Whitwell High School Wins 2009 Tennessee SkillsUSA Robotics and Automation Technology Competition

Whitwell High School Wins 2009 Tennessee SkillsUSA Robotics and Automation Technology Competition April 2009
Whitwell High School in Whitwell, TN took home several Robotics awards at the recent Tennessee SkillsUSA State Conference. Learning Labs, Inc. proudly sponsored the event.

Whitwell's robotics team, lead by teacher Jeff Long, won 1st place in the VEX Robotics competition. They also won the Judge's Excellence award for overall design and performance as well as the Programming Skills award for their autonomous program. Lawrence County High School's robotics team took home 2nd place in the VEX Robotics competition.

Because Whitwell won the event, they were automatically invited to the 2009 VEX World Championship to be held in Dallas, TX April 30-May 2. According to Long, the team has accepted the invitation.

Other winners included Cleveland High School for the Judge's Award for Innovative Design, and Morristown-Hamblen High School East for the Robot Skills award.

If you are interested in learning more about VEX, please consider coming to the 2009 Applied Technologies Summer Workshop, "Integrating Robotics and STEM into your Classroom," July 8-10 in Calhoun, GA.

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