In 2016, and again in 2021, the Indiana Department of Education named New Tech Institute HS a STEM Certified School (2016 - 2026). Also, we were a Demonstration Site and Exemplary School in the New Tech Network for three consecutive years. In 2019, Battelle For Kids and Partnerships for 21st Century Learning (P21) designated New Tech Institute as one of eighteen P21 Learning Exemplars in the nation. Our FIRST Robotics Team won the 2020 Bloomington Regional competition, our Archery Team regularly competes at State and National levels, and in 2019 junior Mackenzie Hunt placed 4th in the world in Engineering at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Hunt also won the Hoosier State Science Fair in 2020.
Retired Physics Teacher Patrick Carter was named the 2020 Air Force Association, Chapter 141, The P-47 Memorial, Teacher of the Year, the 2021 Indiana Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year and the Great Lakes Region Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year