Applications and Research Laboratory Students Win Medals at National Leadership and Skills Conference

July 13th, 2016

Two teams of students from the Howard County Public School System’s Applications and Research Laboratory (ARL) won bronze medals while taking part in the 51st SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

A team of four students—Adeola Abdulkadir (Howard High School), Meghan Counts (Marriots Ridge High School), Anthony Okeh (Howard High School) and Preeya Subedi (Centennial High School)—representing each specialty within the ARL Academy of Health Professions finished third among 20 states represented in the Health Knowledge Bowl. The annual quiz competition consisted of questions pertaining to anatomy and physiology, medical ethics, professionalism, disease, diagnostic testing, pharmacology, medical abbreviations, medical math, and more.

Jarod Liberty and Jordan Pearson (Reservoir High School), students in the ARL’s Visual Communications Academy-Animation and Interactive Media 2 Pathway, also won bronze in the Interactive Application and Game Development category for their video game “Ice Ops.” The family friendly game was developed using a systems approach to problem solving, and offers a bonus Virtual Reality (VR) Level for older players utilizing the Oculus Rift VR tools.

The ARL student teams competed against 6,500 other student competitors from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. They previously competed in two annual statewide conferences to prepare for the national competition.