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World Academy Takes Home Trophies At Rize Robotics Championship
On Saturday, March 18th, three teams from World Academy in Nashua excelled in the Rize Robotics Queen City Championship.
This post was originally published on April 7, 2017.
On Saturday, March 18th, three teams from World Academy in Nashua participated in the Rize Robotics Queen City Championship held at Gossler Park Elementary School in Manchester.
Team Lego Bright Minds (Peyton Moses, Hrushikesh Sankaranaarayan, Anders Toresjo, and Cara Berman) took home a Silver Medal and a Gold Medal in 2 out of 3 challenges, featuring one of the most innovative strategies to date. Also, Team Wolfpacks (Perry Mourtzinos, Nicholas Rushton, Devon Morrison, and Derek Springer) took home the Gold trophy Engineering Design of the Robots, and Team Firebots (Jackson Chittister, Nicholas Dias, and Will Fafel) took home the silver trophy for Engineering Design of the Robots. Students were judged on the quality and the originality of their ideas, as well as on execution of that strategy to build a working model robot.
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The next Rize Robotics tournament will be held at World Academy on April 15. World Academy offers congratulations to their students for their successes on March 18th, and looks forward to seeing students take on new challenges in the tournament ahead.
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World Academy is an accredited, licensed, independent, developmentally appropriate and academically rigorous program for children from Ages Infant through Grade 8. Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, it offers high quality Early Childhood Programs, Elementary and Middle School, a Wrap-around school component and Summer Quest Camp. World Academy is dedicated to providing all students with a high-quality, 21st-century, “whole child” focused education that supports families and engages all facets of a child’s being, including cognitive/intellectual, physical, social-emotional, cultural and creative aspects.
Located at 138 Spit Brook Road in Nashua, the state-of- the-art 55,000 square-foot campus features specialized wings for Nursery, Preschool, Elementary and Middle School students; three age-appropriate playgrounds; a natural playground; 2 in-ground swimming pools; gymnasium/theater; rock climbing wall; nature trails; soccer field; World Languages programs, robotics built into the curriculum for all ages and stages, and much more.
For more information, contact Samantha Wingate, Director of Admissions at 603-888- 1982 or visit www.worldacademynh.com.
