Accomplishments
At Hisar School, we promote change and transformation of the curricula, methods and learning environments and ensure the participation of students in local and international projects, competitions, and activities to offer new perspectives and experiences so that they become a part of the learning environment and embrace their own learning across the school ecosystem, while wholeheartedly congratulating all our students that perform successfully in local and international competitions, conferences and tournaments.
First Robotics Competition (FRC)
2015
Turkish Robotics Off-Season 2015:
- Group Picker Award
2016
İstanbul Off Season 2016:
- Winner Alliance Award
- Rookie Inspiration Award
- Grant Award (6000)
2017
USA NYC Regional 2017:
- Rookie All Star Award
USA Miami Valley Regional 2017:
- Highest Rookie Seed and Rookie All Star Award
İstanbul Off Season 2017:
- Finalist
World Championship, USA Houston 2017:
- Touring Division Rookie All Star World Champion Award
2018
USA Silicon Valley Regional 2018:
- Imagery Award
2019
Bosphorus Regional, İstanbul 2019:
- Quarter Final
- Team Spirit Award
Festival de Robotique a Quebec City Regional, Canada 2019:
- Entrepreneurship Award
Off Season, Ankara 2019:
- Semifinal
- Industrial Safety Award
Vex Robotics Competition (VRC)
2018
UK London 2018:
- Engineering Design Award
Turkey Championship, İstanbul 2018:
- Service Award
World Championship, USA 2018:
- The Right to Represent Turkey
2019
Turkey Championship, İstanbul 2019:
- 3 Team Participation
- Excellence Award
- Tournament Champion Award
- Engineering Design Award
- Create Award
- Robot Skills 2nd and 3rd Place Awards
2020
İstanbul Tournament 2020:
- 4 Team Participation
- Tournament Finalist Award
- Engineering Design Award
Invention Festival
2011
NASA JPL Invention Challenge:
- Turkey 3rd Place Award
- Turkey 4th Place Award
2019
NASA JPL Invention Challenge:
- Best Artistic Design Award
Tubitak Research Projects Competition
2012
Presidency of Scientist Support Programs High School Students Research Projects Competition – Turkey Final:
- Biology – Turkey 1st Place Award
2013
Presidency of Scientist Support Programs High School Students Research Projects Competition – Marmara Regional Finals:
- Physics – Marmara Region Finalist
2016
Presidency of Scientist Support Programs High School Students Research Projects Competition – Marmara Regional Finals:
- Physics – Marmara Region Finalist
Hackathon Competitions
THY Hackathon 2017
THY Hackathon, 2017:
- Here, IGA Award
ING Bank Hackathon 2017
ING Bank Hackathon:
- Finalist
- 5th Place Award
THY Hackathon 2018
THY Hackathon, 2018:
- Finalist
- Sabre Special Award
The Future of Education Conference
Florence 2019
The Future of Education Conference, Florence:
- Article Publishing Rights in the Conference Book
Harvard & MIT 2019
The Future of Education Conference, Harvard & MIT:
- Article Publishing Rights in Conference Book
Robotex
Robotex Turkey
Robotex Turkey, Middle School Category:
- 1st Place Award in the Lego Sumo Category
- 2nd Place Award in the Lego Sumo Category
Robotex International
Robotex International, Middle School Category:
- Invitation in the Lego Sumo Category
Robotex Estonia
Robotex Entrepreneurial Challenge, Estonia:
- E-Cycle Project: 2nd Place Award
PyConUK Summit
2018
PyConUK Summit, England 2018:
Programming Project Presentation
2019
PyConUK, UK – Cardiff 2019:
- Presentation on “Using Pomelo to Enhance Algorithmic Thinking / Benefits of Competition based Libraries for Beginners in Python”
Technovation Challenge
2018
USA San Francisco 2018:
- World Finalist
MIT Scratch Summit
2018
USA 2018:
- Programming Project Presentation
WWDC Scholarship & Apple Development
2018
WWDC Scholarship & Apple Development, USA San Francisco 2018:
- Scholarship – “Teaching Kids About Programming in Swift Through DNA”
Pico CTF Cyber Security Challenge
2018
Pico CTF Cyber Security Challenge, Carnegie Mellon University 2018:
- Top 10% success at international level
Innovation Summit
2019
American Farm School, Thessaloniki Greece, 2019:
- Our students organized “Scratch” and “Python” trainings.
