Stark Idea Quest - Idea Pitch Competition

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Thank you for your interest in Stark Idea Quest 2026

Stark Idea Quest is a 10-session community-focused project designed to help middle schoolers create and launch ideas that will help our community thrive. This year’s Stark Idea Quest competition invites teams of middle school students from across Stark County to create an actionable $500 project that will help people in your community become healthier, happier, more stable, or more connected.

Schools can use the Stark Idea Quest as an in-class project or as a club project for select students. Ultimately, each participating school will send 1 team of 5-10 students to share an idea at the culminating Idea Incubator Summit at the Akron-Canton Airport on Friday, March 20! At the Idea Incubator Summit, teams will pitch their ideas to judges and community partners as they compete to win seed money and gain support from local organizations to help make their ideas real!

Spots are limited to 10 participating middle schools.

Please register your team by Friday, December 5th!
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Lead Teacher Name* This field is required.
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Last Name
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Lead Teacher Email* This field is required.
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Lead Teacher Number* This field is required.
Area Code
Phone Number
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School District / Building Name* This field is required.Example - Canton City Schools - STEAMM Academy
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How will your school be implementing the Stark Idea Quest project?* This field is required.REMINDER: Schools are welcome use the Stark Idea Quest project with multiple periods of students, but each school is limited to sending only 1 team of 5-10 students to the Culminating Idea Summit.
As a project for select students who will meet during a flex period or study hall.
As project that will be integrated into an existing after-school program.
As an in-class project with multiple periods participating and competing to attend the Summit
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What time(s) will your students be participating in the project each week?* This field is required.To best see the project in action, the TomTod team may schedule in-person visits to support you and observe.
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The in-person Idea Summit at Akron-Canton Airport will be held on Friday, March 20, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.* This field is required.Each school is responsible for organizing its own busing and lunch for students for the Summit. TomTod will provide snacks, prizes, and facilitate the event!
Yes - March 20 works for my school.
Not sure - I will need to check.
No - March 20 does NOT work for my school
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Thank you for your interest in Stark Idea Quest 2026

Spots are limited to 10 participating middle schools.

Please register your team by Friday, December 5th!