

[ APPLAUSE ] IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION,THIRD PLACE WESTON SMITH FROM HOPKINS COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE, JIMMY QUEEN FROM HOPKINS COUNTY AND FIRST PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION, ZAYDEN COLLINS.

AND THEN FOR OUR THIRD AND FINAL DIVISION, THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, THIRD PLACE, ISABELLE FROM FAYETTE COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE SAMUEL HALL FROM WARREN COUNTY.

AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION WAS AUBREY MARTIN FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THAT TODAY.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

NOW, IF WE COULD SEND TO THE BACK, SO HERE ARE THE NEXT GROUPS WE NEED TO HAVE MOVE AROUND TO THE BACK.

IF YOU ARE A FINALIST IN THE HELP DESK CHALLENGE, THE K.C.-7 CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE.

THAT WAS A NEW ONE THIS YEAR, VERY EXCITING.

THE LEGO STEAM CHALLENGE OR THE MINDS ON INNOVATION, U.K.

MINDS ON INNOVATION CHALLENGE, PLEASE HEAD AROUND TO THE SIDE AND HEAD TO THE BACK.

OKAY.

THIS IS THE BIG MOMENT.

WE ARE NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE NOW ACTUALLY READY.

WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY LINED UP.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO FIND OUT WHO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE CHALLENGE CATEGORIES ARE.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S GET GOING ON THIS.

WITH OUR FIRST CATEGORY, WE HAVE THE A.I.

ON DEMAND CHALLENGE.

WE WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TOE ALL THE FOLKS HOT FAYETTE TOE ALL THE FOLKS ON THE FAYETTE COUNTY TECHNOLOGY TEAM WHO LEAD THE A.I.

ON DEMAND CHALLENGE, MISS KELLY FISHER AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT HELPED HER OUT TODAY.

GREAT JOB.

WE APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH.

HERE ARE YOUR A.I.

ON DEMAND CHALLENGE.

AND AGAIN, IF I CALL YOUR NAME, STEP FORWARD AND GIVE US A LITTLE WAVE.

LET'S DO AWM THE SECOND PLACE FINALISTS FIRST.

IN THE K-6 DIVISION.

SECOND PLACE GOES TO AEROSE-- I'M BAD, I'M TERRIBLE FROM BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE GOES TO KENZIE H. FROM BATH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

9-12 SECOND PLACE DIVISION GOES TO JORDAN M. FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND OUR FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONS IN THE K-5 DIVISION IS CALEY CHIN.

FROM GARRETT MORGAN ELEMENTARY.

6-8 CATEGORY FIRST PLACE GOES TO NATALIE R. FROM RAMSEY MIDDLE.

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE GOES TO CASSIDY K. FROM FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION IN FLOYD COUNTY.

LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GREAT JOB.

[ APPLAUSE ] ARI, GREAT JOB.

I APOLOGIZE.

GOOD JOB.

RIGHT THAT WAY.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE SERTA PALOOZA CATEGORY.

I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE TO ONE Dr. SEAN JACKSON.

IF COULD YOU GIVE HIM A NICE WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND A NICE WARM WELCOME.

>> THANKS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP AND DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CERTIFICATION CHALLENGE AT CERTAPALOOZA THIS YEAR.

WE GAVE JUST OVER 60 EXAMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

LET'S GIVE EVERYONE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE WHO SIGNED UP TO TAKE AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION EXAM THAT WE CAN CARRY ON FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREER.

WOULD I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO LOGAN FROM CERT-PORT AND MIKE MADDOX FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US AT STLP AND OUR VERY FIRST WINNER WITH THE TOP SCORE IN IC-3 IS KEATON FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

DAVID SHORT ALSO, HE WON FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN I.T.S.

WITH THE TOP SCORE IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN THIS AFTERNOON AND OUR TWO WINNERS, WOODFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN FIRST PLACE WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF EXAMS ATTEMPTED HERE AT STLP AND RUNNER UP SPACE.

AND NELSON COUNTY ATC IN RUNNER UP SPACE.

SO LET'S GIVE ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> GREAT JOB.

SO NEXT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CATEGORIES OF THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR, AND THIS ONE IS THE KENTUCKY CINEMANIA.

WHICH IS AWESOME AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO Dr.

PARKS SO HE CAN INTRODUCE YOUR CHAMPIONS.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXTREMELY EXCITED TO AWARD THIS YEAR'S 2025 TOP AWARDS FOR STLP CINEMANIA.

CINEMANIA IS A 48-HOUR VIDEO COMPETITION.

IF YOU GO TO KENTUCKY CINEMANIA.ORG, WILL YOU SEE ALL OF THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE ELEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS WHO SUBMITTED.

WE HAD WELL OVER 100 STUDENT TEAMS SUBMIT VIDEOS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON STAGE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR STLP COMPETITION.

WE ANNOUNCED SURPRISE ELEMENTS IN PROPS, CHARACTER, ACTION, DIALOGUE, ALL WITHIN 48 HOURS STUDENTS HAVE TO WRITE A SCRIPT.

THEY HAVE TO SHOOT AND PRODUCE AND PUBLISH A QUICK THREE-MINUTE MOVIE.

AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

WE WISH THAT COULD YOU SEE OUR JUDGES JUDGE THIS CATEGORY.

THEY ARE LAUGHING.

THEY ARE CRYING.

THEIR EMOTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT IS SUCH AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE.

SO STUDENTS, GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.

AND SO THIS YEAR, FOR SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE IN THE K-5 DIVISION, WE HAVE KENWOOD STATION TIGERS, KENWOOD STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[ APPLAUSE ] IN THE 6-8 DIVISION.

WE HAVE McNABB MIDDLE SCHOOL.

9-12 WE HAVE BOURBON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

LET'S GIVE AROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SECOND PLACE TEAMS.

[ APPLAUSE ] SO FOR THE K-5 DIVISION, FIRST PLACE WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR'S CINEMANIA IS PIKEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[ APPLAUSE ] LET THEM HEAR IT.

IN THE 6-8 DIVISION, FOR FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE BOWLING GREEN JUNIOR HIGH.

AND IN 9-12.

FIRST PLACE FOR CINEMANIA 2025, WE HAVE CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

WHRETSZ HEAR IT FOR OUR WINNERS.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR WINNERS.

LET'S HEAR ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THIS LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE HEADING OFF THE STAGE.

[ APPLAUSE ] REMEMBER, YOU CAN GO TO KENTUCKY CINEMANIA.ORG AND WATCH THIS YEAR'S STUDENT PRODUCED VIDEOS.

JEFF, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU, Dr. PARK.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

THOSE VIDEOS ARE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.

ABSOLUTELY GO OUT TO KYCINEMANIA.ORG AND CHECK THEM OUT.

NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DATA FOR ACTION, THIS IS A GREAT CATEGORY THAT HAS A TWO-PARTER.

IT STARTS AS PART CDA AND THOSE FINALISTS COME HERE AND GIVE THEIR PRESENTATIONS TODAY.

SO IF YOU COULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO MISS DIDI CONNER WHO LEADS THE DATA-FOR-ACTION.

>> WOW, IT IS BRIGHT.

SO, GLAD TO BE HERE.

AND TODAY I'M PRESENTING TO THE DATA FOR ACTION GROUP.

AS JEFF SAID, IT IS-- IT DOES START WITH A PRESENTATION FIRST.

AND THEN THEY COME TO STATE AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN USE THIS DATA AND HOW THEY'RE GOING MAKE THE DATA SUBSTANTIAL FOR CHANGE AND WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND WE HAD A GREAT GROUP THIS YEAR.

SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE FINALISTS.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUP, BARRETT TRADITIONAL.

TANISHA AND EVELYN WATSON, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND RUNNER UP WE HAD ANOTHER JEFFERSON COUNTY GROUP, WEB DUBOIS.

THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY BUT WE CAN CONGRATULATE THAT GROUP, ALSO.

SO FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ENTRIES, WE HAD TWO ENTRIES.

WE STARTED OFF WITH FIRST PLACE IS JEFFERSON COUNTY, PATHWAY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, THAT GOT THE RUNNER UP IN THAT CATEGORY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU, DIDI.

A VERY, VERY COOL CATEGORY.

NOW IF WE COULD, IT'S TIME FOR THE FINALISTS IN THE NEWSCAST CHALLENGE.

THE RACING TO THE FUTURE.

RCX ROBO CHALLENGE EXTREME AND ROBOT CROSSOUT.

IF THOSE FINALISTS COULD HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE OVER THAT WAY.

NOW WE HAVE FOR THE DRONE CHALLENGES, THIS HAS GOTTEN SO BIG WE HAD TO EXPAND IT HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

DRONE CHALLENGE IS HERE AND READY TO ROCK & ROLL.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE DRONE FOLKS COME ON UP.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS VICTOR.

THIS IS-- THIS YEAR SIX GIRLS FROM CAMERON MIDDLE SCHOOL TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF HOSTING THE DRONE EVENT FOR GRADES 4-8 AND HOSTING THIS STLP CHALLENGE WAS THEIR STLP PROJECT.

THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE A BEGINNER FRIENDLY CHALLENGE AND WE HOPE THAT YOU TAKE A NEW FOUND INTEREST IN DRONES BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL.

WE HOPE TO EXPAND THIS.

IF YOU SIGNED UP THIS YEAR, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND WE HOPE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME AND THESE LADIES WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IN SECOND PLACE ARE THE SKY BEARERS FROM SACRED HEART MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN FIRST PLACE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAD SHMS WILD WILDCATS FROM SOUTH HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE HAD ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DRONE COMPETITION AND I WOULD LOVE TO THANK MY THREE VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR ENTIRE DAY HELPING ME OUT.

I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR HELP SO THANK YOU TO ADELE, LESLIE, AND STACY.

AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS, SOUTH WARREN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WERE OUR RUNNERS UP.

TEAM MEMBERS WERE JIMMY CAVEN.

AND OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WHERE OUR FLYING EAGLES FROM MADISON SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM MEMBERS EVERETT KING AND MASON TURNER.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY NEXT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW BEE HAVE COMING UP A VERY POPULAR CHALLENGE AS WELL.

THIS IS THE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE LED BY NONE OTHER THAN Mr. KEITH BARNES, DIGITAL LEARNING COACH FROM BULLITT COUNTY.

COME ON UP AND HE IS GOING TO GIVE US OUR GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE WINNERS.

>> I THINK WE DECIDED THIS IS ABOUT THE 20 SOME ODD YEAR OF GAME DESIGN AND THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ONES WE HAD OF TRYING TO DETERMINE WINNERS, SO GETTING RIGHT TO IT, FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION, SECOND PLACE IS HARRISON COUNTY, AND FIRST PLACE WEST JESSAMINE COUNTY.

IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, SECOND PLACE, BELFRY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

STLP TECH BOWL CHAMPION.

FIRST PLACE, FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INTERVENTION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE CHAMPIONS.

VERY COOL.

IF WE COULD NOW SEND TO THE BACK OUR ROBOT ROYALE WIND FOLLOW OWE CHALLENGE FINALISTS, OUR SPIRO HERO, SUMO BOTS AND STLP TECH BOWL CHAMPIONS COULD HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE.

THAT COULD BE APPRECIATED.

AND NOW ON TO ANOTHER GREAT ONE THIS ONE IS THE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOT USE CHALLENGE.

COME ON UP, GUYS.

WE WANT TO THANK-- LOVE IT.

[ APPLAUSE ] LET'S HEAR IT.

BY ALL MEANS.

WE WANT TO THANK Dr. ANDREA PEACH FROM GEORGETOWN COLLEGE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE THIS YEAR BUT SHE HAS KEPT IT ALIVE AND WILL BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR STRONGER THAN EVER AND WE WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO STEPPED IN FOR MIKE SMITH AND EMILY BARBER ALSO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

ON MY TEAM.

I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THEIR CHAMPIONS FOR THEM.

RIGHT NOW.

SECOND PLACE.

K-5 DIVISION GOES TO THE TEAM FES FROM FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

6-8 SECOND PLACE GOES TO THE BLOCK BOTS.

9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO THE VALLEY FROM VALLEY HIGH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

FIRST PLACE 6-8 DIVISION GOES THROUGH THE CYBER TYING TIGERS FROM NEWBURG MIDDLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND LET ME CHECK MY NOTES HERE: IT LOOKS LIKE, YEAH, IT'S TRUE.

JEFFERSON COUNTY COMING THROUGH FIRST PLACE 9-12, THE BROWN BEARS HIGH FROM JAY GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

A BIG CATEGORY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY.

GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ROBOT USE.

WE APPRECIATE THEM AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR NEXT CATEGORY COMING UP ON THE STAGE IS THE ADVANCE KENTUCKY GIRLS WHO CODE CHALLENGE.

AS THEY'RE COMING UP ON STAGE ...

HERE WE GO.

WE WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU AND LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU RIGHT NOW MISS MONIQUE RICE AND SOMEONE YOU MAY HAVE RECOGNIZED A LITTLE WHILE AGO Dr. SEAN JACKSON, BACK TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS.

TAKE IT AWAY.

>> THANK YOU.

I'M MONIQUE RICE, THE COMPUTER SCIENCE INITIATIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCE KENTUCKY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE THE CHALLENGE LEAD FOR THE GIRLS WHO CODE CHALLENGE.

SO HERE WE GO.

IN SECOND PLACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, CANDACE S. FROM WILLIAM CITY SCHOOL.

WILLIAMSBURG CITY SCHOOL.

FIRST PLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL RAMSEY GIRLS WHO CODE, RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN FIRST PLACE, TEAM PHOENIX FROM FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, FLOYD COUNTY.

THESE LADIES HAD GREAT PROJECTS AND WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

SO NOW WE HAVE THE HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WELCOME THOSE CHAMPIONS UP ON TO THE STAGE.

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY FAVORITES BUT OFFICIALLY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE TUTU OF THE DAY.

THOSE ARE SO COOL.

SO AS WE ARE COMING UP ON STAGE, WE WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS FROM THE HELP DESK AT THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY WHO HELP LEAD THE HELP DESK SUPPORT CHALLENGE.

HERE ARE OUR WINNERS.

SECOND PLACE K-8 GOES TO BLOOM COMMUNITY TECH AMBASSADORS FROM BLOOM ELEMENTARY.

[ CHEERING ] THAT JUST HAPPENED.

AND IN 6-8 DIVISION, ACMS STUDENT TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK FROM ADAIR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE 6-8 AND BGHS HELP 9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO BGHS HELP DESK FROM BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT.

NOW FOR FIRST PLACE K-5 IS GOING TO GO THE KENWOOD STATION TIGERS FROM KENWOOD STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OLDHAM COUNTY.

6-8 GOES TO THE CYBER TYINGS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

AND 9-12 FIRST PLACE GOES TO THE EHS HELP DESK FROM ELIZABETHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN ELIZABETH INDEPENDENT.

LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR HELP DESK FOLKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GREAT JOB, GUYS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND YOU CAN HEAD OFF THE STAGE.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE TUTUS BEFORE THEY GO.

AWESOME.

THEY GLOW.

THEY GOT LIGHTS IN THEM.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

AWESOME.

NOW LET'S SEND TO THE BACK THE TSA STLP CODING CHALLENGE FINALISTS.

OUR WEB CODING CHALLENGE FINALISTS, WE LEAD CS PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE AND THE WEBSITE DESIGN FINALISTS.

FOR THIS NEXT ONE, THIS IS ANOTHER NEW CATEGORY FOR US THIS YEAR.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE KC-7 CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIRDALE HIGH SCHOOL WHO HELPED LEAD THE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> HEY, EVERYBODY.

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST THE VERY FIRST CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR STLP.

THIS CHALLENGE WAS CREATED ALONGSIDE THE KC-7 CYBER FOUNDATION, WHICH AIMS TO GAMIFY CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION THAT NO AND PROVE TO EVERYBODY THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM, YOU CAN BE A THREAT ANALYST.

WE SAW MANY TRY THEIR HAND AT CYBER SECURITY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DO INCREDIBLY WELL.

A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO MY DIANE, NATHAN WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CREATE THIS MODULE FOR THIS COMPETITION.

BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE RUNNER UP OF THE CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND OUR IS FAIR DALE HIGH SCHOOL.

AS OUR WINNER WHO DEMONSTRATED INCREDIBLE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION IS COLEMAN LEGRAND FROM ANDERSON COUNTY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING NEXT YEAR.

WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GROW.

WE KNOW THE CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR.

MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, OUR NEXT CATEGORY IS ANOTHER NEW CATEGORY.

LET'S HAVE THE LEGO STEAM SUPER POWER TEAMS COME ON UP.

WE WANT TO THANK SUSAN McGRATH AND ALL THE FOLKS FROM LEGO EDUCATION WHO HELPED WITH THE STEAM SUPER POWER CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER NEW CATEGORY FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HEARD FROM YOU AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT STRONGER FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR WITH THE LEGO STEAM SUPER POWERS.

HERE ARE YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS SECOND PLACE IN THE K-5 DIVISION GOES TO THE AGRICULTURE BOWEN TEAM FROM BOWEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN POWELL COUNTY.

AND OUR 6-8 SECOND PLACE CHAMPIONS ARE THE ROBO RAIDERS FROM WARREN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.

IN FIRST PLACE, THE K-5 DIVISION GOES TO PIKEVILLE ELEMENTARY LEGO STEAM TEAM.

FIRST PLACE FOR THE 6-8 DIVISION GOES TO THE INDY ACADEMY FROM INVENTORY NOTRE DAME ACADEMY.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GREAT JOB EVERYBODY!

OUR INAUGURAL LEGO STEAM CHALLENGE STATE CHAMPIONS RIGHT HERE ON THE STAGE.

WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE THEM.

AWESOME.

AND NOW, WE ARE GOING TO ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR U.K. ENGINEERING MINDS ON INNOVATION.

AND IF I DO WELCOME TO THE STAGE THE ONE AND ONLY Mr. TIM SIZEMORE TO HELP WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> WELCOME.

WE HAD A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THESE FOLKS HAVE DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED.

ARE WE READY?

IN OUR K-5 DIVISION SECOND PLACE BULL DOG BUILDERS GLASSCOCK ELEMENTARY.

K--- SORRY, 6-8, SECOND PLACE.

CYBER TIGERS NEWBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL.

9-12, SECOND PLACE, ATLAS EXO SKELETON, ELIZABETHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT'S LEFT?

I WONDER.

FIRST PLACE.

K-5 CROSSROADS INNOVATORS, CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FIRST PLACE.

6-8, WOODFORD COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST PLACE 9-12 HIGH SCHOOL, HARRISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS.

COMING UP NOW, WE HAVE OUR NEWSCAST CHALLENGE, ANOTHER TWO PARTER THAT STARTED WITH THE CDAS AND HAD YOUR FINALISTS MOVE UP TO PRESENT AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO THANK Mr. JAMES COLLIER WHO HELPS US LEAD THIS.

I KNOW HIM AS THE ONE-TIME VOICE OF THE MARSHAL THUNDERING HERD.

HERE ARE OUR STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE NEWSCAST DIVISION.

K-5 SECOND PLACE.

LEOPARDS LIVE FROM LaGRANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OLDHAM COUNT.

SECOND PLACE, 6-8 DIVISION GOES TO THE MCMS NEWSCAST FROM MARNELL C MORMON SCHOOL IN SHELBY COUNTY.

SECOND PLACE 9-12 TO THE MUSTANG TV NEWS FROM McCRACKEN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL IN McCRACKEN COUNTIES.

NOW FOR OUR FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONS K-6 IS GOING GO TO POSITIVE PANTHER NEWS FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

6-8 FIRST PLACE, DRAKES CREEK NEWS SHOW FROM DRAKES CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE 9-12 DIVISION GOES TO THE TROJAN NEWS FROM WEBSTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WEBSTER COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB TO OUR NEWSCAST CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

THANK YOU, Mr. COLLIER FOR STEPPING IN AND HELPING US LEAD THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

OUR NEXT CATEGORY AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY OFF THE STAGE, IS THE RACING TO THE FUTURE CATEGORY LED BY Mr. PAUL SCHUEMAKER FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF SCHOOL PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH HIS TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS.

RACING TO THE FUTURE, IF WERE YOU IN THE EXHIBIT HALL WITH ALL THE PROJECTS AND YOU SAW OVER IN THE FAR CORNER THEY WERE RACING THEIR OWN SLOT CARS THAT THEY DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND BUILT AND WE HAVE OUR STATE CHAMPIONS HERE.

THEY ALSO GET SOME REALLY COOL PRIZES FROM SOME GREAT VENDORS WHO ARE PARTNERS WITH THE RACING TO THE FUTURE TEAM.

IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE IN K-5, CRAWFORD BRADLEY FROM CASSIDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

6-8 SECOND PLACE GOES TO SOUTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO CHRIS C. FROM WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW OUR FIRST PLACE RACING TO THE FUTURE TEAM K-5 GOES TO FROM GRANT LICKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.

6-8 FIRST PLACE IS GOING TO GO FINLEY DUNNE BARDSTOWN INDEPENDENT.

AND BARREN COUNTY FROM BARREN COUNTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND OUR NEXT CATEGORY, THIS HAS BEEN A GIANT CATEGORY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN IT.

IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR EVER, BASICALLY FOREVER.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOUG AND LET HIM INTRODUCE ALL OF HIS STATE CHAMPIONS.

LET'S GIVE THE RCX ROBO CHALLENGE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

HELLO, EVERYBODY!

THE RCX CHALLENGE, FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I HAVE HAD ROUGHLY 100 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE MISSION TO THE MOON CHALLENGE.

SO A LOT OF SPACE ACTIVITY IS GOING ON.

SO TODAY I'VE GOT SIX TEAMS HERE.

IN MY ELEMENTARY DIVISION FROM ALVETON ELEMENTARY SCORING 535 POINTS.

MY CHAMPION IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION, FROM THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN McCRACKEN COUNTY, THEY SCORED A TOTAL OF 770 POINTS.

GOING TO MY MIDDLE SCHOOL, RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM RUSSELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE RUSSELL ROVERS SCORED 660 POINTS.

AND THE CHAMPION IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION FROM RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL RUSSELDEVILS, SCORED 750 POINTS.

IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, GOT A LOT OF TEAMS FROM McCRACKEN COUNTY AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO HEAR.

THE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY, DSO BOTS SCORED 495 POINTS.

AND THE CEDARS OF LEBANON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ROBO LEGENDS SCORED 790 POINTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 800 POINTS.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

ROBO CHALLENGE EXTREME FANTASTIC.

FOR OUR NEXT ONE, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR FOR THIS CATEGORY.

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE ROBO ARENA, THE ROBO CHALLENGE ARENA ON THE FIRST FLOOR, IT LOOKED SO -- YOU SAW, AS SOON AS YOU WALKD IN THE DOOR, THIS ONE, IT LOOKED SO COOL, THE ROBOT CROSSOUT.

THEY HAD LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING.

IT WAS VERY COOL.

LET'S WELCOME OUR CHAMPIONS TO WELCOME OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

OUR ROBOT CROSSOUT IS A HIGH SCHOOL ONLY ROBOTICS EVENT PLAYED ON A 12 X 12 FIELD, A TIC-TAC-TOE GAME.

TWO CHALLENGES WITH THAT.

THERE IS A 60 SECOND AUTONOMOUS CHALLENGE AND ALSO A ONE VERSUS ONE SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT.

AND WE HAD 12 TEAMS PARTICIPATE, BUT WE HAD THE SAME TWO TEAMS WIN IN BOTH CATEGORIES.

SO SECOND PLACE FOR BOTH THE AUTONOMOUS AND THE ONE VERSUS ONE CHALLENGE WAS FROM FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.

AND THEN IN FIRST PLACE, AND THEY WERE PHOENIX TEAM ONE.

WE HAD LOTS OF PHOENIX TEAMS BUT THEY WERE TEAM 1.

AND THEN FIRST PLACE FOR THE AUTONOMOUS AND ONE VERSUS ONE CHALLENGE FROM OWENSBORO INNOVATION ACADEMY TEAM THREE.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

>> THANK YOU, MISS GRAY.

HERE IS ANOTHER ROBOT CHALLENGE.

THE ROBOT ROYALE LINE FOLLOW CHALLENGE THAT WE WANT TO THANK WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING EVERY YEAR AND WE WANT TO WELCOME TO THE MICROPHONE RIGHT NOW Mr. ADAM VINCENT WHO HELPS LEAD THAT FOR US.

>> HELLO STLP.

THIS IS OUR LINE FOLLOW COMPETITION CHAMPIONS FOR 2025.

WE HAD ROUND 68 TEAMS COMPETE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS.

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE ESTILL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

FIRST PLACE LINE FOLLOW COMPETITION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS RICH POND ELEMENTARY.

MOVING ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION, SECOND PLACE, WARREN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST PLACE 6-8, A RECORD TIME TODAY OF 11.89 SECONDS GOES TO RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FROM RUSSELL INDEPENDENT.

GREAT JOB, GUYS.

MOVING ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION 9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO WARREN SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND FIRST PLACE HIGH SCHOOL LINE FOLLOW COMPETITION GOES TO EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

GREAT JOB TO TO EVERYBODY WHO COMPETED TODAY.

>> THANK YOU WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mr. VINCENT FOR HOSTING EVERY YEAR.

IT'S FANTASTIC AND IT GTS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.

IF WE COULD NOW, COULD WE HAVE THE SPIRO HERO FINALISTS COME UP ON STAGE.

AS THEY'RE LOADING UP ON THE STAGE, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY WITH SPIRO HERO.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MISS BECCA ATKINS AND Mr. MATT ROGERS FROM KDE FOR STEPPING UP TO LEAD THE CHALLENGE AND HELPING OUT WITH THE SPIRO HERO COMPETITION TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE ARE YOUR SPIRO HERO STATE CHAMPIONS.

SECOND PLACE K-5 GOES TO CHANCEY ROBOTICS FROM CHANCESY ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

6-8 CATEGORY GOES TO THE EAGLE ENGINEERS FROM PORTLAND COUNTY AND OUR 9-12 SECOND PLACE TEAM GOES TO THE EE PEERS KEEPER WASHINGTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON COUNTY.

NOW HERE ARE YOUR FIRST PLACE STATE CHAMPIONS.

K-5, THE STRODE SPIRO HERO FROM CLARK COUNTY.

6-FIRST PLACE GOES TO TCMS ROCKING ROBOTICS FROM TRIG COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TRIG COUNTY.

AND THIS LAST GROUP, WE HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND, YOUR 9-12 WINNERS.

THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST TIME THERE IS NOT THEIR SECOND TIME OR THIRD TIME.

THEY ARE FOUR PETE WINNERS FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, THE JAGUAR SPIRIT FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

FLOYD COUNTY.

[ APPLAUSE ] FOUR IN A ROW.

UNBELIEVABLE.

THAT'S GOT TO BE A RECORD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR SPIRIT HERE AT CHAMPIONS.

SPIRO HERO CHAMPIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB.

THAT'S SO MUCH FUN.

FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.

VERY COOL.

I MEAN THEY GOT GRADUATE AT SOME POINT.

NOW COMING UP ON STAGE WE HAVE OUR CHAMPIONS FROM THE SUMO BOT CATEGORY.

OF COURSE WE WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Mr. DON BACON AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO HELP BRING THIS TO LIFE FOR US AGAIN THIS YEAR.

OUR SUMO BOT STATE CHAMPIONS ARE... K-5 SECOND PLACE, HES BOYS WHO CODE TEAM ONE FROM HERITAGE ELEMENTARY IN SHELBY COUNTY.

OUR 6-8 SECOND PLACE SUMO BOT CHAMPIONS ARE THE BUSHIDO BOTS BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT.

BOWLING GREEN JUNIOR HIGH.

AND SECOND PLACE 9-12 GOES TO THE BAIRD CREEK BOTS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

NOW, FOR OUR FIRST PLACE SUMO BOT K-5.

THE AGGIES CODE MASTERS FROM ST. AGNES SCHOOL.

OUR 6-8 FIRST PLACE TEAM, MS 43 FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB.

-12 GOES TO BOB BOT FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GREAT JOB TO OUR SUMO BOUGHT CHAMPIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO GET THROUGH TODAY.

MANY ROUNDS OF BATTLING YOUR BOTS.

HERE COMES A BIG CROWD FAVORITE.

LET'S BRING UP TO THE STAGE, THE STLP TECH BOWL.

I'M GOING THE TURN IT OVER TO RHONDA THOMPSON WHO LEADS THIS.

>> OKAY, TODAY WE HAD 174 STUDENTS IN ALL GRADE LEVELS PARTICIPATE IN TECH BOWL WHERE THEY TRIED TO ANSWER TECH-RELATED QUESTIONS IN THE FASTEST TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IN K-5, AVAH.

AVA H. SECOND PLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL 6-8, JONATHAN P. FROM CARROLL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, CARROLL COUNTY.

AND AVA WAS FROM TAYLORSVILLE ELEMENTARY.

IN SPENSZ ARE SPENCER COUNTY: IN SPENCER COUNTY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SECOND PLACE IN 9-12 IS KAREN L. FROM J GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

FIRST PLACE IN K-5 IS SOREN W FROM CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY, CAMPBELL COUNTY.

FIRST PLACE FOR DIVISION 6-8 IS LARKE, R., FROM SOUTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WARREN COUNTY.

AND FIRST PLACE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION IS SHOAL J.

FROM METCALFE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, METCALFE COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

TECH BOWL IS A FUN ONE.

