May 10, 2002

STUDENTS TAKE FIRST PLACE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION

The Rehoboth Christian High School Junior Varsity team took first place in the national JETS (Junior Engineering & Technical Society)/TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) competition, held locally in Albuquerque, New Mexico recently.

The Rehoboth Junior Varsity A team took first place in Division 1 during the national contest .
Of the New Mexico teams that were advanced to Nationals following the recent competition, these are the standings for other teams from the area that competed in the locally held event: Rehoboth Christian Jr. Varsity A Team was first out of 10 teams, the Rehoboth Christian Varsity Team was fifth out of 17 and the La Cueva Jr, Varsity A Team was seventh out of 17.
The JETS/TEAMS competition is an annual interscholastic competition that helps prepare students for tomorrow's real world problems. The students are asked to solve problems which require a broad base of knowledge. An example of such a question
would be: How do you restore operations to a flooded coal mine? The program encourages team work and learning strategy through such questions and competition

The TEAMS program is sponsored locally by the University of New Mexico School of Engineering in Albuquerque.

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