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Six KC Area FRC Teams Advance to St. Louis Championship from the KC Regional Event
Congratulations to the six teams that advanced to the FIRST Championship from the Greater Kansas City FIRST Robotics Competition in March. Sixty area high school teams competed in this year's recycling-themed game where their robots scored points by stacking totes on scoring platforms, capping those stacks with recycling containers, and properly disposing of pool noodles, representing litter.
The annual event, held at MCC Business and Technology campus, is one of the largest robotics events in the region.
This year's advancing teams include:
- Olathe Northwest High, Team 1710
- Blue Springs School District (Blue Springs High/Blue Springs South High), Team 1785
- Independence School District (William Chrisman High, Truman High and Van Horn High), Team 1723
- Lee's Summit High, Team 1730
- Smithville High, Team 1806
- Shawnee Mission West High, Team 1777
And congratulations to Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (Team 1775) and Lee's Summit West High (Team 1986) for advancing to the FIRST Championship from other regional events.
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Carnegie Science Center (CSC) in Pittsburgh, PA hosted a congressional briefing on March 18th in Washington, DC. The briefing, sponsored by Pennsylvania Representatives Mike Doyle and Keith Rothfus, included Martha McCabe from KC STEM Alliance as a panelist. With close to 100 attendees, McCabe discussed how CSC’s new STEM Excellence Pathway rubric tool is being used in Missouri to help school district leaders develop STEM educational offerings for their students. To date, CSC's STEM Excellence Pathway workshops have been held in Kansas City and St. Louis with over 50 Missouri school districts participating. Future workshops are scheduled for Springfield and other locations throughout Missouri.