LOOK FORWARD TO IT NEXT YEAR.

SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SIGN UP FOR.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW ONE WE WANT TO BRING UP TO THE STAGE.

THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE NEW CHALLENGE WITH THE TSA STLP CODING CHALLENGE AND WE ARE GOING TO WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE Dr. SEAN JACKSON.

>> I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED SUPPORT THIS CHALLENGE FROM ANDY STEVENSON AND AMANDA BOGS AT KENTUCKY TSA TO EVERYBODY WHO TOOK A CHANCE ON A NEW CHALLENGE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DELIBERATION TO BRING BREAK IT DOWN TO WHO GOT FIRST AND WHO GOT SECOND.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, OUR SECOND PLACE IN THE 6-8 DIVISION OF THE TSA STLP CODING CHALLENGE BITE TSA STLP CODING CHALLENGE BYTE OF WISDOM FROM SOUTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN SECOND PLACE IN OUR 9-12 DIVISION DIVISION OF OUR FIRST EVER TSA STLP CODING CHALLENGE IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS CODE CRUSADERS FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR FIRST PLACE IN THE 6-8 DIVISION FROM SOUTH WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE MACK ATTACK.

ALL RIGHT!

AND FINALLY, OUR FIRST PLACE IN THE 9-12 DIVISION FROM MADISON SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, MSHS EAGLES.

FIRST PLACE.

THERE YOU GO.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK Dr. JIM RENEAU.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SEND TO THE BACK IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SOON TO BE KNOWN AS CAST.

HEAD TO THE BACK OF THE STAGE GET READY TO COME ON BACK UP.

SO THE KSTE BOARD MEMBERS IF COULD YOU COME ON DOWN.

NOW WE HAVE THE U.K. CODE CHALLENGE, Dr. SWAN LEADS THIS AWESOME CHALLENGE FOR US EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU.

HERE ARE OUR WEB CODING WEBSITE-- EXCUSE ME, U.K.

WEB CODING CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

SECOND PLACE K-5 GOES TO HENRY TURNER FROM LIBERTY ELEMENTARY IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

[ APPLAUSE ] GREAT JOB.

6-8 SECOND PLACE GOES TO CASH G. FROM WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[ APPLAUSE ] AWESOME.

9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO GRANT D. FROM GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.

AND YOUR FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONS K-5 DIVISION GOES TO PARK B.

FROM TAYLORSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SPENCER COUNTY.

6-8 FIRST PLACE GOES TO RYAN M. FROM HARRISON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LOVE IT.

9-12 FIRST PLACE GOES TO ALEX T FROM BARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS ALEX AND ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE WEB CODING CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOR HOSTING THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

NOW WE HAVE THE WE LEAD CMS CHALLENGE WHICH IS AWESOME.

WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO WELCOME BACK UP HERE MIDST JENNA GRAY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE LEAD CS IS AN ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM TO HELP EXPAND AND BUILD COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE AT STLP THIS YEAR AND WE HAD, I THINK 20 TEAMS, ABOUT 80 KIDS PARTICIPATE SO WE HOPE TO SEE THIS GROW.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO TOOK A CHANCE ON US THIS YEAR AND CAME OUT AND TRIED THIS NEW CHALLENGE.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, OUR WINNERS IN OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION IS THE CCMS CODERS FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS WERE THE CODE WARRIORS FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN SECOND PLACE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS TEAM PHOENIX ONE FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.

AND FIRST PLACE IS TEAM PHOENIX TWO, FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY.

>> AND NOW FOR OUR LAST CHALLENGE CATEGORY CHAMPIONS, IF BEE COULD HAVE THE WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE FINALISTS COME ON UP.

WE WANT TO THANK Mr. GARY BACHMAN FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHO WAS OUR LEAD FOR THE WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE, GARY DID A GREAT JOB AND HERE ARE YOUR CHAMPIONS IN WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE.

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

SECOND PLACE 6-8 GOES TO LILLY F FROM CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

9-12 SECOND PLACE GOES TO DAYU FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL, EMINENCE INDEPENDENT.

FIRST PLACE GOES TO K-12 GOES TO K-5 GOES TO ELIJAH M. FROM BLOOM ELEMENTARY JEFFERSON COUNTY.

[ CHEERING ] WOW, YOU'VE GOT A FAN CLUB.

THAT'S CRAZY.

6-8 FIRST PLACE FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

9-12 FIRST PLACE GOES TO JEREMIAH J.

FROM ANDERSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ANDERSON COUNTY.

GREAT JOB CONGRATULATIONS WEBSITE DESIGN CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

SO EARLIER TODAY, THIS AUDITORIUM, THIS ARENA WAS PACKED WITH EVERYONE WHO WERE RECEIVING THEIR CREATIVE DIGITAL ART CHAMPION AWARDS.

THEY GOT SOME OF THEM RECEIVED MEDALS, SOME RECEIVED TROPHIES.

IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.

WE WANT TO THANK MISS KELSEY STARKS AND THE FOLKS FROM KET WHO HOSTED THE EVENT FOR US.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY.

HOW MANY FOLKS IN THE ROOM HERE TONIGHT WERE CDA STATE CHAMPIONS?

[ APPLAUSE ] THERE WE GO.

IT'S SUPER BRIGHT.

FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN CDA, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PERSON BEHIND ALL THAT WONDERFUL STUFF, THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE WORK FLOW, EVERYONE WHO HELPED AS A JUDGE.

PLEASE GIVE A NICE WARM WELCOME TO MISS ERIN WAFFROD.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?

>> OF COURSE I DO.

YOU GIVE ME A MICROPHONE, I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.

WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO COMPETED IN CDA THIS YEAR.

IT WAS THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF ENTRIES WE HAVE HAD YET.

LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN MOVE NEXT YEAR, LET'S BREAK THIS RECORD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

CDA COACHES, I'M GOING TO BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL AND WE ARE GOING TO FORM A TASK FORCE AND LOOK AT THESE RUBRICS AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SO LOOK FOR THAT EMAIL FROM ME AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.

>> WE APPRECIATE ERIN SO MUCH.

SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH TO BRING CDA INTO THE NEXT LEVEL.

IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE PROJECT AWARDS.

[ APPLAUSE ] I MEAN IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS.

CAN WE START DOING THAT?

HERE IS HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE-- RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING NAME OFF OUR BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUP.

AS Mr. COUCH MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE HAD 75 PROJECTS MOVE TO LEVEL 3, AND THE DIFFERENT PART ABOUT LEVEL THREE FROM REGIONALS IS THAT IN REGIONALS, YOU ARE NOT REALLY COMPETING AGAINST ANY OTHER PROJECTS.

YOU ARE REALLY JUST COMPETING AGAINST THE SCORE SHEET.

YOU NEED TO HIT A MINIMUM SCORE TO MAYBE ADVANCE ON TO LEVEL TWO.

WELL, WHEN YOU GET TO LEVEL TWO, YOU ACTUALLY ARE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER PROJECTS IN YOUR DIVISION.

SO OUR BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUPS ARE THE ONES WHO, OUT OF ALL THE TEAMS THAT THE JUDGES SPOKE WITH, THESE ARE THE BEST IN LEVEL TWO WHO MOVE FORWARD TO LEVEL 3.

AND HERE IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

LISTEN FOR YOUR PROJECT.

WE ARE GOING TO CALL OUT YOUR PROJECT.

WE'VE GOT A NICE SLIDE WITH YOU UP ON THE SCREEN.

