The annual student competition asks youths to find ways to make the Alamo City more sustainable.
For the past several years, local middle-school and high-school students have teamed up to try and make San Antonio a more sustainable city through SA Smart , the mayor’s K-12 Smart City Challenge. The students have tackled a range of specific challenges, such as the digital divide, transportation and water systems. The program is a collaboration by the mayor’s office and science, technology, engineering and math organizations and nonprofits.
No escaping it’: As S.A. school systems think hard about AI, teachers are plunging right in “The program allows youth to have a voice and learn in real ways,” said Cliff Zintgraff, founder and chair of the challenge. Zintgraff is chief learning officer for the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology. More than 400 students will gather Jan. 23 at the University of Texas at San Antonio's downtown campus for a competition clinic, focusing on the theme, “Quality of Life for the City.
Those thousands of students at San Antonio’s stock show enjoy ag. But it’s not their parents’ ag. SA Smart Challenge alum Defranco Sarabia participated in 2018 and 2019 challenges. 'I strongly believe that the skills learned in these competitions has excelled me in my professional life,' Sarabia said, in a 2022 SA Smart video. 'From giving a pitch deck to an array of professionals to developing solutions with fellow students.
San Antonio 8th-graders’ wifi bus proposal wins citywide challenge seeking ways to close digital divide Zintgraff discussed the idea with Nirenberg, who at the time was a city council member. Several months later, Nirenberg began sponsoring the project during his first term as mayor. On the SA Smart Challenge website, Nirenberg said it had been a privilege to work with educators, community leaders and non-profits on the platform for K-12 education experiences.
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