Friends School of Harford First Lego League Goes to State

Friends School of Harford’s robotics team was selected as one of three regional teams to move on to the state competition on February 28, 2015 at UMBC.

The “Harford Bandits” competed in the First Lego League (FLL) qualifying round at Aberdeen Proving Ground on Jan. 24, along with 23 teams from Maryland. Under the FLL umbrella theme—“Learning Unleashed”—the team answered this question: “How can the classroom’s environment be modified to accommodate the learning needs of dyslexic students?”

The qualifying round required each team to present their project, complete specific missions using the robot, and participate in interviews with the judges.

Since September 2014, Coaches Ray Pitz, FSH math teacher, and Anna Dallam, volunteer parent, have guided the team to research and develop their website project and build and program a robot, while exhibiting the Core Values of FLL related to “teamwork, inquiry, gracious professionalism and problem-solving.”