The Notre Dame Marist Academy – Lower Division's VEX Robotics team finished its inaugural season with a sixth-place finish this past weekend in the world championships in Anaheim, California. The team, called "1 2 3 Robot!," which consisted of third-graders Aaron Parlardy and John Milback, and fifth-grader Charlotte Milback, also won the Create Award for having a robot with a creative engineering solution.
There were 60 teams represented in the elementary school group from nine countries (U.S., South Korea, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, China, Hong Kong, Australia).
Over the three days of competition the Notre Dame team competed in 10 qualification matches, four robot-skills matches and one programming-skills match. In addition, they submitted an engineering design notebook and presented a STEM research project to a team of judges. The students also were interviewed by a panel of judges to explain the robot features.
Congratulations, 1 2 3 Robot! from Notre Dame's lower division!
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
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.