Hoover High School Advances In National STEM Contest

HOOVER, AL — Hoover High School is one of two Alabama schools among the nation’s 100 State Winners in the 12th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, a program that encourages 6th- 12th grade students and their teachers to creatively use STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills to tackle local issues of national importance while keeping sustainability in mind.

Hoover's group, led by teacher Janet Ort, proposed creating an app that allows residents to document and share their experiences with organizations working to solve the sewage crisis in Alabama.

The State Winner classrooms were chosen based on their creative and strategic proposals to solve complicated issues that affect their communities by using STEM learning. Each State Winner will be awarded $6,500 to be redeemed on DonorsChoose.org along with a video kit to help them with the next phase of the contest.

Teachers and their students from the 100 State Winner schools will each record a video to showcase their project in hopes of advancing through future phases of the contest to win additional prizes and educational opportunities.

“Empowered and inspired to elicit change, Gen Z students are catalysts for making the world a better place. It is truly an honor to watch students from across the country channel this passion and drive into the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest to address problems in their community head-on,” said Ann Woo, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America. “As change agents for the future, this year’s State Winners are taking action to create tangible solutions that address a wide-range of important issues impacting their generation.”