Gratitude and creativity helped STEM Academy seventh grader Daniel Grinman create the winning entry for Future Engineers: We Love Veterans Pin Design Challenge, which was selected from more than 500 submissions nationally.

Sofia Ramirez attends the STEM Academy at Nimitz Middle School and won the ‘Take Care of Texas’ video contest. SAN ANTONIO – Out of more than 200 submitted entries across the state, a North East Independent School District middle schooler has won first place in a recent video contest. Sofia Ramirez, a sixth-grader who attends STEM Academy at Nimitz Middle School, won the ‘Take Care of Texas’ video contest sponsored by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The video is about the importance of taking care of our water supply. Ad“One of the most shocking things is the scientists have found weedkiller in drinking water,” Ramirez said.