Explore possibilities for academic enrichment opportunities through competitions, research fellowships, olympiads, and extracurricular activities.
Throughout their time at Barefoot Technology Academy, students are encouraged to enter national and international competitions, research opportunities, and olympiads. This gives students the opportunity to expand their content knowledge, show off their projects, and gain access to scholarships, recognition, and extended communities.
We partner with iDEA Gold Award to extend and document student achievements in technology and digital fluency.
Students use math and data to solve real-world problems, learning math, modeling and computer science principles.
USAMTS fosters insight, ingenuity, and creativity as students explore mathematical proofs.
Students model real-world data to analyze risks and make recommendations to companies, governments, or organizations.
Students complete a timed computer science test with puzzles, coding problems and more.
Students complete a timed computer science test with puzzles, coding problems and more.
Students work as a team to solve math problems within a time limit.
The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award allows students to document their technology expertise and win awards. We are an official school partner.
Students work in groups to create innovative solutions to challenges based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Students develop a radical, feasible, and impactful solution for climate change in a team, supported by workshops, mentoring and resources.
Students develop ideas and solutions for today’s challenges, and join an international community of young entrepreneurs.
Students around the country are challenged to design a solution to a unique scenario, inspired by the Smithsonian Design Museum's collections.
Students will journey through the entrepreneurial process and design an innovation that solves an important problem.
Students engage in research skills workshops as they build a research project.
Students submit a detailed background paper for a research project, and can win support and resources to bring their project to fruition.
Students test their skills related to critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and science communication.
Students work in groups to create innovative solutions to challenges based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Students submit research essays in any area of STEM, philosophy, literature, or music.
Students submit physical or digital art, stories, films, screenplays, or other creative work.
Students submit poetry, a short story, or an essay.
Students submit a video on a pertinent topic in psychology.
We are always looking for new opportunities to enrich our students' learning!