Shell Showdown Spirit Award Win

The IPAA/PESA Petroleum Academy at Southwest High School (IPAS) freshmen and sophomore students earned the spirit award in the Shell STEM Showdown at the University of Houston on November 2, 2018. This competition is a nationally acclaimed Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education awareness program, powered by Great Minds in STEM™. The students completed a full day of hands-on STEM-related activities alongside college students from the University of St. Thomas. Exciting activities included building a windmill and a rocket. One of the Southwest High School’s Academy teams was awarded the spirit award. Each member on the winning team received a polaroid camera. Congratulations to London Bell, Caleb Etheridge, Jared Tranqueno, Jarrius Clayton, Kevin Ortiz, Luis Nieto and Rudy Castro (pictured below).