Delaware Secretary of Education Mark Holodick recently recognized students for their submissions in this year’s Esri’s 2024 ArcGIS webapp competition.

Students were challenged to create and share interactive mapping projects using ESRI ArcGIS software. Delaware entrants to this national competition must create a digital Storymap that explores some aspect of life in Delaware.

High school:

• 1st place: Chanel Beck of Brandywine School District’s Brandywine High School: “The Delaware Indians”: The First People of the First State
• 2nd place: Natalie Lewis of Caesar Rodney School District’s Caesar Rodney High School: Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad
• 3rd place: Levi Levine of Brandywine High: Horseshoe Crabs: Delaware’s Most Helpful Living Fossil
• 4th place: Hudson Dooley of Red Clay Consolidated School District’s Charter School of Wilmington: Understanding State Immigration and Refugees
• 5th place: Caleb Comley and Alexander Bovell of Charter School of Wilmington: Educational Attainment in Wilmington
• Honorable Mentions: Parker Cuff of Odyssey Charter School: Where There is a Need, There is a Lion; Elliot Warburton & Rita Nyamikah of Red Clay Consolidated School District’s AI duPont HS: Evolution of AI duPont Feeder Pattern (link not available)

Middle school

• 1st place: Eric Lewis (home school student): The duPont Family in Delaware
• 2nd place: Katia Smith of Christina School District’s Christiana Honors Academy: Seaside Wonders
• 3rd place: Natalia Smith of Christiana Honors Academy: The Inside Scoop: The Ice Cream Shops of Delaware