IF WE CALL OUT YOUR PROJECT, THIS TIME I WANT TO YOU JUST SEND ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR TEAM OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE WITH YOU, BRING IT WITH YOU.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO COME OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THAT CERTIFICATE TO CLAIM YOUR BEST IN LEVEL 2 GROUP AWARD.

HERE WE GO.

>> I HAVE IN MY HAND OUR BEST IN LEVEL 2 GROUPS.

IF YOU ARE RED CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM BARREN COUNTY, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DOWN TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE IF YOU ARE IF YOU ARE SEBASTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH BOBCAT BUZZ FROM.

BRETHIT COUNTY, COME ON DOWN TO THE STAGE.

IF YOU ARE ROBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH SPREADING LITERACY THROUGH VIDEOS IN BULLITT COUNTY, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DOWN, PLEASE.

IF YOU ARE CAMPBELL RIDGE ELEMENTARY FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY, THE BOP SHOP EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL, COME ON DOWN.

IF YOUR PROJECT IS A SPARK OF HOPE FROM SOUTH CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

IF YOU ARE THE EXPERT TEXTPERTS FROM F.T BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAVIESS COUNTY, LET'S HAVE THE COMMENT CORRESPONDS FROM FAYETTE COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

THE PROJECT BULLY SHIELD FROM MEADOWTHORP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

LUNCH BOXES, WATER BOTTLES, JACKETS, OH MY FROM STONE WALL JACKETS, OH MY FROM STONEWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DOWN.

ST STLP ART NIGHT IN JACKSON COUNTY.

HOW ABOUT E LOST AT ART, ALEX KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON DOWN.

COCHRAN STLP CARES FROM COCHRAN ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

COME ON DOWN.

THE GREENWOOD GAGA BALL PROJECT FROM GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

GET TO KNOW YOUR LANE LIONS FROM LANE ELEMENTARY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THE WLOW REMIX FROM LOWE ELEMENTARY, ALSO JEFFERSON COUNTY.

COUGARS CARE FROM NORTON ELEMENTARY.

JEFFERSON COUNTY.

TECH LEADERS ALSO FROM NORTON ELEMENTARY, COME ON DOWN SHELBY SHELBY SHARK NEWS FROM SHELL SHELBY TRADITIONAL ACADEMY FROM SHELBY COUNTY, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON DOWN.

F-R-ES-H FOOD RESOURCES FOR EATING FRESH AND HEALTHY FROM CASTLE MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

IF WE COULD NOW HAVE THE GOODBYE STRESS, HELLO RELAXATION FROM WHITES TOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KENTON COUNTY.

THE LOST BONE, FROM EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

COME ON DOWN.

LION COUNTY NEWS.

FROM LION COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COME ON DOWN.

MUSTANG MESSENGERS FROM GLEN R. MARSHAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MADISON COUNTY.

SJE FLIGHT INTERVIEW PROJECT FROM SHANNON JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

COME ON DOWN.

READ AND SUCCEED FROM GRADE SCHOOL IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

THE ROYAL RECAP FROM MASON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, MASON COUNTY.

HEAD ON BACK.

THE J.H.C.

TECH TEAM FROM JOE HARRISON CENTER IN MONROE COUNTY, SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DOWN.

MORAL MEDIA FROM BOWEN ELEMENTARY IN POWELL COUNTY.

IF COULD YOU SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DOWN.

BLANK SPACE FILL IT WITH BOOKS FROM ROUND COUNTY.

CLEAR FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ROUND COUNTY.

ALSO FROM CLEAR FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TEDDY BEARS OF JOY OF COMMUNITY DRIVE.

NOW WE'VE GOT THE SHELTER SQUAD FROM ROUND COUNTY.

PROJECT TITLED KIDDIE'S CORNER FROM TAYLORSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM SPENCER COUNTY.

SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON DOWN.

THE PLANO CULTURE AFFAIR FROM PLANO ELEMENTARY FROM WARREN COUNTY.

PLANO.

TROJAN WARRIORS FROM BARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN BARREN COUNTY.

COME ON DOWN.

SCAN THE STORIES FROM ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL IF YOU COULD SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON DOWN HERE.

SPANISH LANGUAGE WEBSITE FROM JESSE M. CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

BLES ALERT FROM BETSY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FLOYD COUNTY.

ABCs IN SIMSONIA ELEMENTARY IN GRAVES COUNTY.

WE TALK TOO MUCH PODCAST, GRACE M. JAMES ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

NFOLDING THE TREASURES OF PAPER RAMSEY COUNTY.

RAMSEY MIDDLE IN JEFFERSON CURNTD.

LINCOLN DAYS HISTORY PROJECT FROM LARUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, LARUE COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

LCMS GOES SOCIAL, LION COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM LION COUNTY.

SILENT CRIES FROM HAROLD MAGOFFIN COUNTY.

WHITTAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PAUSE FOR A CAUSE, HERALD WHITTAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, COME ON MAGOFFIN COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

REDUCING LANDFILL WASTE, EAST OLDHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, OLDHAM COUNT.

OC SNACK AND STUDY FROM OWEN COUNTY.

MAURICE BOWLING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OWEN COUNTY.

DOLLARS AND CENTS FROM ROBERTSON COUNTY SCHOOL IN ROBERTSON COUNTY.

BE A LIGHT, SOMERSET INDEPENDENT MEECE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LIFE SAVING VEST FROM FLIED COUNTY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, FLOYD COUNTY.

DEBUGGING THE BINARY, GENDER IMBALANCE, JOHNSON CENTER JOHNSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, JOHNSON COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME.

THE BLUE AND GOLD NETWORK FROM KNOX CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN KNOX COUNTY.

AWESOME.

SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON DOWN.

LCHS WEEKLY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, COME ON DOWN AND LAWRENCE COUNTY.

AND OUR LAST BEST IN LEVEL TWO TRIG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN MINDS OPEN ARMS, COME ON DOWN.

AND OUR LAST BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUP, TROJAN TERRITORY FROM WEBSTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

LET'S GIVE ALL THE BEST IN LEVEL TWO GROUP THE BIGGEST ROUND OF APPLAUSE THAT YOU CAN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO CALL DOWN THE TERRIFIC TOP 20 PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO CALL DOWN ARE THE TOP 20 IN ALL OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS GROUP.

IF WE CALL YOUR NAME THIS TIME AND WE CALL YOUR PROJECT, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR WHOLE PROJECT TEAM TO COME DOWN OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND AROUND TO THE BACK, SO BRING YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOWN THIS TIME AND HERE ARE-- AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE THAT WE GAVE TO YOU DOWN IN LEVEL THREE, PLEASE TRY TO BRING THAT ALONG WITH YOU AS WELL.

HERE ARE YOUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 PROJECTS FROM FOR 2025.

MYSTERY HISTORY FROM SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BOYD COUNTY.

LAUNCHING HEART HEALTH CRITTENDEN COUNTY, ELEMENTARY FROM CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

I SHOULD POINT OUT, THESE ARE JUST IN ORDER OF THE PROJECT TABLE NUMBER.

NONE OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH RAISE THE AGING.

THIS IS JUST IN THE ORDER THAT YOU WERE OUT THERE ON THE FLOOR.

OUR NEXT TOP 20 TERRIFIC TOP 20 TEAM IS THE PODCAST PLAYGROUND FROM STONEWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

COULD WE HAVE THE GIVING GOPHER FROM FANCY FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

COME ON DOWN GUYS, GRAVES COUNTY.

THE BLOOM COMMUNITY TECH AMBASSADORS FROM BLOOM ELEMENTARY, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

YOU ARE A TERRIFIC TOP 20 PROJECT.

