Mustang Achievements

At the beginning of February, 27 students from the two Virtual Enterprise classes traveled to Bakersfield, CA, for the CA State Business Plan and Trade Show.

This year's VE businesses are Squiggle from 1st period and Ampower from 2nd period. Squiggle placed 4th in the state in Company Branding. Ampower placed 11th in the state in Business Plan and qualified to compete in New York on April 21-23; the Marketing team from Ampower placed 5th in the state and also qualified to compete in New York on April 22-23. Ampower took 1st place in the state for Booth Salesmanship. Ben Acton and Muhammad Badeer were the salespeople who were tested by secret judges for their selling prowess. Muhammad scored a perfect 30/30 on the Booth Salesmanship rubric.

This is the first time Homestead has won a 1st place award in Bakersfield!

During the weekend of September 28, 2024, Homestead Robotics Team 670 won Chezy Champs, a competitive event at Bellarmine College Preparatory, which hosted teams from all around the world. The competition, bringing together the “Best in the West,” is held annually for the best teams from the past season. After a rough start in the qualification rounds, Team 670 was chosen by the captains of the leading four-robot alliance and made a strong playoff run, culminating in the win of the finals tiebreaker. Congratulations, Team 670! 

Congratulations to Homestead freshman Ira Shellikeri. She won 1^st place in the 8^th Annual Cupertino Rotary Youth Poetry Contest. This year the topic was the same as the Rotary International theme: CREATE HOPE IN THE WOLRD.

A total of 83 students submitted poems, 71 entries from our locak high schools and 12 from our local middle schools. You can read Ira’s poem “The Cycle of Music” here. (May 2024)

Congratulations to Homestead Robotics FRC Team 670.  Team 670 realized a long-standing dream by qualifying for World Championships for the first time in its 23-year history! The team captained the #1 alliance at the Arizona East Regional competition, finished with a 15-1-0 record, and also won the Innovation in Control Award. 

The HHS Robotics Club, Team 670 was in Houston Texas participating in the 2024 FIRST Worldwide Championship.  FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a six-week program that challenges high school students to build industrial-sized robots to play a field game. FRC is part of FIRST, a global nonprofit organization that provides robotics programs to prepare young people for the future.  Participating in this event is a big accomplishment for the students.

Here are the results of the 2024 FIRST Worldwide Championships:

• 50,000 people participated
• 600 teams 
• 58 countries
• 8 divisions (~75 teams each)

Link to Team 670 Stats: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/670

Link to the Finals Stats (Einstein Field): https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2024cmptx

After winning the league championship on 4/22/24, the JV boys tennis team had one more achievement.  With two starters out, the team still defeated Bellarmine for the season finale on 4/25/24, and finished the season undefeated 16-0, with victories over all league teams twice plus Menlo, St. Francis, and Bellarmine (twice).  "The boys believed they can do it, put in the work, and got it done, while having a lot of fun and memorable moments along the way."  -Coach Edmond Kwong

Please join us in congratulating them, and let them know they have achieved something very special.

Coach: Edmond Kwong

• Rohan Bedekar (10), Captain
• Bryson Breiner (9)
• Garrett Cai (10)
• Sebastian Camargo (10)
• Arhan Chakravarthy (9)
• Sachin Chandran (9)
• Andrew Fang (9)
• Leo Gin (9)
• Armaan Malkani (10)
• Nikhil Nadimpalle (10)
• Ryan Park (10)
• Nick Raheem (11), Captain
• Han Wu (11), Captain
• Theo Wuo (10)
• Ryan Yue (11)

Homestead High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) continues its competitive legacy with its 25th consecutive Sweepstakes championship at the California FBLA State Leadership Conference (SLC) held in Anaheim California. FBLA is the largest career and technical organization for students in the United States and Homestead's success is unprecedented in high school competitions with 76 students qualifying to attend the National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida. Furthermore, this year marks a monumental milestone for two of Homestead FBLA's advisers with Mr. Graeme Logie and Mr. Byron recognized for serving 20 and 30 years as Chapter Advisers at Homestead respectively. Homestead FBLA attributes its continued success to all the advisers, mentors, chaperones, and officers who have continuously dedicated their time.

CLICK HERE for the Press Release! (5/2024)