PHOTO: Olympic Peninsula Academy’s eyes on the future

By Michael Dashiell • March 27, 2019 1:30 am
For the first time, Olympic Peninsula Academy students put two entries in the Future City Competition this year, with teams competing at the regional event at Shoreline Community College in January. Future City is a project-based learning program where students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades imagine, research, design and build cities of the future. OPA students started on their projects the first week of school and event through their winter break, focusing on the theme of building a resilient future city power grid able to withstand a major earthquake. OPA earned the regional award for Best Land Surveying Practices, an honor sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). Pictured, from left, are Owen Tjemsland, Ari Skov, Nick Parrish, Jorel Bessey, Zowie Abken, Landon Elliott, Kaia McCarter, Angelina Himmelberger, Zak Bell and Mirek Skov. Not pictured are Gabe Jensen and Ethan Engeset. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
For the first time, Olympic Peninsula Academy students put two entries in the Future City Competition this year, with teams competing at the regional event at Shoreline Community College in January. Future City is a project-based learning program where students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades imagine, research, design and build cities of the future. OPA students started on their projects the first week of school and event through their winter break, focusing on the theme of building a resilient future city power grid able to withstand a major earthquake. OPA earned the regional award for Best Land Surveying Practices, an honor sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). Pictured, from left, are Owen Tjemsland, Ari Skov, Nick Parrish, Jorel Bessey, Zowie Abken, Landon Elliott, Kaia McCarter, Angelina Himmelberger, Zak Bell and Mirek Skov. Not pictured are Gabe Jensen and Ethan Engeset. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

By Michael Dashiell

Sequim Gazette