WEB WIZARDS REBUILDING OUR SCHOOLS WEBSITE FROM STURGIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UNION COUNTY.

TOP 20 PROJECT.

IMPACT ALERT FROM ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ASHLAND INDEPENDENT.

COME ON DOWN WITH YOUR TEAM EXCELLENT.

SUPER BOSS LADIES FROM BAIRD TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

CULTURAL FUSION INNOVATION FROM J. GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

BALANCED BYTES FROM AZIK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

GIRLS IN FLIGHT JEFFERSON COUNTY.

PEER TUTORING ALSO FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, COME ON DOWN.

GIRLS IN FLIGHT JEFFERSON COUNTY.

COME ON DOWN.

MIGHTY MORNINGS, MEECE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOMERSET INDEPENDENT.

AND NOW WE HAVE BEYOND THE TEXTBOOK, VR FIELD TRIPS FROM BOURBON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

TERRIFIC TOP 20. BUSINESS BOOSTER.

FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, COME ON DOWN.

STLP TERRIFIC TOP 20.

SELLING SCHOOL SPIRIT FROM GEORGE ROGERS CLARK HIGH SCHOOL IN CLARK COMMUNITY, GRC, COME ON DOWN, TOP 20.

WHAT ARE YOU READING FROM STEAM ACADEMY IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

INNOVATION STUDIO FROM HAZARD HIGH SCHOOL, HAZARD INDEPENDENT.

THE PAW PRINT FROM FAIRDALE HIGH SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY SEND YOUR TEAM DOWN TO THE BACK AND OUR FINAL TERRIFIC TOP 20 PROJECT FOR THE YEAR IS PROJECT LOCKDOWN FROM RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL, RUSSELL INDEPENDENT.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM ORGANIZING IN THE BACK TO GET READY TO FIND OUT WHO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 AND WHILE WE OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20.

AND WHILE WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO WELCOME SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, OUR STRONGEST PARTNERS THAT WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH AND LOVE WORKING WITH.

IF YOU COULD NOW PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE THE KSTI BOARD TO THE STAGE THE KSTE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND IF YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR THESE SCHOLARSHIPS, YOU HAVE TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M JESSICA SPARROW, DISTRICT SPECIAL LIFT FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIAISON FOR KENTUCKY SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.

EACH EACH YEAR, KSTE RECOGNIZES SENIORS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE KSTE BOARD IS HERE TO PRESENT FOUR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR STLP SENIORS.

OUR FIRST KTTE SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO SENIOR LINDSAY MARSHAL, IF WILL YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE.

SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO STLP OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, INCLUDING SIX YEARS OF ATTENDANCE AT THE REGIONAL SHOWCASE.

HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN STLP HIGHLIGHT HER WELL-ROUNDED ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO TEAMWORK, PROBLEM SOLVING AND TECHNOLOGY.

LINDSAY'S MOST REWARDING PROJECT, THE MEDIA LITERACY AWARENESS PROJECT, TRULY SHOWED THE SPIRIT OF STLP BY USING TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE OTHERS AND FOSTER COLLABORATION HER SKILLS HER COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING CRUCIAL SKILLS LIKE PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH STLP WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SERVE HER WELL IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED HONOR LINDSAY FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR NEXT SCHOLARSHIP, THE ELAINE HARRISON SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO ALICE PEARL FROM LION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

ALICE, IF YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE.

OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED INVOLVEMENT IN STLP, INCLUDING FOUR YEARS OF ATTENDANCE AT THE REGIONAL SHOWCASE, ALICE HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUCH AS SERVING AS CLUB VICE PRESIDENT, ORGANIZING MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, SECURING SPONSORSHIPS AND RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS, SHOWCASE HER PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.

NOTABLY, HER MOST REWARDING PROJECT.

LOVE FOR LITERATURE, AN INNOVATIVE IN-PERSON SELF CHECKOUT SYSTEM DIRECTLY ADDRESSED A NEED IN HER SCHOOL BY MAKING THE LIBRARY FUNCTIONAL AGAIN AND FOSTERING A LOVE OF READING FOR-- AMONG STUDENTS ALICE HAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ADAPTABILITY AS A CRUCIAL SKILL GAINED THROUGH STLP.

CONGRATULATIONS ALICE ON THIS WELL DESERVED ACHIEVEMENT.

THE NEXT SCHOLARSHIP WILL GO TO MARY GRACE YEAGER SCHOLARSHIP THAT WILL GO TO TRUMAN ILL GERRIT FROM EMINENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

TRUMAN, IF YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE.

HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN STLP FOR AN IMPRESSIVE SEVEN YEARS AND ATTENDING THE REGIONAL SHOWCASE FOR THE SAME DURATION, TRUMAN'S DEDICATION IS EVIDENT IN HIS PARTICIPATION AND MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING STLP SHOWCASE PROJECTS SINCE HIS FIFTH GRADE YEAR.

SPANNING FROM 360 VIDEO TO A.I.

PHOTO BOOTHS AND GENERAL RATIVE GENERATIVE A.I.

STORY PRINTERS, HIS EXPERIENCE AS AN ENGINEER AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPLP PROGRAM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS FURTHER HONED HIS LEADERSHIP, NETWORKING AND REAL WORLD SKILLS.

TRUMAN'S MOST REWARDING PROJECT, A CHATGPT POWER PRINTER FOR A.I.

AND STUDENT STORIES PERFECTLY EMBODIES THE STLP GOALS OF CREATIVITY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY IMPACT BY INSPIRING STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGING A LOVE FOR READING AND A.I.

EXPLORATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TRUMAN ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

OUR FINAL SCHOLARSHIP IS THE GARY AND BECKY GRANT SCHOLARSHIP.

THIS SCHOLARSHIP WILL GO TO ZACHARY GOBLE FROM FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

ZACHARY IF YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE.

OVER HIS FIVE YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT IN STLP, INCLUDING THREE YEARS OF ATTENDANCE AT THE REGIONAL SHOWCASE, ZACHARY HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION AND GROWTH, HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BEING A STATE RUNNER UP IN 2023 AND A STATE CHAMPION IN 2024 FOR MEDIA LITERACY AWARENESS.

HIS MOST REWARDING PROJECT IS A SENIOR YEAR INFOGRAPHIC CDA ABOUT ANIMAL SHELTERS.

ZACHARY'S COMMITMENT TO USING HIS SKILLS LEARNED STLP, PARTICULARLY DATA ANALYSIS, AND MEDIA CREATION TO IMPACT HIS COMMUNITY AND FUTURE CONSERVATION EFFORTS MAKE HIM A TRULY DESERVING RECIPIENT OF THIS SCHOLARSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS ZACHARY ON THIS WELL DESERVED ACHIEVEMENT.

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

FOR A SPECIAL KSTE RECOGNITION, WOULD I LIKE TO ASK RHONDA THOMPSON, OUR VICE PRESIDENT TO STEP FORWARD.

THE KSTE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A DIGITAL LEARNING COACH AND STLP COORDINATOR.

THIS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONED STLP IN HER DISTRICT AND ACROSS OUR REGION AND STATE.

SHE MADE HER DISTRICT ONE OF THE STRONGEST STLP GROUPS IN KENTUCKY.

THIS PERSON HAS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCES ACROSS THE STATE AND NATIONALLY AND HAS BEEN A TRUE TECHNOLOGY LEADER THIS INDIVIDUAL ALWAYS PUTS STUDENTS FIRST AND OVER HER CAREER HAS IMPACTED MANY, MANY STUDENTS.

