Your 2017 Follett Challenge Winner
Congratulations to Chase County Elementary School in Strong City, Kansas for winning the Grand Prize in the sixth annual Follett Challenge for their program Learning with Cattle. Students learn valuable science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lessons and 21st-century skills through projects involving the community, local businesses and the cattle industry. Fifth-grade students purchase, raise and sell calves to earn a profit, all the while learning by doing with the help of the community, the use of technology, and creative approaches to solving problems. This title earns them $60,000 in Follett products and services plus a celebration at their school.
Check out their reaction when we surprised them with the news!
Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to this year’s Semifinalists and People’s Choice winners! Each Semifinalist takes home $30,000 in Follett products and services, and each People’s Choice winner receives $8,000 in Follett products and services.
And stay tuned for information coming this fall on the 2018 Follett Challenge.
Semifinalists
Middle School Category Semifinalist
Highland Junior High School / Gilbert Public Schools
Mesa, Arizona
Friendship Project
High School Category Semifinalist
Booker T. Washington High School / Escambia School District
Pensacola, Florida
Innovation Center Prepares Students for 21st Century
People's Choice Winners
John B. Alexander High School; United ISD; Laredo, Texas; video.
Marist High School; Chicago, Ill.; video.
McGee Middle School; Berlin Public Schools; Berlin, Conn.; video.
Deer Park Elementary School; Baltimore County Public Schools; Owings Mills, Md.; video.
Zela Davis Elementary School STEM Prep; Hawthorne, Calif.; video.
Pearsontown Elementary School; Durham Public Schools; Durham, N.C.; video.
Sunrise Elementary School; Cherry Creek Schools; Aurora, Colo.; video.
Marion High School; Marion, Ind.; video.
Mineola High School; Garden City Park, N.Y.; video.
Swan Valley High School; Swan Valley School District; Saginaw, Mich.; video.
Check out their reaction when we surprised them with the news!
Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to this year’s Semifinalists and People’s Choice winners! Each Semifinalist takes home $30,000 in Follett products and services, and each People’s Choice winner receives $8,000 in Follett products and services.
And stay tuned for information coming this fall on the 2018 Follett Challenge.
Semifinalists
Middle School Category Semifinalist
Highland Junior High School / Gilbert Public Schools
Mesa, Arizona
Friendship Project
High School Category Semifinalist
Booker T. Washington High School / Escambia School District
Pensacola, Florida
Innovation Center Prepares Students for 21st Century
People's Choice Winners
John B. Alexander High School; United ISD; Laredo, Texas; video.
Marist High School; Chicago, Ill.; video.
McGee Middle School; Berlin Public Schools; Berlin, Conn.; video.
Deer Park Elementary School; Baltimore County Public Schools; Owings Mills, Md.; video.
Zela Davis Elementary School STEM Prep; Hawthorne, Calif.; video.
Pearsontown Elementary School; Durham Public Schools; Durham, N.C.; video.
Sunrise Elementary School; Cherry Creek Schools; Aurora, Colo.; video.
Marion High School; Marion, Ind.; video.
Mineola High School; Garden City Park, N.Y.; video.
Swan Valley High School; Swan Valley School District; Saginaw, Mich.; video.
