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Arleta HS Engineering teams participated in the International Bridge-building Competition in New Philadelphia, Ohio, on April 27, 2024.
ARLETA HS ENGINEERING TEAMS WON 1ST AND 2ND PLACE IN THE 22ND LA CITY REGIONAL BRIDGE BUILDING COMPETITION
 
Congratulations to the Arleta High School Engineering teams for winning first and second place in the 22nd Annual Regional Bridge Building Competition co-hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch and the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works—Bureau of Engineering held last March 21, 2024. The two team captains won an all-expense-paid trip to New Philadelphia, Ohio, to represent LA City in the International Bridge Design Competition on April 27.
 
First Place Winner
Team Captain: JEREMY SANCHEZ
Member: GUILLERMO MARTINEZ JR.
 
Second Place Winner
Team Captain: KEVIN QUINTERO
Member: ANGEL ZEPEDA

Arleta HS Engineering Teams Ranked 10th and 11th Place in International Bridge Design Competition held in Chicago, IL on April 29, 2023.

 

Congratulations to Arleta HS Engineering Teams for ranking #10 and #11 in the 45th International Bridge Building Contest held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Both teams did a great job; this is the first time Arleta HS got in the Top 10 in the competition. The contest was participated by 47 teams all over the US. 

 

10th Place:

Angel Zepeda

Guillermo Martinez Jr.

 

11th Place:

Gilbert Barajas

Jeremy Sanchez

For the third time, Arleta High School won the OVERALL 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the 2019 Annual ASCE Regional Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition.

Congratulations to Arleta HS Engineering Teams. The teams won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place OVERALL, 1st place in Best in Technical Presentation, 1st place and 3rd place Best in Bridge Efficiency in the 29th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers Regional Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition held at CalPoly Pomona last Saturday, April 22, 2023.

2023 LA City Regional Bridge Design Competition
 
Congratulations to Arleta HS Engineering teams for winning 1st and 2nd place in the Los Angeles City Regional Bridge Design Competition held yesterday in Downtown LA. This competition is co-hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch and the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works - Bureau of Engineering. The two team captains won an all-expense paid trip to Chicago, IL to represent LA City in International Bridge Design Competition on April 29.
 
1st Place Winner
Team Captain: GILBERT BARAJAS
JEREMY SANCHEZ                       
 
2nd Place Winner
Team Captain: ANGEL ZEPEDA                                              
GUILLERMO MARTINEZ JR.   
DIEGO MUNOZ 

For the second time, Arleta High School won the OVERALL 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the 2019 Annual ASCE Regional Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition.

 

On Saturday, March 23, 2019, Arleta High school participated in the 25th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers Regional Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition held at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.  This event brings together hundreds of high school students from Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Inyo, Mono and Kern.  This event is designed as a fun way for high school students to develop engineering skills through critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and creativity. It exposes students to the civil engineering profession and introduces them to some of the challenges and triumphs that civil engineers face in their careers.

Prior to the competition, high school teams had to prepare technical reports, display boards, presentations and of course their Popsicle Stick Bridges.  Volunteers from the civil engineering profession served as judges, testing the bridges, scoring technical papers, display boards and team presentations.  

 

Arleta High School won the OVERALL 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, Arleta won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the "Bridge Efficiency" category, 1st and 3rd places in the “Presentation” category, 1st place in the “Impromptu Design” category, and 3rd place in the “Aesthetic Design” category. Eleven Arleta students comprised the three competition teams. Please see the names of our student winners below.

 

This competition is a great opportunity to emphasize the benefits of pursuing higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

 

Competition Results:

 

Team 1: Christian James Sy, Jose dela Lima and Erika Medina (all 12th grade)

1st place OVER ALL

1st place Best in Presentation

1st place Best in Impromptu

2nd place Best in Bridge Efficiency  

 

Team 2: Angelica Rios, Antony Vaquerano, Alfred Garcia and Derek Palacios (all 10th grade)

2nd place OVER ALL

3rd place Best in Bridge Efficiency 

3rd place Best in Aesthetic Design  

 

Team 3: Emily Rangel (11th grade), Christian Jerel Sy (9th grade), Edwin Medina (11th grade) and Genesis Alonso (10th grade)

3rd place OVER ALL

1st place Best in Bridge Efficiency 

3rd place Best in Presentation 

Arleta High School team gained top spot at 2019 LA City regional bridge building contest

Christian Sy and Antony Vaquerano won the 1st Place Bridge Efficiency

Emily Rangel and Angelica Rios won the 1st Place Best in Structural Design

The students are headed to next month's national competition in Baltimore, Maryland to test their bridge designing skills against a wider field.

 

Arleta Reigns in 2018 Annual ASCE Regional

Bridge Design Competition

 

On Saturday,  March 3, 2018, Arleta High school participated in the 24th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers Regional Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition held at California State University at Los Angeles.  This event brings together hundreds of local high school students to participate in a full day of engineering competitions to celebrate the engineering profession and highlight their achievements.  

 

Prior to the competition, high school teams had to to prepare technical reports, display boards,  presentations and of course their Popsicle Stick Bridges.   Volunteers from the civil engineering profession served as judges, testing the bridges, scoring technical papers, display boards and team presentations.  

 

Arleta High School won the overall competition and took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectfully.   In addition, Arleta won 2nd and 3rd place in the "Best Technical Report" category and 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the "Bridge Efficiency" category.   15 Arleta students comprised the four competition teams.   More impressive is that this STEM engineering class is brand new to Arleta and instruction began this past January 2018.  Our students having no background knowledge in engineering had approximately 8 weeks of instruction prior to this competition and yet won this prestigious competition.  We are very proud.  

 

This competition is a great opportunity to emphasize the benefits of pursuing higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

 

Bridge Competitors Advance to the 2018 International Finals in Chicago, IL

 

Arleta’s top-notch competitors turned in another impressive performance at the LA City Regional Bridge Building competition. Christian Sy and Antony Vaquerano placed second at Regionals with a bridge that withstood 39 kilograms (86 pounds). This second place win earned the duo a spot at the International competition in Chicago, Illinois on April 21, 2018. Arleta will compete against the country’s elite teams, in addition to schools from around the world.