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Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Robotics Students Earn Awards at Local Qualifiers

Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Robotics Students Earn Awards at Local Qualifiers

Rockwood School District students on eigt robotics teams recently earned awards during FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge qualifying events in the St. Louis area during December and January.

Three Rockwood Robotics teams -- the Crustaceans and Robotic Rapper$ from Crestview Middle and TechnoSharks from LaSalle Springs Middle -- and three teams including Rockwood students -- Galaxy Bots, High Definition and Team Edge -- advanced on to the FLL Missouri Regional Championship, which will be held Feb. 22 at Francis Howell High. They will be among more than 40 teams from around the region competing for a chance to qualify for the World Championships in Houston, Texas, in April.

The Rockwood South Middle Goldfish earned the Innovation Project Award at their qualifier, given to teams that utilize diverse resources for their Innovation Project to help them gain a comprehensive understanding of their problem, have a creative, well-researched solution and effectively communicate their findings to judges and the community. 

Lego Legends, another team that includes Rockwood students, also earned the Core Values Award 1st Place at its qualifier, given to the team that has shown the greatest enthusiasm, best sporting spirit, most extraordinary respect for its own team members and the most support for other teams in the tournament.

Congratulations to these outstanding Rockwood students!

Read more about these teams and their achievements below.


Crestview Robotic Rapper$ and Crestview Crustaceans

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Robotic Rapper$
Awards Won:
Champions Award 1st Place at MICDS on Dec. 15 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Team Members: Bhoopesh Dhanasekaran, Akhil Ghanta, Varun Kamesh, Krithyaa Karunakaran, Yuvan Kothakota, Preston Nunez, Miles Rashman, Deeya Soneta and Sush Vanka

Crustaceans
Awards Won:
Champions Award 2nd Place and Robot Performance Award at MICDS on Dec. 15 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Team Members: George Chackes, Emilie Hafner, Advay Kabilan, Nitara Karunakaran, Vedanth Mittapalli, Arjun Premkumar, Anish Saravanan, Harini Saravanan, Adith Vipin and Joshua Zhang


Galaxy Bots

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Champions Award 1st Place in virtual competition Jan. 5 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Rockwood Team Members: Ahana Joshi and Samruddhi Pujari (Wildwood Middle), Avani Rao (Green Pines Elementary) and Ashvin Sriram (Selvidge Middle)


High Definition

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Champions Award 1st Place at North Point Middle on Dec. 15 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Rockwood Team Members: Kabir Bhushan (Crestview), Vivaan Chechani (Wildwood), Shreyansh Reddy Guduru, Rudhvi Jetta, Disha Madupalli, Sribalaji Rajamadasamy (all of Crestview), Rajan Sankarasubramanian (Selvidge) and Nikilesh Samuthiravel Muthukumar (Crestview)


Team Edge

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Champions Award 1st Place at Brittany Woods Middle on Jan. 4 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Rockwood Team Members: Lasya Doddapaneni (Selvidge), Matteo Fernandez (Crestview), Harsha Konakandla (Wildwood), Keerthana Maddineni (Crestview), Anvika Malugu (Crestview), Arush Thakur (Wildwood), Ritvik Yella (Crestview) and Aryan Yeluri (Crestview)


LaSalle Springs TechnoSharks

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Champions Award 4th Place at MICDS on Dec. 14 (qualified for Missouri Regional Championship)
Team Members: Dakota Autry, Ben Cunningham, Joe Evans, Kirk Gregory, Ethan Lackman, Emma Linck and Ethan Ogurek


Lego Legends

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Core Values Award 1st Place in virtual competition Jan. 5
Rockwood Team Members: Aadhya Amarnath (Woerther Elementary), Aadhira Balan (Woerther), Aarav Balan (Selvidge), Dhanasri Kavuri (Selvidge), Tejaswi Kavuri (Woerther) and Pranav Mohan Singh (Selvidge)


Rockwood South Goldfish

Rockwood students smile with awards won at a robotics competition.

Awards Won: Innovation Project Award at North Point Middle on Dec. 15
Team Members: Anthony Barry, Grace Godsey, Riley Howell, Reid Leiendecker, Ben Sauter, Jase Smith and Mason Teneyck

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