Join us in applauding the remarkable student teams from the 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗦) as they emerged as 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (SISTEMIC) 2023!

Held at the National Junior College (NJC), Singapore from May 24-29, 2023, the two PSHS campuses clinched Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards over 289 participants from 14 countries.

This year, co-organized by the NJC and the Singapore Ministry of Education, SISTEMIC is designed to bring together students of ages 14 to 18 from around the world to compete, collaborate, and innovate in STEM under the theme “Designing A Sustainable Tomorrow.”

The student delegates from the PSHS-Central Visayas Campus bagged multiple awards. Their Penguin-eering design to alleviate the heat buildup on residential districts secured the Overall Gold in the Design and Build Challenge where their HYDRO prototype or Hydroponic High-Yield System for Sustainable Crop Development and Rooftop Farm Optimization also won Bronze Award. Adding to the roster of winners are the PSHS-CVisC student team who developed the DILAW or Direct Identification of Bleach Using Low-Cost Paper Sensor for Assessment of Water Bodies which earned the Bronze Award.

Another winning prototype is designed by Grade 11 students of the PSHS-Main Campus entitled “Intelligent Food Organizer (INFO) Magnets”, which aim to reduce food waste due to spoilage by providing its users with information on the freshness of food using easy-to-recognize fridge magnets and time-based light indicators. This smart tracking system for food sustainability seized the Silver Award. Student participants from PSHS-Main campus also garnered Best the Engineering Product special award under the Design and Build Challenge wherein students from different countries have to communicate and collaborate together to solve a design challenge within 24 hours only.

Overall, the delegates garnered the following awards:

I. Design and Build Challenge (Main Event)

NICOLE CONRAD C. OBRERO (PSHS-CVisC)

Young Innovative Engineer (Overall Gold): PENGUIN-EERING (Using engineering to alleviate the heat buildup in SUS-City)

ANGEL KARL A. GORDO (PSHS-CVisC)

Young Innovative Engineer (Overall Bronze): HYDRO (Hydroponic High-Yield System for Sustainable Crop Development and Rooftop Farm Optimization)

ERWYN AENAS M. VIBAL (PSHS-MC)

Best Engineering Product – Group 18 (in collaboration with the international students)

II. STEM Innovation Challenge

PSHS-MC Student Group

KEVIN WILLIAM CASTRO

JOHN FLORENCE DIZON

ERWYN AENAS VIBAL

Silver: Intelligent Food Organizer (INFO) Magnets

PSHS-CVisC Student Group

KRYSTELLE O. SANCHEZ

ANGEL KARL A. GORDO

NICOLE CONRAD C. OBRERO

Bronze: DILAW

The whole PSHS System commends all of the participating Pisay students and teacher coaches who work together in pursuit of excellence and in shaping a more sustainable world through science.

Wishing everyone a safe trip home!

(With reports and photos from Dr. Benito A. Baje, Mrs. Arlene Cahoy-Agosto, and Mr. Boon Kristoffer P. Lauw)