Congratulations to our STEAM Program Future City Team for placing third in the 2026 Future Citiy Competition!
Our students, Manuel P., Kieran A., Luigi C., Remy C., Kellen O., Connor M., Alex J., Gavin R., Ben Z., Minnie L., and Gianna L., worked tirelessly to design a city 100 years in the Future with the theme of Farm to Table (eliminating waste in the food production, packaging and distribution pathway).
Student research let them include innovation and technology such as green ammonia (a zero-emission maritime and aviation fuel); bioenergy, sustainable aquaculture and agriculture; and "Gierdu," a blockchain AI system they came up with that protects and manages the whole system, including orbital data centers and communication systems.
Their Future City is Polhavn (meaning Polar Harbor in Norwegian), located in Svalbard, an archipelago north of Norway within the Arctic Circle; chosen because a warming climate is opening up shipping routes and leading to increased urbanization around the Arctic Circle.
Thank you to our coaches, teachers, and parents for your support and guidance as our students collaborated, researched, and built their Future City. We are so proud of their hard work!
The STEAM after school program is offered to students in grades 5-8 at no cost to our families, thanks to our educational partner PE&T Charter High School and the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant.
Learn more about the Future City Competition by visiting https://futurecity.org/.