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Literature is a named high-school participation pathway published by National PTA Reflections, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Lunabotics Award is a named high-school recognition published by NASA; students should record only the result they actually received.
Making Strides Volunteer is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Cancer Society, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Marine Debris Program is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
DECA's Marketing Communications Series challenges one high-school member to solve marketing-communications problems designed to inform, persuade, or remind a target audience about ideas, experiences, goods, or services. The event combines a 100-question Marketing exam with two judged role-plays and a third role-play for finalists. For each role-play, the participant receives 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to present and respond to the judge. Competition normally advances through association events to the spring International Career Development Conference.
The MATE ROV Competition asks student teams to engineer remotely operated underwater vehicles for workplace-modeled missions. Students design and build the ROV, test it on underwater tasks, maintain an engineering notebook or technical report, create a marketing display, and explain design rationale, safety, systems, budgeting, and lessons learned to industry judges. Five levels—EXPLORER, PIONEER, RANGER, NAVIGATOR, and SCOUT—serve learners from K–12 through university. The global program currently has 48 regional events feeding an early-summer World Championship.
Math Kangaroo is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
A residential summer program for mathematically curious high school students centered on inquiry and proof.
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge is a free, internet-based applied-mathematics competition run by SIAM. Teams of three to five eligible students receive a previously undisclosed real-world problem and have one continuous 14-hour period during the challenge weekend to research, build and test a mathematical model, discuss assumptions and limitations, and submit a written solution. Finalists present their work in New York City. The program has involved nearly 80,000 students over 20 years and awards more than $100,000 in scholarships each cycle.
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Mathematics Competitions, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
A summer pre-college program introducing high school students to medicine through lectures activities and clinical topics.
Merit Award is a named high-school recognition published by National PTA Reflections; students should record only the result they actually received.
