A group of sixth and seventh graders at John Herbert Phillips Academy IB School last week became the first Birmingham City School to win a national NASA STEM competition. TechRise, in its third year, is a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math challenge for 6th – 12th graders that offers students the opportunity to design and test their own innovative solutions for space exploration. A total of 60 winning teams from across the country were selected, including Ramsay, the only school in Alabama.