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Central O‘ahu, North Shore Teams Excel In Robotics Contests
Teams from the North Shore and Central O‘ahu are making big strides in robot- ics this year.
Space Grant Consortium oversees the Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics Competitions with funding through the Univer- sity of Hawaiʻi Foundation. Expanded opportunities for space education through the efforts of the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium have been focused on the public, par- ticularly teachers and stu- dents in grades kindergarten through 12.
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Sponsored by Hawaiian Electric, the Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics Middle and High School State Champion- ships were held Feb. 19-20 at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama.
Advancing to the world championship from April 25 to May 4 in Dallas, Texas, are two teams from Waia- lua High and Intermediate School and the Mililani Mechs team, an independent group comprised of middle school students from public and private schools in Mil- ilani. At the middle school competition, Waialua High and Intermediate School captured the Tournament Champion Award. Mean- while, at the high school competition, Waialua High and Intermediate earned the VEX Excellence Award.
(Left) The Mililani Mechs and Saint Louis School gather for a photo. (Right) Hale‘iwa Elementary unveils its Robot Skills Challenge Champion Award. PHOTOS COURTESY RANDAL LAU AND HAWAI‘I SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM
HSGC offers various re- mote and in-person trainings and workshops for coaches, teachers and students, devel- oping a robotics curriculum for STEM/robotics classes, and mentored teachers and students in rookie robotics programs.
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At a previous Hawaiʻi VEXIQRoboticsElementa- ry and Middle School State Championship event on Jan. 28 at Hanalani Schools, a team from Haleʻiwa Elemen-
lani Mechs also won the Ro- bot Skills Champion Award. In addition, Mililani Mauka Elementary School earned an Inspire Award.
tary School advanced to the world championship. Haleʻi- wa Elementary also captured the Teamwork Champion, Robot Skills Champion and Amaze awards.
while simultaneously en- couraging creativity, team- work, leadership and prob- lem solving among groups.
naments are held year-round at the regional, state and na- tional levels, and culminate in the VEX Robotics World Championship.
In other news, Justin De Lizo of Hanalani Schools in Mililani was named a Partner of the Year for long- standing support of Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics.
VEX Robotics is an ed- ucational robotics program that inspires students to excel in STEM principles
Robotics competitions foster these skills and pre- pare students to become fu- ture innovators, as well as increase their interest in pur- suing STEM careers. Tour-
There are approximately 20,000 teams from 45 coun- tries participating in VEX tournaments.
For more information, vis- it robotevents.com.
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