Middle School Robotics Team Competes in Citywide Competition

Archive for March, 2009

Last Saturday’s competition, which ran from early in the morning until late in the afternoon, was the culmination of several months of hard work for the members of LREI’s Middle School Robotics Teams.  What follows is an update from team coach and middle school science teacher Sherezada Acosta:

This weekend marked the end of a great season!  I was proud of the great work all the students put in to get us here and how hard they pushed themselves throughout the competition day.  It was a very long day, but they did an incredible job representing our school! I am happy to report that out of the 72 schools at the event, which represented the top performing teams in the New York City area, the LREI Knights Team received a perfect score in every aspect of the teamwork category, earning them a 4th Place for the Teamwork Award!

Teamwork Award:
“Teamwork is critical to succeed in FIRST LEGO League and is the key ingredient in any team effort.  FLL presents this award to the team that best demonstrates extraordinary enthusiasm, an exceptional partnership, and the practice of the FLL values.”

What the judges had to say:
“Great enthusiasm!”  “Good group collaboration”
“Good innovative solution proposed”
“very proactive and high awareness”
“Research extensive!”

The LREI Squires were not far behind getting incredible feedback from the judges as well:

“Informative, polite, well spoken large team with excellent teamwork.”
“Most out of the box solution”
“Demo was very creative”
“Great job dividing and sharing roles to design robot”
“Very enthusiastic presentation”

Well done all!