Students Taylor Price and Adair Langsmith, both in Grade 11 at Osoyoos Secondary School (OSS), show off a camera and tablet the school received from Samsumg for placing as semi-finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge. OSS was one of 55 semi-finalists chosen across Canada, based on a proposal put forward by teacher Peter Gajda, right. The students will look into ideas the Town of Osoyoos can use to conserve water. (Richard McGuire photo)
A project at Osoyoos Secondary School (OSS) to encourage local water conservation will not be a finalist in the national Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge.
Samsung Canada announced the 11 finalist schools from across Canada on Monday in the competition that encourages students to apply STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) approaches to address real-world challenges in their communities.
None of the 11 finalist schools were in B.C.
OSS teacher Peter Gajda entered the competition with the water conservation proposal and OSS was picked as one of 55 semi-finalists from more than 700 first-round entries.
The school won a digital camera and tablet from Samsung for being a semi-finalist. Gajda planned to use Biology 11 student volunteers to do the project after school.
RICHARD McGUIRE
Osoyoos Times
