Announcements

Our Robostangs robotics team participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge San Jose competition, their second and final competition this year. Middle school students A Remi, N. Ramkumar, M. Nagarcenkar, T. Ershova, and D. Lagu learned much from the previous tournament. Using their newfound knowledge, they returned to the drawing board to redesign their robot, which included an entirely new robotic arm that could rapidly ascend three feet into the air to place cones in high places. Their hard work earned the team the Judges Choice Award! Congratulations Robostangs!

City Engineering, Communities, and Design is a Middle School STEM elective participating in the Future City Competition. Students planned, researched, and designed a futuristic city to solve a real-world problem. This year’s theme was centered around Global Warming. Students worked together to develop a model that showcased climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Montopolis 2.0 was awarded Most Advanced Smart Grid and Best Land Surveying Practices at the competition. Congratulations to the Future City Team for all their hard work.