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Oxnard Teacher Wins Outstanding Educator Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   Sarah Mutuku, a teacher at Channel Islands High School in Oxnard, received the High School Advisor of the Year Award from a statewide math and science program.   Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) honored Mutuku for her outstanding work in assisting educationally disadvantaged students […]

Mendota students win California engineering competition, move on to nationals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 13, 2014 Danielle McNamara(510) 987-0230   Press Release   Four Mendota Junior High eighth graders are now state champions in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Statewide Prosthetic Arm Engineering Design Challenge.   After months of designing, creating and competing, they beat out hundreds of other students throughout California. Fifteen-year-old Mario Ruiz […]

Stockton students win California engineering competition, move on to nationals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 13, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   Four Stagg Senior High students are now high school state champions in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Statewide Prosthetic Arm Engineering Design Challenge.   After months of designing, creating and competing, they beat out hundreds of other students throughout California. Seniors Dellanira Alcauter, […]

Local students named Gates scholars (Ukiah Daily Journal)

For the Ukiah Daily Journal The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice up through and including a Ph.D. program. The goal is to promote academic excellence and provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial […]

Built for success: Once again, Stagg students will represent state in national design challenge (Stockton Record)

STOCKTON – Stagg High School’s Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement team has built a local dynasty.   The four-member team of Dellanira Alcauter, 17, Anthony Nichols, 18, Brooklyn Omstead, 17, and Gabriel Zuniga, 17, took first place in the state MESA Engineering Design Challenge at University of the Pacific last week and is heading to Portland, […]

Math Contest Brings Out Competitive Edge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 30, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   MESA student-teams across the state vied for bragging rights in the program’s fifth annual Math Challenge.   Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) conducted the 60-minute test that is modeled after the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ Student Math League test. More than 164 […]

Isbell and SPHS MESA teams recognized at board meeting (Santa Paula Times)

The Isbell Middle School and Santa Paula High School Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) teams were honored by trustees of the Santa Paula Unified School District at their regular board meeting. The students recently competed in a regional competition at UC Santa Cruz and they brought home some medals. Pictured above with the MESA winners: […]

MESA to Participate in Largest STEM Event in U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 17, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   As a top science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program in the country, MESA will participate in the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.   More than 350,000 attendees are expected to visit the festival and expo at the Walter E. Washington […]

Students Chosen for STEM Leadership Retreat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 3, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) community college students from throughout California will explore where leadership meets science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during a three-day conference.   More than 150 MESA students will meet in the Santa Cruz area for the MESA Student Leadership […]