Greater than a dozen groups competed on the 2023-2024 Maui VEX IQ League event for his or her likelihood to characterize Maui on the state occasion.
The 2 highest-scoring robots that earned a spot within the Hawaiʻi State VEX IQ Event are:
- Group 10698D from Maui Waena Intermediate College
- Group 43110A from Kalama Intermediate College
The Maui occasion concluded on Jan. 20. It featured 14 groups from three totally different colleges and a nonprofit community-run crew.
Different groups that obtained awards on the Maui competitors included:
- Group 10698C, who obtained the Design Award
- Group 96784Y, who obtained the Create Award
- Group 96784Z, who obtained the Sportsmanship Award
- And Group 10704A, who obtained the Power Award
These groups got here from throughout the island, together with colleges like Kalama Intermediate, Maui Waena Intermediate, and Pukalani Elementary College.
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VEX IQ releases a brand new sport yearly to maintain the competitors recent. The 2023-24 season sport is Full Quantity the place groups try and fill containers with cubes to attain factors. Additional factors are generated by putting cubes of the identical coloration in containers or by filling all of the containers to the fill traces.
College students between the ages of 8 and 14 competed utilizing robots that had been designed, constructed, and programmed. Since November, intermediate and elementary college groups have competed in qualification matches, resulting in the ultimate VEX IQ Maui Event.
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Regardless of all that, the groups that gathered Jan. 20 all spent a while mourning Kalama’s late mentor, Debbie Hasashima. “She was an extremely onerous employee and supplied endlessly for the members of this system,” was how one mother or father described her. She was important to the VEX IQ group and will probably be remembered for her dedication and look after her college students.
Organizers thanked the mentors and college students who visited the Maui VEX IQ League. “This occasion exists to assist encourage college students throughout the Maui group to enter STEM careers and to assist them develop gentle expertise in communication and teamwork,” organizers stated.
Organizers say they’re grateful for the group assist and are excited for the 2024-25 season to assist encourage extra college students to pursue their desires in STEM.