BRENHAM ISD FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAMS ADVANCE TO STATE
Brenham ISD teams that competed in the FIRST LEGO League Regional Tournament are heading to state.
(courtesy Brenham ISD)
Three teams participated in the tournament on February 11th in Splendora, those being the Plasma Bolts, Jackhammers and Sewer Savers. Out of 64 teams that took part in total, the Plasma Bolts and Jackhammers are moving on and will represent the East Texas region at the State Championship on Saturday, March 11th.
The Plasma Bolts also received the third place Champions Award, while the Jackhammers earned the second place Robot Design Award. This is the first time since Brenham ISD began competing in FIRST LEGO League 10 years ago that it has received a Champions Award at the Regional level.
virtually from Idaho.
(courtesy Brenham ISD)
Team members for the Plasma Bolts are Briley Jasinski, Carter Canales, Harlee Duckett, Aiden Luna, Ty Harl, and Ted "Cuatro" Masser.
The Jackhammers team consists of Aakash Puligundla, Joaquin Terry, Mallorie Renn, Sam Guillory, Dinah Grace Neil, Kamryn Johnson, and Max Felder.
The FIRST LEGO League teams are part of Brenham ISD’s Challenging Scientific Investigations (CSI) initiative, which itself is part of the school district’s Gifted and Talented program. The teams are under the supervision of CSI Teacher Kristi Felder and 6th Grade Science and Social Studies Teacher Ben Lewis.
CONGRATULATIONS to these teams! They spent months of afterschool hours getting prepared for this!