Texas Middle School robotics teams win second-place awards

Texas Middle School's SWAT Robotics Team No. 7 recently won second place in the Advanced Arena category during the Texas Computer Education Association Area 8 Intermediate Robotics Challenge on Jan. 18. Shown, from left, are Lauren Friday, Jared Chavez, Worth McMillen and Abby Sewell. (Submitted photo)
Texas Middle School's SWAT Robotics Team No. 7 recently won second place in the Advanced Arena category during the Texas Computer Education Association Area 8 Intermediate Robotics Challenge on Jan. 18. Shown, from left, are Lauren Friday, Jared Chavez, Worth McMillen and Abby Sewell. (Submitted photo)

Two Texas Middle School SWAT (Students with Amazing Talents) robotics teams took top placements in the Texas Computer Education Association Area 8 Intermediate Robotics Challenge on Jan. 18 in Pittsburg, Texas. A total of 103 teams from the area participated.

Second place in Advanced Arena was awarded to SWAT Team No. 7. Members include Jared Chavez, Lauren Friday, Worth McMillen and Abby Sewell. The Arena contest is a prescribed-problem contest. Teams of two to four students receive a set of challenge rules and specifications designed around a challenge theme.

Second place in Intermediate Inventions went to SWAT Team No. 10. Members are Mathew Delk, Daniel Song and Ryan Kate Walker. The Inventions contest is an open-ended contest. Teams of two to four students create a robotic invention that solves a problem of their choice.

Both teams have earned placement in the TCEA state competition to be held in April 2019 in Austin.

TCEA is dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the use of technology. It has played a vital role in increasing technology funding and access for pre-K-16 schools for 38 years and supports educators in the field who are enhancing curriculum with digital tools.

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