Alberton School wins Samsung Solve for Tomorrow statewide competition
McKenna Akane and her virtual reality students as they advance to finalists in Samsung's National STEM Competition. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
Alberton School is among 50 public middle and high schools nationwide that are moving forward as state winners in the 15th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition.
Alberton School was selected as the state winner for Big Sky Country and has been awarded a $12,000 Samsung technology prize package, including a Samsung video kit to showcase their proposed STEM solution. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, a way of integrating these subjects into a holistic approach to learning and problem-solving.
Behind this award is McKenna Akane and her middle school STEM class. Akane grew up in Boise, Idaho and attended Boise State before transferring to the University of Montana where she graduated from the Phyllis J. Washington School of Education with her bachelor’s degree in kindergarten through 8th grade education.
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