Winners of the 2024 ArcGIS Online School Competition were recently announced and Arizona had one of its most successful years yet.  Please join us in congratulating Nina Raju, from Catalina Foothills High School, for winning the National High School Award this year for her storymap on “Wildfires Threaten Saguaro Cacti in Pima County, AZ”!  As part of her award, Nina submitted a short video explaining her storymap, which can be viewed from the Esri competition website.

At the state level, this was the most active competition since Arizona began participating in 2020.  A total of 12 storymaps were submitted by 16 middle and high school students from 4 different schools.  Nina Raju won the State High School Award and Abel Medeiros, from Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School, won the State Middle School Award.

To learn more about the 2024 results and access links to all Arizona entries, visit the 2024 Arizona ArcGIS Online School Competition Results storymap.  To see past entries and winners, visit the AGIC Student Competition Past Winners website.

The 2025 compeitition is expected to open in the fall of 2024.  Please check back on the AGIC news site or follow one of the AGIC social media accounts for announcements.  To learn more about the competition, visit the AGIC ArcGIS Online Student Compeitition website.