It was a very long weekend for Team Sprocket, our competitive robotoics team, as our poor little robot limped along the field for most of our matches due to technical difficulties and design failures. While we finished ranked 34 out of 50 teams, the FIRST Robotics Competition has a slogan of “More than Robots,” which is a value our team embraces.

Using the high-level writing and oratory skills they’ve developed in their classes, our business team worked hard to put together a stellar presentation for the Judging Committee, detailing our students hard work to promote STEAM education in our community. As a result, Team Sprocket won the Engineering Inspiration Award Celebrates for outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school, district and community through outreach and educational initiatives towards building future STEAM leaders. This is one of the highest awards a team can win in the world of high school robotics, securing the team an invitation to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston in April. Additionally, this is the only award that comes with a cash prize: $6000 to support participation in the championship.

Please join us in congratulating our students on this wonderful display of being Dynamic, Balanced, Honorable and Scholastic.

Go Brahmas!!! #RevelYourGreatness