Congratulations to the following Shelton Teams who recently competed in the 9th Annual Shelton Circus Robotix FIRST Lego League Senior Solutions Regional Qualifying Competition: Perry Hill Dominators, Perry Hill Predators, S.I.S. Thundering Tigers, S.I.S. Robotic Revolution, SJS Challengers.
The Shelton Regional qualifying tournament was held this past Saturday, Dec. 1, at Shelton High School. It featured 25 teams from all across Southern Connecticut. Over 225 middle school students participated in the daylong event which highlighted their efforts in STEM education for which they have been preparing over the past 12 weeks during after school work sessions.
This year’s theme, Senior Solutions, required students to prepare real world solutions for today’s pressing senior citizen population. Innovation solution presentations ranged from automated medicine dispensers to GPS tracking devices for lost items.
Students also worked with mentors and teachers to design and build Lego programmable robots to complete specific “missions” related to senior solutions. Teams were judged on robot design and effectiveness, project presentation skills, and overall teamwork capabilities.
Volunteer adult Mentors and Judges from local area corporations such as Pitney Bowes, UTC Sikorsky, OEM Controls, and Cybec volunteered their time and expertise to evaluate the students designs, performance and skills. Special thanks to all of the Tournament volunteers and the Shelton High School Robotics Team #230 for hosting the competition. This was one of 6 FLL Regional qualifying events in Connecticut.
The following Shelton Teams have qualified and will advance to the 2012 Connecticut FLL State Championship:
Perry Hill Dominators – 1st place Robot Performance award
Perry Hill Predators – 2nd place Robot Performance award, 2nd place
Champion’s award
S.I.S. Thundering Tigers – 1st place Robot Design award
SJS Challengers – Rookie All-star award
The State Championship will be held on Sunday, December 9th, 2012 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. Over 50 teams qualified from the potential 178 registered Connecticut teams and will be on hand for the day long tournament. Admission is free and the opening ceremonies begin at 9:00 AM.
Click here for additional state tournament details.
Special thanks to all who attended the event especially, Perry Hill Principal Lorraine Williams, Assistant principal Karen Crosby, St. Joseph School Principal Victoria Rossi, Shelton Alderman Anthony Simonetti, and SBOE member Tom Minotti for showing their support on Saturday. If you did not get a chance to see the Teams in action in Shelton, please consider making the trip to New Britain next Sunday to show your support for our students.
As the FIRST Robotics slogan says, “It’s the Hardest Fun You’ll Ever Have.”
