Downtown College Prep Alum Rock High is one of 15 schools across the U.S. to reach the finals in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow contest. The East San Jose charter school’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers designed a water conservation project for the national competition.
To help Santa Clara County achieve a 20% reduction in water consumption, students worked together to create and install a gray water system and a rain water storage system in a local home. 
The public can view the 15 finalist projects and vote for their favorite every day through March 25.
Finalists will present their projects to judges March 18 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. The judges’ opinions and the vote will decide five grand prize winners.
The grand prize winners, 15 finalists and 51 state competition winners will receive technology worth $2 million.
“We are blown away by the level of care, creativity and smarts these students have shown through their projects,” said Ann Woo, director of corporate citizenship for Samsung Electronics North America.