Hawaiʻi VEX IQ Championships Qualifies 7 Elementary And Middle School Robotics Teams For World Event In Dallas, Tx

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Please see attached news release on the results of the 2024 Hawaiʻi Elementary and Middle School VEX IQ Robotics Regional Championships held February 17 and 19. This competitive robotics event qualified 7 out of 59 Hawaiʻi VEX IQ robotics teams to advance to the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas. Across the globe, there are about 20,000 VEX Robotics teams in 45 countries participating in VEX tournaments, and Hawaiʻi teams will have an opportunity to compete at the highest level in the world-class event. VEX IQ and VRC are separate robotics programs with different game challenges, rules, robot hardware, and fields.

Also included is a link to photos for your use. Please photo credit Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.

Advancing from Oahu are Manoa Elementary, Haleