Future City

Annunciation Catholic School is very proud to announce, for the third year in a row the same group of students, Citta Forte, will represent our school and the State of New Mexico in Washington, DC at the National Future City Competition February 15 – 20.

Congratulations to our ACS Middle School Future City Teams - Electrical Cuatro, Kerman, and Citta Forte. All 3 competed in the New Mexico Regional Future City Competition  at UNM on January 12.

Kerman won Best Collaboration Across Engineering Disciplines and People's Choice Award.

Electrical Cuatro won Creative Landscape Design.

Citta Forte won Best Model, Best Essay, Best Presentation, Best Land Surveying Practices and overall first place.

What is Future City?
Future City starts with a question—how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue. Past topics include storm water management, urban agriculture, public spaces, and green energy. The 2018-2019 theme is Powering Our Future! Teams will design a resilient power grid for their future city that can withstand and quickly recover from the impacts of a natural disaster.
 
Participants complete five deliverables: a virtual city design (using SimCity); a 1,500-word city essay; a scale model built from recycled materials; a project plan, and a presentation to judges at Regional Competitions in January. Regional winners represent their region at the Finals in Washington, DC in February. After completing Future City, student participants are not only prepared to be citizens of today’s complex and technical world, but also poised to become the drivers of tomorrow. (https://futurecity.org/about)