Student Awards and Recognition
Scott Carter National Award Winner
Dakota High School Design Technology students have won many national and state awards throughout the years including some of the following listed below.
- Nationally Recognized Engineering Design Program
- 2008 & 2012 State Champion Avanti Stellar Scholars Award for Automotive Design
- 2000 & 2002 National Champions in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 2007 National 4th Place in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 2006 National 3rd Place in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 2004 National 2nd Place in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 2003 National 3rd Place in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 1999 National 4th Place in Technical Drafting for SkillsUSA
- 1999 National 3rd Place for Daimler-Chrysler’s “Build Your Dream Vehicle
- 1999 State Quiz Bowl Champions and National Runner-up for SkillsUSA
- 1999 & 2000 State Champions in Daimler-Chrysler’s “Build Your Dream Vehicle” Team #1
- 1999 & 2000 Silver Medal Winner in Daimler-Chrysler’s “Build Your Dream Vehicle” Team #3
- 1999 & 2000 Bronze Medal Winner in Daimler-Chrysler’s “Build Your Dream Vehicle” Team #2
- Students have won over 800 individual awards in the Michigan Industrial and Technology Educational Society (MITES)
- Twenty-five Divisional Grand Awards and Ten Grand Award in MITES competition
- Won every major design competition in Michigan for the past twelve years.
- Largest annual Cardboard Boat Regatta for high school students
- 1998 First high school in the country to receive and use a Rapid Prototype technology (better known as 3D Printing)