Our 1st St. Brendan Robotics March Madness plus Menchie's Froyo was such a fun day and a huge success! Shout-out to the many incredible volunteers who made this event possible! Froyo sales were north of $1000, so some healthy proceeds will be going right back to St. Brendan School! Click here to watch an awesome video compilation by Kerry Engle!
Congrats to all 22 participants of the March Madness Robotics Tournament 2024! So proud to see how much these amazing kids have learned and so grateful for the many volunteers who continue to support Legos and Robotics Club!
As for our 2024 finalists, let's proudly recognize the following students:
1st Place Tournament - Aaron D'sa (5th grade) and Ethan Xavier (5th grade)
2nd Place Tournament - Hailey Engel (4th grade) and Jasmine Navas (4th grade)
3rd Place Tournament - Aurelia Balagtas (5th grade) and Lillian Anderson (5th grade)
1st Place Star Student - Aurelia Balagtas (5th grade)
2nd Place Star Student - Lillian Anderson (5th grade)
3rd Place Star Student - Lucas Thorstenson (4th grade)
Robotics Froyo June Jamboree on Friday, June 2nd, 2023 was a success with more proceeds again going back to the school!
The FLL Explore teams did a awesome job with their expo models! Congratulations to our 1st and 2nd graders club members:
Brian Bartleson Dominic Flajole Johan Joseph Joefrey
Riley Thorstenson Sawyer Legg Vivian Bussell
Max Dolenc Alannah Story Charlie Miura
Elise Schack Luke Balagtas Salem Afework
Shaka Girukwigomba Zaki Miller-Alghizi Spencer Coker
Congratulations also to our VEX GO competitors (3rd, 4th, & 5th graders), who completed the STEM Lab “City Technology Rebuild”!
Hailey Engel Isla Griffin Jacob Miller-Alghizi
Jasmine Navas Lucas Chen Lucas Thorstenson
Aaron D'sa Armando Molina Aurelia Balagtas
Ethan Xavier Isabella Young Lucas Orbigo
Maria Badri Portia Thompson Dominc Villanti
Lincoln Davidson
From VEX GO, the competition was really tight with such a slim margin among all teams. We are proud of all our students and their incredible work! Let’s acknowledge the following students who walked away with hardware last Friday:
VEX GO Star Student, 1st Place – Aurelia Balagtas
VEX GO Star Student, 2nd Place – Lucas Thorstenson
VEX GO Star Student, 3rd Place (tie) – Isla Griffin, Jacob Miller-Alghizi, & Dominic Villanti
Tournament, 1st Place – Jacob Miller-Alghizi, Lucas Chen, & Lucas Thorstenson (Team "Champs")
Tournament, 2nd Place – Aurelia Balagtas & Portia Thompson (Team "Nintendo Nation")
Tournament, 3rd Place – Hailey Engel, Isla Griffin, & Jasmine Navas (Team "Super Sonic Wolf Girls")
Last but certainly not least, congratulations to our VEX IQ students, who completed the STEM Lab “Robotics Freeze Tag”!
Anela Swager Katelyn Chen Margaret Rooney
Our 1st St. Brendan Robotics March Madness plus Menchie's Froyo was such a fun day and a huge success! Shout-out to the many incredible volunteers who made this event possible! Froyo sales were north of $1000, so some healthy proceeds will be going right back to St. Brendan School! Click here to watch an awesome video compilation by Kerry Engle!
Congrats to all our VEX GO competitors at our 1st Robotics March Madness (March 24th, 2023)! They all did so great, and it was incredible to see how their STEM skills have progressed through the term! Let's recognize our top three award winners!
1st Place Tournament - Michael Mencke and Mikey Mascarenhas (Team "M&M")
VEX Star Students - Aurelia Balagtas and Portia Thompson (Team "Glitter Girls")
VEX GO Champions - Jacob Miller-Alghizi and Lucas Thorstenson (Team "Champs")