Regional Coordinator: Reed Brockman, P.E.
newengland@futurecity.org
(617) 240-7979
Newtopia is heading to DC!
It was a beautiful Saturday as the 27 well-prepared teams arrived the New England Regional Finals. With a new coordinator, Alyson Stuer, and in a new home, Watertown Middle School, there was an incredible energy in the building as the students discussed their cities, their plans for being resilient in the event of a natural disaster, ans a whole broad range of concepts they have researched for the competition.
The top 3 teams were selected to present before the full crowd in the final round. The 3 were Newtopia, Peluang and Silver Bay. We are very proud of the team that will represent New England this year in Washigton DC: Newtopia from the Derby Academy in Hingham. The students are Axel F, Colin F, and Penelope T. CONGRATS!!!
An album of all photos from the day is located at https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/RkotdwYmaD8NMjZVQ63XWAKsu59pc7TAFmrxX3nsivO (Updated link)
The team's teacher, Kathleen Malone was named 2017 Teacher of the Year and praised the Future City Competition at the Massachusetts STEM Summit during her acceptance speech, which played a significant role in the growth of the New England Regional program.
Run by the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section of ASCE and sponsored by a long list of companies, over 50 volunteers were on hand to run the day's events at which an estimated 300 people were present. Kate Bowe, a chemical engineer who was on a Future City team that went to the National Finals a decade ago, ran hands-on activities during the scoring times between final rounds. Alicia DiCecca ran all the scoring, as she has for many years. Michael Littman did a wonderful job coordinating with the teachers and Sofia Puerto did an equally great job coordinating the volunteers. It takes a huge team to run the competition: Sainey Badjie has been posting updates all year about the competition and will be traveling to DC with the team. Bryan and Kristen Paul have been helping run the competition for years, Alex Bonnar, who runs the Ralph Salvucci online bridge design contest, and Jim Velino, who runs the BSCES Model Bridge Competition that will take place the day before the Patriots win Superbowl LIII (at Wentworth Institute of Technology -- the bridge contest, not the Superbowl), have also played a large role for years. Betsy Schwartz and Josh McGinn have also served major roles in making the day happen.
People's Choice: New Green (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Best Energy System: Monomon (Birchland Park Middle School, East Longmeadow MA)
Best Moving Part: Notsgnikwen (The Provincetown Schools, Provincetown MA)
Most Sustainable City: La Dorata (Saco Middle School, Saco ME)
Public Safety Award: Araw City (Eliis School, Fremont NH)
Best Educational System: Electron City (South Shore Charter Public School, Norwell MA)
Best Disaster Response: Araw City (Eliis School, Fremont NH)
Citizen Engagement Award: Salem (Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School, Somerville MA)
Best Transportation System: Kokoronashi (Masconomet Regional Middle School, Boxford/Middleton/Topsfield MA)
Most Innovative Material Use: Poseidon Falls (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Best Water System: Future 5-Tastic Hood (Foxborough Regional Charter School, Foxborough MA)
Most Resilient Infrastructure: New Green (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Best Land Surveying Practices: Elasticity (Curious Science and Learning, Chelmsford MA)
Best Food Supply System: Aphrodite Falls (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Most Inclusive Community: Jetson City (JFK Middle School, Enfield CT)
Best Public Recreation Spaces: New Green (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Most Futuristic City (The Provincetown Schools, Provincetown MA)
Best Presentation: Newtopia (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Best Model: Peluang (Masconomet Regional Middle School, Boxford/Middleton/Topsfield MA)
