Congratulations Decatur High School TSA!!

On March 12-13 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, approximately 560 middle and high school students met at the Bryant Conference Center to take part in the 34th Annual Technology Student Association State Conference. The two day event featured 43 different competitive events that range from engineering design to photographic technology. The theme for the 2012-2013 conference was A Tradition of Excellence, and Decatur High School is a great living example of this. Paul Allen, DHS chapter Advisor, led his students to victory winning an award for most individual members and placing 1st overall high school. Decatur High had two students recieve the honor of being elected to State Office for the 2013-2014 school year. Austin Rodgers, former TSA State Seargent at Arms, was elected State Vice President. Jessica Cofffey was also elected State Reporter, an office formerly held by Hughston May of Decatur High. 

Below are the awards given to the talented students of the Decatur High School TSA. These students will get a chance to compete at the National TSA conference held in Orlando, Florida from June 28 to July 2, 2013.

Career Comparison

4^th Hadden Kershaw

7^th TJ Romine

Computer Aided Design 2D Architecture

3^rd Rowe Price

Computer Aided Design 3D Engineering

2^nd Jacob Farris

5^th Tyler Moore

Creed

3^rd Davis Earley

Desktop Publishing

5^th Shivam Patel

Dragster Design

1^st Davis Earley

2^nd Daniel Cater

3^rd Austin Rogers

Essays on Technology

2^nd Josh Echols

Extemporaneous Presentations

5^th Jakob Breuer

7^th TJ Romine

Flight Endurance

1^st Connor Rawlings

2^nd John David Kennedy

3^rd Mason Kennedy

Manufacturing Prototypes

1^st Bobby Doyle, Tyler Moore, Connor Rawlings

Photographic Technology

1^st Hughston May

5^th Mimi Walker

Prepared Presentation

7^th Jessica Coffey

Promotional Graphics

5^th Hughston May

6^th Austin Rodgers

Safety Illustration

1^st Austin Rodgers

2^nd Mason Kennedy

3^rd Josh Echols

State Pin Design

1^st Austin Rodgers

2^nd Ethan Paradise

3^rd Saul Becerra

State T-Shirt Design

1^st Hughston May

2^nd Mason Kennedy

3^rd Austin Rodgers

Structural Engineering

1^st Logan Batchelor & Hadden Kershaw

2^nd Bobby Doyle & Ethan Paradise

3^rd Jessica Coffey & Austin Rodgers

Technology Bowl

5^th Saul Becerra, Jessica Coffey, Peter Neil

Technology Problem Solving

5^th Bobby Doyle & Ethan Paradise

6^th Dock Hunter & David Petersen

10^th Mason Kennedy & Briley Uptain

VEX Robotics

3^rd David Petersen, Jay Hoffmann, Dustin Seal, Davis Earley

Congratulations DHS TSA! You have made us proud!