Kirkland Middle School prepares for 2015 Washington State National Engineers Week Future City Competition

Students from Kirkland Middle School in Kirkland are participating in the 2015 Washington State National Engineers Week Future City Competition, which invites 6th, 7th and 8th graders across the U.S. to create a city of tomorrow.

Students from Kirkland Middle School in Kirkland are participating in the 2015 Washington State National Engineers Week Future City Competition, which invites 6th, 7th and 8th graders across the U.S. to create a city of tomorrow. They have been working all winter preparing a model, speech, essay, and computer simulation and will soon travel to Seattle to present their work.
The Washington State competition will be held on Jan. 24 at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond. Winners of the regional competition will go on to compete nationally in Washington D.C. Future City encourages interest in math, science and engineering through hands-on applications, and reaches more than 35,000 students in 1,300 middle schools nationwide.