Berkeley County Middle College High School issued the following announcement on February 16.
Berkeley County School District would like to congratulate its robotics teams from Philip Simmons Middle, College Park Middle, Nexton Elementary and H.E. Bonner Elementary for placing in the 2022 Storm The Citadel event last weekend.
Storm The Citadel came back this year after a hiatus from the pandemic. This annual event is one that requires critical thinking from students throughout the lowcountry as they put their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills to the test as they work with their schools’ robotics teams to come out on top in different competitions.
The event draws hundreds of students, teachers, coaches, parents and spectators each year, and was developed in 2011 with help from Jennifer Albert, Ph.D., director for the STEM Center of Excellence. Albert specializes in STEM educational evaluation and research, with an emphasis on K-16 computer science education, science education, educational assessment and STEM classroom implementation. Albert also recently received a Fulbright grant award to do research in Australia (read more about Storm The Citadel).
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Philip Simmons Middle’s robotics team had a clean sweep in the water bottle rockets competition: Barret White placed first, Olivia Blake placed second and Arabella Camp placed third.
College Park Middle’s robotics team placed second in the centurion trebuchet competition while H.E. Bonner Elementary’s RoboFoxes team took first in the hoplite trebuchet event.
Nexton Elementary received a couple of Honorable Mentions – the Reliable Rocketeers got one in the “Mystery Robotics” competition and the Rocket Rebels got another in the “Lego Golf Robotics” competition.
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