Pine Island Engineering Club

09/02/2026

Disaster! Folks who registered their kids at the Middle School Open House (last week) -- those registrations were lost! I tested the form that afternoon; it worked, but the next time I signed in, the 'pending' responses were deleted because of a form 'upgrade.'
If you signed up last week, you might have to do it again... Sorry!

All the responses from this week worked, but feel free to message if you are unsure.

Parents' info night - Sept 17th at 3:30

05/19/2026

From Sunday afternoon until a minute ago, I've been working to get this donation of extrusion from a warehouse in Illinois to my classroom.

It was more, heavier material than I expected, but it is going to be fun to work with next year!

04/18/2026

Every team at the championship won multiple awards, and we also won the grand champion and reserve champion for the middle level! What a great day!

Galaxy Stars won the Overall Theme Award and 4th place at the championship!

"Moving Through Time' won Grand Champion of the Junior Division!

'Monkey Motors' won Innovative reuse of materials and Reserve Champion of the Junior Division!

The 'Crash Test Dummies' won Fourth in the Senior Division Redesign round, People's Choice, and Most Innovative Step!

And Ryder Kann took Second Place in the new 2x2 Challenge!

And Vivian Slettedahl was named Ambassador for the 2027 EMDC!

04/17/2026

Winona Regionals were great! Tag parents in the photos to help share!

03/08/2026

Things are getting hectic!

02/20/2026

Congratulations to Mr. Johnson!

Peter Johnson from Pine Island Middle School received the "Outstanding Educator" award on Wednesday, February 18th.

02/14/2026

Engineering club has a month to get ready for the competition in Winona!

02/05/2026

At the end, we always have to pack up all of it in 5 minutes, and that's a lot of work! A lot has to happen!

11/15/2025

"Engineering Club is just better" ~my son this morning

It's really fun to see my boys get better at this each year. Their public speaking, writing, planning, teamwork, problem solving, and confidence are all being developed at the same time!