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Baltimore students win VEX IQ world robotics trophy; board recognizes team from Commodore John Rogers

3525965 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

A Commodore John Rogers Elementary-Middle School team became the first Baltimore City Public Schools team to win a VEX IQ world championship trophy; the board presented awards and kits to team members and coaches.

Baltimore City Public Schools celebrated local students who competed at the VEX IQ World Robotics Championship and recognized a Commodore John Rogers Elementary-Middle School team that won a world championship trophy.

Doctor Sonja Santelises, chief executive officer, told the board that 58 City Schools teams participated in the VEX IQ platform during the 2024-25 school year, the most of any Maryland district. Four city school teams — including Baltimore Polytechnic, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, Arlington Elementary and Commodore John Rogers — competed in the World Championships in Dallas.

Commodore John Rogers students won the BUILD award for engineering documentation and became the first City Schools team to win a world championship trophy at the 2025 VEX robotics World Championship. Fifth-graders Musawir Gadahi, Bryson Jackson and James Tidwell, along with fourth-grader Cenas Nolan, were recognized in person by the board; coaches named in the meeting were Jamie Casimir, Mike Renard and Ben Tidwell, and Principal Mark Martin joined the students.

Students described their favorite parts of the competition: Musawir said competing and seeing other teams' robots was a highlight; James cited meeting teams from around the world; Bryson said collaborating with teammates was his favorite aspect. The board presented each student with an electronics starter kit and congratulated the students and coaches for representing Baltimore City in international competition.

Ending: The board praised the students as an example of student wholeness and the districts extracurricular investments; no board action was required.