Apple Swift Educator Summit
2018
Apple Swift Educator Summit Europe, Berlin 2018:
- Programming Projects, Invitation to Presentation, “10 Educators and Program Developers Working Examples from Europe
Microsoft Imagine Cup
2018
Turkey 2018:
- Finalist
- 5th Place Award
National University Tournaments
Yıldız Technical University 2016
Yıldız Technical University Star Wars Robotics Tournament, 2016:
- Special Category Quarter Finalist
İstanbul Technical University 2018
İTÜ-IGA Model Aircraft Competition, Turkey 2018:
- Participation in cooperation with İTÜ
Other National Competitions
2018
1453 Robotic Conquest Istanbul, Turkey 2018:
- 4.000 TL Project Development Scholarship
Take-Off Startup Entrepreneurship, Turkey 2018:
- Turkey Finals
- Right to Make a Presentation
Artificial Intelligence, Teknofest, Turkey 2018:
- Right to Participate in the Contest
Disruptive Innovation Summit, SAC 2018:
- 5th Place Award
- Finalist
TED İstanbul BİLÇEV FEST, May 2018:
- 1st Place Award
14th FLL (First Lego League) Istanbul 3rd Local Tournament, February 2018:
- Presentation Award
2019
Teknofest “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / 1453”, Istanbul 2019:
- 1453 Otonom Finalist
- 2.000 TL Grant
- IHA Finalist
Marmara College 6th MİCROLAB Competition, April 2019:
- Best Laboratory Report Writing Award
Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil National and International Science Project Competition, May 2019:
- 2nd Place Award
2020
16th FLL (First Lego League) – City Shaper
- The right to participate in the national tournament by being among the top 4 team
Other Competitions Abroad
2016
RoboChallenge Drone Autonomous Race, Austria 2016:
- World 2nd Prize
EU Contest for Young Scientist (Representing Turkey in the competition directed by TÜBİTAK):
- European Patent Office – Most Original Project Award
2016
Coolest Projects, Dublin 2019:
- Hardware Winner in the Middle School Category
- 1.750 Euro Scholarship Award
CyberSecurity CMU University, Online 2019:
- The Success of Being in the Top 10% Among 5,000 Participants
Blocks and Beyond 2019: Beyond Blocks, Memphis, TN, USA, 2019:
- Poster Session
- Teaching Students Block-Based Programming in Utilising the Coding Summit and Rapid Prototyping
Make Faire, Rome 2019:
- Make Faire Project Presentation Invitation
Chemistry Conference for Young Scientists, Belgium 2019:
- Project Presentation Invitation
2020
Global Social Leaders – Global Goals Competition
- Living Water Project – Sustainability Award
WWF Competition – Nature Pioneers Program
- Living Water Project – Ranked in the top 25 in Turkey, 9th among Middle Schools
2021
Global Social Leaders – Global Goals Competition
- Recycle The World Project – Social Media Champions Commendation Award
WWF Turkey Yound Panda Competition
- Recycle the World Project – Being in the top 5 in Turkey
WWF Turkey and Greece – Panda Youth Competition
- Recycle the World Project – 2nd Place in the Creativity Category
2022
Global Social Leaders – Global Goals Competition
- Colors of The Sea Project – Collaboration Award
WWF Turkey Competition
- Colors of The Sea Project – Middle School 1st Place out of 92 Middle Schools
WWF Turkey Competition – Nature Pioneers Youth Festival
- Colors of The Sea Project – Ankara, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Certificate Ceremony Participation
Eco-Schools Program
- Green Flag Award
International Conference of Young Social Scientists (ICYSS) – Scientific Project Competition
- Bronze and Silver Medals in General Presentations among High School Students
