One of the two Wilde Lake Middle School's Robotic Teams is advancing to the state finals of the First Lego League competition in January. The team of Augie Garcia-Truong, Daniel Gramling, Calvin Kuang, Skylar Rankin, and Noah Rogofsky not only won the right to compete for the state title yesterday, but they also received the "best rookie team" award. Congratulations guys!
The other talented WLMS team (Alex Wilson, Ryon Tabler, Richard Green and Maddon Barham) just missed the cut-off score that would have made them eligible to move on to the next level. These four sixth graders have nothing to be ashamed of...they did an awesome job in only their first time in this type of competition. I hope they will stick with it...so we can do even better next year.
In only our second year, WLMS has really come a long way. Last year, both of our robots were not able to complete many tasks and did not earn many points. This year, both robots were programmed well and were able to complete most of the challenges. What a difference a year makes in experience and expertise. I want to commend Mr. Fox, our robotics sponsor, and all of the parents who have helped with this program.
By the way, our team members are using Mr. Fox's high school shirts. Mr. Fox is the robotics club sponsor at Atholton High School as well. Most of these students will be going to Atholton in the future.
I also want to thank Northrup Grumman for providing some of the equipment our teams use and paying for our entrance fee to the competition. Your support of this program is critical and much appreciated.
Way to go WLMS!!!
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