LEGO

December 16, 2013

Hello ASU Prep Families,
I am so pleased to let you know that one of our LEGO teams qualified for the state tournament this past weekend.  We met at ASU Tempe campus on Saturday at 8:00 am to compete against 56 other top teams from around the valley.  The competition was narrowed down from 300 to 56, and I am so proud of all 3 of our teams that competed this year.  The team, Devil's Fury 3, earned over 600 points on their 3 robot portions of the competition.  They also performed a skit, talked to judges about their computer programming, and explained to judges their robot design.  Each team was required to come up with a problem involving Nature and design a solution to the problem.  Our skit explained the problem and solution.  The team did a GREAT job with all three of these tasks.

This team ended up placing 15th out of 56 teams.  WOW!  They also received a special award for "Gracious Professionalism".  The team was spotlighted for their positive attitude, kindness and respect towards the judges, including all their team members, and supporting/encouraging each other.  It was such an honor to receive this award!  We are proud to represent ASU Prep in this positive manner!

Consider having your child join LEGO robotics next  year.  It is a great way to make friends, learn new skills, and work together to solve problems.  There is a fee involved and the practices are held after school.

Please join me in congratulating Rudy, Arvin, Joey, Sebastian, and Ethan on a successful state competition.

I'll see you at ILP's on Thursday and Friday.

Yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs