Largest student group ever competes at PA-TSA Conference

Colonial School District’s Technology Student Association sent the most competitors ever to the state conference held at the end of April in Seven Springs, and many of those students placed within the top 10, making them eligible for the national conference. Two students were also elected to serve as state officers. 

Plymouth Whitemarsh High School 11th-grader Narayani Sakthinathan and 10th-grader Waneis Elshaari were also elected to the 2025-26 States Officer Team. Narayani will serve as President, and she is the first student from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School to hold this position ever. To be elected, Narayani had to run a campaign and was voted in a the annual business meeting. Waneis, who was appointed, will serve as State Parliamentarian.

The National TSA Conference is scheduled for June 27-July 1 in Nashville, TN.

During TSA conferences and competitions, students compete in different categories to complete various Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) challenges. Congratulations to the following students:

Colonial MS 

Biotechnology 

Place 2: Aranya Bava, Saanvi Pattnaik, Stuti Upadhya 

Challenging Technology 

Place 3: Joseph DeGuzman,  Alex Esposito 

Place 7: Oliver Nasatir, Imeth Perera 

Coding

Place 6: Avisyat Anand, Siva Kathirvel 

Cybersecurity 

Place 6: Molly Carder 

Data Science and Analytics 

Place 5: Aranya Bava, Saanvi Pattnaik, Stuti Upadhya 

Essays on Technology

Place 7: Sophia Pasquarella

Forensic Technology

Place 1: Ellianah Rickert, Moe Ronan 

Microcontroller Design

Place 3: Avisyat Anand, Kishore Manikandan, Ishan Patchava, Khyathi Patchava,  Sandhya Sapkota, Khadija Yafai 

Prepared Speech 

Place 4: Saranya Sakthinathan 

Promotional Marketing 

Place 5: Aranya Bava 

STEM Animation 

Place 8: Avisyat Anand, Siva Kathirvel, Kishore Manikandan, Liam Mendez, Max Sabato 

Technical Design

Place 10: Aranya Bava, Stuti Upadhya 

Video Game Design 

Place 10: Molly Carder, Sophia Pasquarella, Jayna Sheth 

Vlogging 

Place 5: Zoe McCaffrey, Katelyn McGonigle, Ellianah Rickert, Maya Swan, Myleigh Wolfe, Hamad Yafai 

PA - R/C Off-Road Racing

Place 4: Logan Crump, Colin Makatche, Braden Robinson 

PA - Robotics 

Place 2: Oliver Nasatir, Matsvei Paulousky, Imeth Perera, Albert Wu 

PA - Snapshot 

Place 2: Alex Esposito 

Forensic Technology - Written 

Place 2: Joseph DeGuzman 

Coding - Written 

Place 4: Avisyat Anand

Plymouth Whitemarsh HS

Biotechnology Design 

Place 5: Maya Bava, Colum Dougherty, Alina Marchenko, Kaidan Rickert, Narayani Sakthinathan, Sachita Upadhya 

Chapter Team

Place 7: Maya Bava, Waneis Elshaari, Kaidan Rickert, Narayani Sakthinathan, Sachita Upadhya, Hasan Yafai

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Engineering 

Place 3: Kaidan Rickert 

Data Science and Analytics 

Place 2: Aiden Randolph, Sachita Upadhya 

Debating Technological 

Place 6: Aiden Randolph, Janani Soundar

Geospatial Technology

Place 4: Aiden Randolph, Janani Soundar 

Place 6: Colum Dougherty, Kaidan Rickert, Sachita Upadhya 

Prepared Presentation

Place 8: Narayani Sakthinathan  

Senior Solar Sprint

Place 4: Shane Huynh, Maxwell Montemayor, Hasan Yafai, Nam Zhao 

STEM Mass Media 

Place 9: Kaidan Rickert, Narayani Sakthinathan, Sachita Upadhya, Olivia Calcagni 

PA - Medical Technology

Place 10: Maya Bava, Alina Marchenko, Kaidan Rickert, Narayani Sakthinathan, Janani Soundar, Sachita Upadhya 

PA - R.C. Off-Road Racing 

Place 5: Colum Dougherty, Waneis Elshaari, Kaidan Rickert, Max Montemayor