February, 2025   |   Topics: STEAM, STEM, Student Awards, Student Spotlight, Teacher, Teacher Awards

We are proud to announce the full lineup of our 2025 Stratford School Future City award winners! Stratford Middle Schools won 31 awards at this year’s prestigious engineering competition. Working with the challenge to build a floating city and provide two examples of how their city works and keeps its citizens healthy and safe, our team designs showcased the future of urban planning in the face of a world dealing with climate change. These teams brought some impressive ideas and real-world solutions to fruition. We celebrate the creativity, ingenuity, and effort of our teams, who worked diligently alongside their dedicated teachers to bring forth their best work this year. It has been thrilling to see the results pay off.

What is Future City? Future City is a hands-on, cross-curricular educational program that brings STEM to life for students in grades 6 through 8. Using the Engineering Design Process (EDP) and project management skills, students showcase their solutions to a citywide sustainability issue. For more information about Future City, visit https://futurecity.org.

Please see the full list of our award winners below. To learn more about Stratford’s Middle School programs, visit stratfordschools.com/middle-school.

 

Award Team and School
3rd Place Aqua Nova – Stratford Blackford Middle School
5th Place Haribon City – Stratford Pleasanton Middle School
People’s Choice Award Oceanus – Stratford Palo Alto Middle School
Best Future City Project Plan Haribon City – Stratford Pleasanton Middle School
Best City Essay Award Oceania – Stratford San Francisco Middle School
Best Age-Friendly City SanFransurfio – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Advancing Quality of Life for All Celestia – Stratford Palo Alto Middle School
Most Sustainable Food Production System Atlantis – Stratford Pleasanton Middle School
Best Use of Renewable Energy Generis – Stratford San Jose Middle School
Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure Systems Aecor City – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Best Integration of Equity in Designing the Built Environment Using Nature-Powered Solutions LilyWai – Stratford Milpitas Middle School
Best Futuristic City LilyDome – Stratford Milpitas Middle School
Best Management of Water Resources Floating Oasis – Stratford Milpitas Middle School
Best Residential Zone Aloha City – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
The City of the Future that Best Incorporates Cultural and Historical Resources Mizugami Falls – Stratford Fremont Middle School
Most Advanced Smart Grid Levitalis – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Excellence in Systems Integration Aquaura – Stratford San Jose Middle School
Best Transportation System for the Community Aqualux – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Best Land Surveying Practices Keymark – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Mission Possible: Positively Impacting the Community Aquaris – Stratford Fremont Middle School
Professional Engineering Award Oceanus- Stratford Palo Alto Middle School
Best Application of Fire Protection Engineering Principles in City Design AquaTech – Stratford San Jose Middle School
Excellence in Resilience Engineering Hydrokarta – Stratford San Jose Middle School
Best Visualization of a Smart Sustainable City Tidal Halo – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Best In Class Tidalux – Stratford Milpitas Middle School
Best In Class Ukishima The City on Water – Stratford Pleasanton Middle School
Best In Class Long Dao – Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Best In Class Palm City – Stratford Fremont Middle School
Best In Class New Atlantis – Stratford Fremont Middle School
Best In Class Aquaphor – Stratford San Jose Middle School
Best In Class Luminara City – Stratford Pleasanton Middle School