{"id":21,"date":"2024-02-14T15:56:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:19:26","slug":"stem-competitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/stem-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-storm-the-citadel\">Storm The Citadel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hands-on engineering competition open to K-12 students including Trebuchet, Water Bottle Rockets, Bridge and Robotics competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-save-the-date-saturday-february-7-2026\">Save the Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Storm the Citadel 2026 is closed for registration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/storm-the-citadel\/\">Click Here to Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" style=\"width:655px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/20200208_CP_StormTheCitadel_036-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/storm-the-citadel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/stem-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/126984819.jpg\" alt=\"Storm The Citadel Trebuchet Competition Logo\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm The Citadel Hands-on engineering competition open to K-12 students including Trebuchet, Water Bottle Rockets, Bridge and Robotics competitions. 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