Exhibit Hall opportunity for High School students!

Posted on 2 years ago

SOAR is partnering with Congressman Hal Rogers and the Congressional App Challenge to offer a dedicated space for high school students in the SOAR Summit Exhibit Hall!

What we are looking for:

Innovative student-led programs
Student-led business ideas, with an emphasis on tech
Collaborative initiatives improving student engagement, access, and outcomes

Benefits

Students and staff will receive complimentary Exhibit Hall space if selected
All registration fees will be covered, thanks to the generosity of the Forcht Group
SOAR will provide a financial stipend to the Congressional App Challenge winner from Kentucky’s fifth congressional district

You can find the Student Exhibit Hall Registration link HERE.

Need some examples of what we are looking for?

It can be anything that your students create!

No idea is too small to show off at the SOAR Summit. But just in case you are wondering about what other schools did before, here are a few examples to help bring some inspiration:

Pikeville Independent: Created innovative apps using Code.org

Pikeville Independent seventh- and eighth-grade students created apps using Code.org.

Students used their interests and passions to create innovative ways to help their community. Some of the ideas were a volunteer finder app, hunting tracker app, therapy app, copycat recipes app, and citizens unite app.

This group of students were awarded an innovation award scholarship at the 2022 SOAR Summit and the students used the funds to help purchase a new VEX robotics kit to help compete in the TSA Vex competition in March 2023.

Floyd County School of Innovation: Various Projects

Floyd County School of Innovation brought a couple of groups of students that helped expand and bring various different types of projects to showcase.

Engineering Students:

The engineering students presented two projects: robotic hands/modeling prosthetics and an adaptive Halloween costume for a local student in a wheelchair.

The wheelchair project was actually featured in a WYMT article, Once in a lifetime chance: high schoolers create adaptive wheelchair costumes for elementary school students, you can read the article HERE.

Computer Science Students:

The computer science students presented projects that covered drones in healthcare and another project that presented their projects using their coding in Python and Java – these projects ranged from currency converters, language translators, and a figure-8 ball.

Want to showcase?

We can’t wait to read and see what your students have in store to showcase! This is a great chance for them to present their designs, talents, and gifts to those attending the SOAR Summit.

You can find the link to register your students HERE.

You can also download several of our flyers to help spread the word at your school and post it on your social media pages:

Here’s a sneak peek into the SOAR Summit agenda

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