The Southwood competition happened on the second of November, and was located in Wabash, Indiana. While
there, A-Team ranked 3rd in skills and B-Team ranked 11th in skills. Overall,
A-Team got fourth place in the finals, and B-Team got fifth place. A-Team won the Excellence Award, making
it
to the State Championship, and B-Team got the Design Award. Neither of these awards
would have been possible without our amazing engineering notebook students.
The Wawasee robotics competition was located in Syracuse, Indiana, and occured on the 23rd of
November. A-Team got 6th place in skills and B-Team got 5th place in skills, and
B-team got second overall. A-Team got first place, winning the
teamwork and excellence awards. The design award went to B-team, thanks to Killian's hard work on their
engineering notebook.
The Kalahari Classic is going to occur on January 15th, 2020 in Sandusky, Ohio. This year is
going to be the third annual Kalahari Classic event. Kalahari is a unique event, as it is located in the Kalahari Indoor Waterpark and is a
multi-state competition,
meaning that you can get a bid to the World Championship. They will be handing out the Design Award,
Energy Award,
Excellence Award,
Teamwork Champion Award,
Teamwork 2nd Place Award,
Robot Skills Champion Award,
STEM Research Project Award,
and the Judges Award.
Occuring on February 1st, 2020 in Crown Point, Indiana, the Col. Wheeler Squared Away MS Winter
Qualifier will be just for B-Team to attempt to get a State bid. They will be offering the Excellence
Awards, the Sportsmanship Award, the STEM Award and
the Teamwork Champion Award.
The TCMS President's Day is going to happen on February 15th, 2020 in Fairland, Indiana. It is a
middle school only state-qualifiying event. They will be handing out the Teamwork Champion Award, Design
Award,
Excellence Award, Robot Skills Champion Award, and the Sportsmanship Award. A-Team will not be participating
in this event,
as B-Team is participating in it to hopefully get a State bid.
Currently, only A-Team is going to State, but B-Team is working hard to get there through the aformentioned
competitions. The Indiana State Championship is going to take place on March 7th, 2020
at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. They will be giving out the
Innovate Award (VRC/VEXU/VIQC),
Amaze Award,
Create Award,
Design Award,
Excellence Award,
Teamwork Champion Award,
Teamwork 2nd Place Award,
Robot Skills Champion Award,
STEM Research Project Award,
Think Award, and the
Teamwork 3rd Place Award
As of now, neither of the 141 teams have a bid to Worlds, but they are trying and hoping to get to Worlds
through an online challenge,
State, or Kalahari. Worlds is going to happen on April 26-28th in Louisville, Kentucky at the
Kentucky Exposition Center. They will be giving out the Excellence Award.
Sponsors
We would like to thank Jen Krupa (Nathan from 141A's mother) for making our shirts and the logos.
We would also like to thank Techpoint Foundation For Youth and their Key Partners for providing us
with a robotics start-up grant.
Other Programs
Cedarville
The Cedarville teams are the start of the robotics program. They have five teams, 17432A through E. They are the beginning stage of the Leo/Cedarville programs, having fresh ideas and a
great time in robotics. They are learning so much from it too! They are being taught life lessons at a young age like teamwork and sportsmanship. Because of their hard work 17432C, the Zoombots,
made it to state! 17432E, the Pawbots, got design for their Engineering Notebook! This is the determined spirit of the Cedarville teams.
Leo Elementary
The Leo Elementary program is made up of 2 teams, 26194A and B. They are from the Leo Elementary School and their teams are comprised of 4th and 5th graders,
their head coach being Mrs. Crozier. Their team members come together to make a strong, perservering group. 26194A, TechnoLions Black, won the design award at the East Noble Qualifier.
26194B, TechnoLions Blue, won the judges award and a bid to state at the same event.
Q4 Quadbots
The Q4 Quadbots are a sister program to the Leo and Cedarville programs. They have one team involving four members from both Leo Elementary and Leo Junior/Senior High. Their head coach is
Carrie Van Daele. They have been to three competitions, the Triton Blended Qualifier, Sycamore's Qualifier, and the Immanuel December Qualifier. At Sycamore they won the STEM Research Project
Award, and at the Imanuel December Qualifier they won the Excellence, Teamwork Alliace, Skills, and STEM Research Project Awards.