Hundreds of Students to Compete in Nation’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat Competition
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:
WHAT: |
More than 700 students from 43 Southern California high school teams to race solar-powered boats they built over the past six months. The event culminates an education program sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California through which students learn how to apply the math, science and engineering lessons they’ve learned in the classroom to the real world challenge of building the fastest solar-powered boat possible. After completing qualifying races, the boats compete in two 90-minute endurance heats around a 1.6 kilometer course and two 200-meter sprint races. |
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Note: Student teams are putting the final touches on their boats and will test them in the water in various locations this weekend and next week. See attached sheet for a list of schools and call for testing details and to arrange coverage before May 19. |
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WHEN: |
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 19-21 | ||
WHERE: |
Lake Skinner, Temecula Valley. Take Interstate 15 to Rancho California Road at Temecula, go 10 miles northeast to main gate, following signs to site. | ||
VISUALS: |
Each day of Solar Cup features students, decked out in team shirts and hats, working on, launching and racing solar-powered boats. Media boat is available to take reporters, photographers and television/cable crews onto lake for close-up footage. B-roll footage also is available via FTP site. Competition includes student-produced, 60-second water conservation videos and social media campaigns. |
BACKGROUND:
Solar Cup began in 2002 with eight teams and about 80 students. In the 15 years since, it has grown into the nation’s largest solar-powered boat competition. Along the way, more than 10,000 young men and women have participated in Solar Cup competitions, where they’ve learned about water resource management, alternative energy development, and sustainability and been inspired to pursue careers in math, physics, engineering and environmental science.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.
2017 Solar Cup School List | |||||||||
City, State, ZIP |
School Name |
Member Agency Sponsor |
Co-Sponsor Agencies |
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Los Angeles |
Academia Avance |
Los Angeles DWP | |||||||
Huntington Park | Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Anaheim | Anaheim High School | Anaheim Public Utilities | |||||||
Arcadia | Arcadia High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Los Angeles | Banning Academies of Creative And Innovative Sciences (BACIS) | Los Angeles DWP | |||||||
Burbank | Burbank High School | Burbank Water & Power | |||||||
Calabasas | Calabasas High School | Las Virgenes MWD | |||||||
Chino | Chino High School | Inland Empire Utilities Agency | City of Chino | ||||||
Chino Hills | Chino Hills High School | Inland Empire Utilities Agency | City of Chino Hills | ||||||
Huntington Beach | Coast High School | Municipal Water District of OC | City of Huntington Beach | ||||||
Compton | Compton High School | City of Compton | |||||||
Escondido | Del Lago Academy | San Diego County Water Authority | |||||||
Pomona | Diamond Ranch High School | Three Valleys MWD | Walnut Valley Water District, City of Pomona | ||||||
Downey | Downey High School | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Wildomar | Elsinore HS / Lakeside HS | Western MWD | Elsinore Valley MWD | ||||||
Lawndale | Environmental Charter High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Los Angeles | Franklin High School | Los Angeles DWP | |||||||
Pomona | Fremont Academy of Engineering & Design | Three Valleys MWD | City of Pomona | ||||||
San Marcos | High Tech High North County | San Diego County Water Authority | |||||||
Norwalk | John Glenn High School | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Pasadena | John Muir High School | Pasadena Water & Power | |||||||
Fontana | Kaiser High School | Inland Empire Utilities Agency | Fontana Water Company | ||||||
La Cañada Flintridge | La Cañada High School | Foothill MWD | La Cañada Irrigation District, Valley Water Co. | ||||||
La Puente | La Puente High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Lennox | Lennox Academy | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Rancho Cucamonga | Los Osos High School | Inland Empire Utilities Agency | Cucamonga Valley Water | ||||||
Long Beach | McBride High School | Long Beach Water Department | |||||||
Manhattan Beach | Mira Costa High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
El Monte | Mountain View High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Murrieta | Murrieta Mesa High School | Eastern MWD | Rancho California Water District | ||||||
Riverside | Norte Vista High School | Western MWD | Riverside Public Utilities | ||||||
Nuevo | Nuview Bridge Early College HS | Eastern MWD | Rancho California Water District | ||||||
Cypress | Oxford Academy | Municipal Water District of OC | Golden State Water | ||||||
Palos Verdes Estates | Palos Verdes High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Paramount | Paramount High School West | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Romoland | Perris Union High SD Team (Heritage HS; Paloma Valley HS; Perris HS) | Eastern MWD | Rancho California Water District | ||||||
Burbank | Providence High School | Burbank Water & Power | |||||||
Riverside | Riverside Poly High School | Western MWD | Riverside Public Utilities | ||||||
San Dimas | San Dimas High School | Three Valleys MWD | Golden State Water | ||||||
La Puente | Santana High School | Three Valleys MWD | Rowland Water District | ||||||
Temecula | Temecula Valley Team (Chaparral HS/ Great Oak HS /Temecula Valley HS) | Eastern MWD | Rancho California Water District | ||||||
Los Angeles | Venice HS STEMM Magnet | Los Angeles DWP | |||||||
West Covina | West Covina High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD |
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