PERSONALLY, I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL OVER MY CAREER.

I CONSIDER HER A WONDERFUL CO-WORKER AND FRIEND AND GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO GIVE THE KSTE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO Mrs. TINA BARRETT FROM MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I'M SO HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS BOARD AND I WANT TO THANK THE KSTE BOARD OR WHOEVER NOMINATED ME FOR THIS AWARD AND GIVING ME THIS AWARD.

I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AND ALWAYS LETTING ME-- HELPING ME WHATEVER I THINK OF.

AND MY WORK FAMILY BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF MANY WILD THINGS FOR US TO DO FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS AND THEY ALL WENT ALONG WITH IT AND HELPED ME.

BUT MOST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK GOD.

GOD GAVE ME A SERVANT HEART AND WITH THE SERVANT HEART, I HAD THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD BECAUSE I GOT TO SERVE TEACHERS AND KIDS AND I HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE ACROSS MY CAREER ENTER MY LIFE AND I GOT TO SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS THAT I'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS AND I GOT TO DO A JOB I LOVED.

THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN WORKING FOR OTHERS AND SHARING WHAT YOU KNOW AND HAVING GETTING PAID AS A JOB TO DO IT.

I HAD THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT AND I'M VERY HONORED FOR THIS AWARD.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ABOUT TO THAT PART OF THE SHOW WHERE WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LOTS OF FOLKS BUT BEFORE WE GO ANYWHERE, MATT, ERIN, I GIST WANT TO SAY IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL THAT WE HAVE MATT AND ERIN, YOU GOT TO MEET ERIN EARLIER.

MATT IS THE OTHER PERSON WHO YOU GET LOTS OF GREAT EMAILS FROM AND HAS ORGANIZED SO MUCH OF THIS.

IF COULD YOU GIVE THEM BOTH A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

THIS IS YOUR STATE STLP TEAM.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S TIME.

LET'S BRING OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 UP ON STAGE.

FROM THE TOP 20, WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS ARE.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF THEM.

WE HAVE OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 TEAMS ON THE STAGE.

WE HAVE OUR TERRIFIC TOP 20 TEAMS ON THE STAGE.

I'LL TURN THE HONORS OVER TO Mr. DAVID COUCH TO ANNOUNCE OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

DAVID.

THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS.

>> A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR TOP 20 IN KENTUCKY.

[ APPLAUSE ] I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT WERE HERE TODAY.

CLOSE TO 25,000 FOLKS.

AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING BY KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF.

FIRST OF ALL FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR 33 YEARS.

THEY NEED AN AWARD FOR JUST DOING THAT BUT IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.

WE DO A VARIETY OF THINGS IN OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY TO SERVICE SCHOOLS AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE WORK DAY OF THE YEAR.

PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO MATT ERIN, I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR JEFF.

AND MARTY PARK FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN.

I WANT TO THANK KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

MOST FOLKS DON'T FOE KENTUCKY, I MENTIONED BEFORE WE WERE THE FIRST STATE TO HAVE INTERNET TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.

BUT WE ALSO WERE THE FIRST STATE TO HAVE EDUCATION TELEVISION TO OUR SCHOOLS IN 1968 AND I WAS A BENEFACTOR OF THAT.

MY MOM, WHO IS A TEACHER AND I'M MAINLY KNOWN IN JOHNSON COUNTY AS Mrs. COUCH'S SON, MADE SURE I WATCHED ED ADDITIONAL TELEVISION.

IT'S FUN FOR ME ALL THESE YEARS LATER TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT.

WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR MAKING THIS SUCCESS.

AND I WOULD SAY TO ALL THE FOLKS WATCHING AND WHOER HERE, CELEBRATE THIS, CELEBRATE THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS LIKE YOU WOULD ANY OTHER SUCCESS FOR YOUR CHALLENGES, YOUR COMPETITIONS AND YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, FOR ALL THE FOLKS ON THIS STAGE, WE WILL PICK AN OVERALL BEST TECHNOLOGY PROJECT.

WE CALL THE DAVE SIGLER AWARD.

WE WILL PICK THE BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY, THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY AND THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL SEND THOSE FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FROM JUNE 29-JULY 2.

ARE YOU READY?

[ CHEERING ] NOW TO ANNOUNCE 12 SCHOOLS AND WHEN I ANNOUNCE THE NAME, I NEED YOU TO LEAVE THE STAGE.

WE WILL HAVE THE ELITE EIGHT REMAINING ON THE STAGE BUT ONCE AGAIN I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TOP 20.

FIRST IS CRITTENDEN COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUNCHING HEART HEALTH.

STONEWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FAYETTE COUNTY, PODCAST PLAYGROUND.

FANCY FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN GRAVES COUNTY, THE GIVING GOPHERS.

STURGIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UNION COUNTY, WEB WIZARDS BARRETT TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, SUPER BOSS LADIES.

J. GRAHAM BROWN SCHOOL JEFFERSON COUNTY, CULTURAL FUSION AND INNOVATION.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, PEER TUTORING, MAZIK MIDDLE.

MEECE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE MORNINGS.

SOMERSET INDEPENDENT, MIGHTY MORNINGS.

BOURBON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, BEYOND THE TEXTBOOK.

FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL, BUSINESS BOOSTER.

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK HIGH SCHOOL CLARK COUNTY, SELLING SCHOOL SPIRIT.

AND HAZARD HIGH SCHOOL, INNOVATION STUDIO.

WE SHOULD NOW HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS REMAINING.

THESE ARE ELITE EIGHT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

AND NOW TO NAME OFF FOUR SCHOOLS, THOSE FOUR SCHOOLS ARE THE STATE RUNNER UP.

HECK OF AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT TO THE ELITE EIGHT.

I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

THE FIRST SCHOOL, ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL INDEPENDENT IMPACT ALERT.

SECOND SCHOOL STEAM ACADEMY FAYETTE COUNTY WHAT ARE YOU READING?

MASIK MIDDLE SCHOOL, JEFFERSON COUNTY.

BALANCE BYTES.

AND BLOOM ELEMENTARY JEFFERSON COUNTY, BLOOM COUNTY TUCK AMBASSADORS.

THERE SHOULD BE FOUR REMAINING SCHOOLS.

THESE ARE YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOUR STATE CHAMPION FOR THE DAVE SIGLER OVERALL TECHNOLOGY AWARD FROM RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL, PROJECT LOCKDOWN.

YOUR STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION FAIRDALE HIGH SCHOOL FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, PAW PRINT.

YOUR STATE CHAMPION MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAMERON MIDDLE SCHOOL, JEFFERSON COUNTY, GIRLS IN FLIGHT.

AND YOUR STATE CHAMPION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOYD COUNTY!

[ APPLAUSE ] I WOULD LIKE ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONS TO STAY SO WE CAN TAKE A TEAM PHOTO AND THEN WE'LL TAKE INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING SEVERAL PICTURES.

PARENTS, FOLKS, COACHES, COME ON DOWN.

YOU CAN COME DOWN FRONT.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES.

NO ONE IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.

WE HAVE MORE AWARDS TO GIVE OUT BUT FOR NOW BEE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU AND ANNOUNCE THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE BACK HERE ON FRIDAY APRIL 24.

IT WILL BE A FRIDAY NEXT YEAR SO MARK THAT DAY IN YOUR CALENDAR.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR STLP STATE CHAMPIONS ONE BIG FINAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES.

STICK AROUND, HAVE A GREAT TIME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY HOME.

THANKS FOR COMING TO LEXINGTON THIS YEAR.

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