Highland Springs High School’s Technology Student Association (TSA) recently had an outstanding showing at Technosphere, the Virginia TSA State Leadership Conference. Out of 39 participants, 34 students were top-ten finalists.

They finished first, second and third in Flight Endurance with students Andrew Compton, Thomas Schill and David Duke leading the way. The team swept Dragster Design with Andrew Compton in first, Paul Kirchoff in second and Austin Armstrong in third. Joseph Keegan and Calyssa Baig were second in Debating Technological Issues and Andrew Compton took top honors on the Technology Bowl written test. Scott Lebow won third place in Promotional Graphics and the Geospatial Technology team of Justin Lyon, Bailey Moore, Austin Armstrong and Cole Hudgins took first place. Scott Lebow was selected as High School Member of the Year and the chapter was third for the Chapter Excellence Award.

Highland Springs also won the Arvid W. VanDyke Outstanding High School Award, the state championship.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the hard work, commitment and dedication of the team of students that won this championship,” said Technology Education Teacher Billy Batkins. “Highland Springs finished in second place four years in a row before winning this year and it takes special students and parents to come back year after year and keep striving to take it to the next level.”

The students are now preparing to go to the national conference in Nashville and hope to bring home another trophy.