Wichita HomeSchool won the BEST Award and Ambassadors for Christ Academy (Bentonville, Ark.) won the Game Award at the 12th annual Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event at Wichita State University today (Saturday, Oct. 23). BEST is designed to inspire and motivate students toward careers in engineering, science and technology.

By winning the competition, Wichita HomeSchool and Ambassadors for Christ Academy qualify for the regional competition at Frontier Trails BEST in Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 10-11.

Also qualifying for the regional competition are Circle High School for finishing second in the BEST Award and Kansas City Christian for finishing second in the Game Award.

The BEST Award is based on a project notebook, oral presentation, table display, interviews, and overall spirit and sportsmanship. The Game Award is based on the robot scoring points in the game competition.

The winning teams will each receive a $2,500 stipend toward traveling expenses to compete in the regional competition.

Here are the other results from the 2010 Kansas BEST competition:

The Boeing Creativity Award
Ambassadors for Christ Academy

The Spirit AeroSystems Most Robust Design Award
Ambassadors for Christ Academy

The Bombardier Learjet Craftsmanship Award
Wichita HomeSchool

The Cessna Teamwork Award
Wichita HomeSchool

The Sportsmanship Award
Wichita HomeSchool