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Shenendehowa board recognizes middle school First Lego League teams for regional successes
Summary
At its board meeting, the Shenendehowa Central School District recognized middle school First Lego League (FLL) robotics teams for advancing from local qualifiers to regional championships and for securing spots or wait-list positions for larger tournaments, praising student teamwork and coach support.
The Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education recognized several middle school First Lego League (FLL) robotics teams during its public meeting, highlighting student progress, qualifier wins and preparations for upcoming competitions.
The district’s FLL program serves roughly 65 students in grades 4–8; about half of those students participate on competition teams that practice multiple days weekly beginning in August. Coaches, parents and student leaders brought teams to the board to present trophies, prototypes and summaries of season work.
Coaches and team captains described recent results: one team won its Perkins Hills qualifier and advanced to the regional championship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), where it did not receive an official award but was singled out for its spirit. Another team, assembled on Dec. 11 with mostly new members, said it beat 16 teams to win the John Jay Cross River qualifier after an intensive month of practices over the Christmas break and then advanced to the championship round.
Beta Deleted, a second-year team, took first place in robot performance at the Albany Academy qualifier, won the tournament there and earned a first-place award for robot design at the championship. Members said the team is currently on the AROC wait list for possible invitation to the national competition in New Jersey. One team reported testing a solar-powered submersible prototype, called “Thalassa,” at the district’s aquatic center as part of the FLL engineering challenge.
The Captibites team said it will represent the district at the FIRST World Championship in Houston in April. That team distributed outreach materials about single-use plastics, including minifigure giveaways and bookmarks describing a recycling campaign, and brought a 3D-printed early prototype of a project the students plan to refine before the world event.
Board members and district staff took a group photo with teams and coaches; the board thanked the volunteers, coaches and families who supported teams’ practices and travel.
The board meeting segment concluded with encouragement from trustees and a reminder that teams and coaches were invited to share updates as the spring competition season continues.
