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2024-2025 SECME Regional Winners
Overall Winning Elementary School: Stenstrom Elementary School
Overall Winning Middle School: Milwee Middle School
Overall Winning High School: The Villages High School
Event Winners
2025-2026 Competition Theme
Mission: STEM 2025-2026 — Destination SpaceU
- Dates:
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Opening in October
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September 8, 2025Train the Trainer Workshop Registration Closes at midnight
– Email STEM@ucf.edu for registration details
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September 13, 2025Train the Trainer Workshop
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December 12, 2025Mission: STEM Regional Competition Registration Deadline
– Schools with student/team numbers must be submitted online
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December 19, 2025Invoice Request Deadline
– All payments must be initiated with your bookkeeper
– $20 per student -
January 23, 2026Registration Fees Due
– Check must be in the office by 4pm
– No exceptions will be made -
January 27, 2026All team and student names must be entered/finalized by midnight
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February 2, 2026Essays (all grade levels) due by midnight via your account on the Mission: STEM registration site
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Date TBDEnergy Transfer Machine submissions due by 5pm. See guidelines for details on how to submit videos.
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February 11, 2026Poster and video submissions due by midnight. Please submit via your account on the SECME registration site.
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February 13, 2026Emergency name changes due by 5pm (name changes may be requested via email only)
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February 21, 2026Mission: STEM Regional Competition
– School/Team Check-in 7am
– Opening Session 8am
– Award Ceremony 2-3pm -
Dates and times are subject to change. Registered teams will be notified via email in the event of a change.