Best Health Care System: Peluang (Masconomet Regional Middle School, Boxford/Middleton/Topsfield MA)
Best Virtual City: Newtopia (Derby Academy, Hingham MA)
Best Essay: Peluang (Masconomet Regional Middle School, Boxford/Middleton/Topsfield MA)
Here are the scores:
| Finals Competition | ||||||||||
| Place | Region | School | City | Virtual City Score |
City Essay Score |
Project Plan Score |
City Model (Finals) Score |
City Presentation (Finals) Score |
Penalties | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NENG | Derby Academy | Newtopia | 46.333 | 49.000 | 10.000 | 50.000 | 64.000 | 5 | 214.333 |
| 2 | NENG | Masconomet Regional Middle School | Peluang | 27.000 | 51.000 | 10.000 | 53.000 | 64.000 | 6 | 199.000 |
| 3 | NENG | Derby Academy | Silver Bay | 42.667 | 40.500 | 10.000 | 36.000 | 55.000 | 0 | 184.167 |
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Preliminary Round |
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| Place | Region | School | City | Virtual City Score |
City Essay Score |
Project Plan Score |
City Model Score |
City Presentation Score |
Penalties | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NENG | Derby Academy | Newtopia | 46.333 | 49.000 | 10.000 | 57.000 | 67.000 | 5 | 224.333 |
| 2 | NENG | Masconomet Regional Middle School | Peluang | 27.000 | 51.000 | 10.000 | 68.000 | 64.000 | 6 | 214.000 |
| 3 | NENG | Derby Academy | Silver Bay | 42.667 | 40.500 | 10.000 | 58.000 | 57.000 | 0 | 208.167 |
| 4 | NENG | Masconomet Regional Middle School | Kokoronashi | 37.333 | 45.667 | 10.000 | 46.000 | 54.000 | 1 | 192.000 |
| 5 | NENG | Derby Academy | Aphrodite Falls | 34.000 | 41.333 | 10.000 | 50.000 | 56.000 | 1 | 190.333 |
| 6 | NENG | Derby Academy | New Green | 42.000 | 49.333 | 10.000 | 48.000 | 41.000 | 0 | 190.333 |
| 7 | NENG | Foxborough Regional Charter School | Team 3 (Beyond the Limit) | 32.000 | 50.000 | 10.000 | 50.000 | 61.000 | 13 | 190.000 |
| 8 | NENG | Saco Middle School | La Dorada | 36.667 | 46.000 | 10.000 | 49.000 | 49.000 | 1 | 189.667 |
| 9 | NENG | Curious Science & Learning | Elasticity | 40.333 | 38.000 | 10.000 | 50.000 | 53.000 | 5 | 186.333 |
| 10 | NENG | Derby Academy | Nova Civitate | 39.000 | 30.667 | 5.000 | 55.000 | 55.000 | 0 | 184.667 |
| 11 | NENG | Derby Academy | Laetus | 45.667 | 48.667 | 10.000 | 32.000 | 27.000 | 0 | 163.333 |
| 12 | NENG | Derby Academy | Blue Monument Valley | 35.667 | 34.333 | 10.000 | 41.000 | 41.000 | 0 | 162.000 |
| 13 | NENG | Foxborough Regional Charter School | Team 2 (Future 5-Tastic) | 20.000 | 49.500 | 10.000 | 48.000 | 47.000 | 18 | 156.500 |
| 14 | NENG | Derby Academy | Poseidon Falls | 43.500 | 35.667 | 10.000 | 33.000 | 35.000 | 1 | 156.167 |
| 15 | NENG | Ellis school | Araw City | 40.333 | 44.000 | 0.000 | 52.000 | 46.000 | 30 | 152.333 |
| 16 | NENG | Derby Academy | Vida Loca | 38.333 | 27.000 | 10.000 | 40.000 | 36.000 | 1 | 150.333 |
| 17 | NENG | Derby Academy | Baile Iontach | 33.667 | 38.250 | 10.000 | 29.000 | 34.000 | 1 | 143.917 |
| 18 | NENG | Derby Academy | Electric Sun | 39.000 | 27.667 | 10.000 | 39.000 | 34.000 | 6 | 143.667 |
| 19 | NENG | Derby Academy | Gemstone Cove | 36.667 | 30.333 | 10.000 | 36.000 | 30.000 | 1 | 142.000 |
| 20 | NENG | JFK Middle School | Jetson City | 9.333 | 29.333 | 10.000 | 42.000 | 48.000 | 1 | 137.667 |
| 21 | NENG | Provincetown Schools | Notsgnikwen | 0.000 | 21.000 | 10.000 | 55.000 | 59.000 | 17 | 128.000 |
| 22 | NENG | South Shore Charter Public School | Electron City | 17.333 | 35.000 | 0.000 | 35.000 | 50.000 | 15 | 122.333 |
| 23 | NENG | Foxborough Regional Charter School | Team 1 (KIWI) | 0.000 | 28.333 | 10.000 | 46.000 | 44.000 | 8 | 120.333 |
| 24 | NENG | JFK Middle School | Dream City | 4.667 | 23.000 | 10.000 | 33.000 | 37.000 | 1 | 106.667 |
| 25 | NENG | Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School | Salem | 44.333 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 36.000 | 33.000 | 11 | 102.333 |
| 26 | NENG | Birchland Park Middle School | Monomon | 0.000 | 36.000 | 0.000 | 39.000 | 35.000 | 11 | 99.000 |
| 27 | NENG | Natick Public Schools | Safe City | 0.000 | 11.000 | 0.000 | 49.000 | 51.000 | 14 | 97.000 |