Robotics Club Awards & Recognitions Academic Games

Dominican Took Home Wins At Ftc Robotics Regional Championship

At the March 26th Louisiana FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Regional Championship, St. Mary’s Dominican High School FTC Robotics Teams – Dominican Ultraviolet and Dominican Valkyries – won two of the seven awards.

DOMINICAN ULTRAVIOLET was awarded the Connect Award and finished 16 out of 19 teams. The Connect Award recognizes the team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) community.

DOMINICAN VALKYRIES earned the Think Award and finished 14 out of 19 teams in robot play. The Think Award is given to the team that best reflects the journey the team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season.

Dominican Junior Charlotte Raymond won the Dean's List Finalist Award and is one of two students nominated to represent Louisiana at the World's Competition in Houston.

DOMINICAN STUDENTS EARN ED WINS AT NATIONAL ACADEMIC GAMES TOURNAMENT

The following St. Mary’s Dominican High School students earned wins at the Academic Games League of America National Tournament held in Knoxville, TN.

SENIOR LEVEL

Elizabeth Mobley (12th Grade)

Individual Awards – 2nd Presidents, 3rd On Sets, and 5th Sweepstakes

Team Awards (combination team with Brother Martin, St. Charles Catholic, and Lusher) – 1st Presidents, 2nd Propaganda, 2nd Equations, 3rd On Sets, and 2nd Sweepstakes

Ashley Barron (12th Grade)

Individual Award – 3rd Propaganda

Team Awards (combination team with Brother Martin, St. Charles Catholic, and Lusher) – 4th Propaganda and 7th Sweepstakes

JUNIOR LEVEL

Isabelle Anderson and Camille Truxillo (10th Grade)

Team Award (combination team with Brother Martin and Ben Franklin) – 2nd Presidents

Camille Truxillo (10th Grade)

Individual Award – 9th Sweepstakes

Maddie McGuire (10th Grade)

ROBOTICS TEAMS WON AT FIRST® TECH CHALLENGE (FTC) QUALIFIER

DOMINICAN ULTRAVIOLET:

Inspire Award - 2nd Place; qualified for Regional Championship. This award is given to the team that best embodies the 'challenge' of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. This is the most prestigious award given at competitions.

Design Award - 1st Place; presented to teams that incorporate industrial design elements that are both functional and aesthetic.

Innovate Award - 3rd Place; celebrates a team that thinks outside the box and has the ingenuity, creativity, and inventiveness to make their designs come to life.

Connect Award - 3rd Place; recognizes the team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) community.

Think Award - 3rd Place

DOMINICAN VALKYRIES:

Think Award - 1st Place; the award is given to the team that best reflects the journey the team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season.

Team Award (combination team with Brother Martin, St. Charles Catholic, and Jesuit) – 10th Sweepstakes

New Orleans League Propaganda Tournament

At the Propaganda Tournament, St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s Academic Games Team competed against other high schools in the New Orleans League.

Senior Elizabeth Mobley placed first as an individual. Dominican’s Senior Team, which included one Jesuit player, placed third.

Dominican’s Junior Team (A) tied for third place. Sophomores Camille Truxillo and

Anderson placed third and fourth individually.

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