Bensalem students showcase robotics projects as district highlights extracurricular successes
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Summary
Students from Struble Elementary and other schools demonstrated robotics projects and coding work as the district superintendent highlighted recent robotics events and student achievements across music, athletics and academic competitions.
Vice President Mrs. Fernandez opened the Bensalem Township School District board meeting and invited Struble Elementary principal Mr. Ben and coach Megan Leslie to introduce student robotics teams. Students from multiple teams described and demonstrated archaeology-themed robots and coding projects, including an all-girls team that advanced to the robotics championships.
"This year, our students participated in a theme of archaeology called On Earth," coach Megan Leslie said, noting the district added an explorer team for kindergarten through third grade. Students described using sensors, coding and 3D-printed parts to detect colored artifacts and complete competition missions.
The superintendent then reported the district hosted a trio of robotics events — Lehi Robotics, a FIRST Tech Challenge in January and an upcoming FIRST Robotics event — calling the sequence a "robotics trifecta" and thanking volunteers and staff for aligning those opportunities across grade levels. The superintendent also praised recent music, athletics and academic accomplishments, including BHS students qualifying for district and state competitions.
The board thanked the students, coaches and parent volunteers for their presentations and accepted small tokens created by the students as keepsakes.
The district's support for robotics and STEM activities was highlighted as part of a larger update on extracurricular programming and community-hosted events; no formal actions were taken on the robotics programs during the meeting.
The board recessed later in the meeting and scheduled follow-up budget and committee meetings for March; the superintendent and student board members will continue reporting achievements at upcoming sessions.
