By: Bri Painter and Kennedi Canova- Editors
MESA: mathematics, engineering, science achievement, is a club that gives students hands-on experience and opportunities to explore careers in math, science, engineering, technology, etc.
Fremont MESA has gained a brand new advisor, Mr. Riley. He explains the events they will be doing this year, “We do a lot of social events like lagoon for physics day, club activities like mystery games, etc.”
Angeline Cowley, the President of MESA and Senior at Fremont, explains the other social activities the club does throughout the year, “We have our continuous socials. For example, our egg drop competitions and rocket launches, sometimes we explode pumpkins, and in the past we’ve made slime.”
While MESA seems like a club primarily for arithmetic, the social assets of the club seem to be much more fulfilling to the students involved.
Jaydon Walker, vice president and Senior at Fremont describes his favorite part of MESA, “I really enjoyed doing SeaPerch but I also like the social aspects of it as I’ve made lots of friends and met a lot of new people.”
SeaPerch is an event MESA has done in the past. In this competition, teams build an underwater ROV, also known as a remotely operated vehicle, using PVC pipes. In this competition each team maneuvers their ROVs through underwater obstacles. These obstacles challenge its maneuverability, control, and more. Teams are then scored based on time, accuracy, and completion of the course.
While this was an exciting part of MESA for a couple of years, they will not be participating in SeaPerch this year due to limited funding.
MESA also participates in smaller competitions throughout the year. These smaller competitions involve crypto, coding, index towers, popsicle stick towers, and more.
Jaydon says, “These are district held competitions for socializing and practicing comps and getting used to the environment. Jr. Highs normally place in these competitions because they have larger and more dedicated teams.” This year Fremont’s MESA will be competing in these competitions again.
MESA is widely considered a gold star club on a resume.
Jaydon Walker states, “It looks amazing on job applications because it shows that you were not only involved in something tech/math/science/engineering related but that you are interested in those fields, which are all competitive and difficult areas of study/work.”
Angeline and the council plan all of these social events and execute them to the best of their ability. She states, “We are here to have fun and experience things we like, sure it looks good on a resume but everyone in the club actually enjoys MESA.”
Anyone interested in MESA is able to contact Mr. Riley in room B-109 and ask him about the social events the club will put on this year.
