Notre Dame 4th graders take two at VEX IQ

Notre Dame 4th graders finish strong at VEX IQ competition in Auburn Hills.

"The Lord of the Rings" won the STEM Award for their research presentation on "Microbots in Medicine."

At the RoboJackets/NRGYF Ringmaster IQ Qualifying Event, part of the national VEX IQ Challenge competition, which was held at Avondale High School in Auburn Hills, Notre Dame 4th graders Andrew Chang, Augustin Villajuan, Lucas DiGrande and Sami Khouri earned two awards.

The boys' team, which they call, "The Lord of the Rings, won the STEM Award for their research presentation on "Microbots in Medicine" and the Skills Award for their programming and driving-skills challenge.

The team is now ranked #2 in Michigan's VEX IQ elementary division. Saturday's event featured judging in Excellence, Design and STEM, and qualified three spots to the IQ State Championship (1=Excellence; 2=Champions).

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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org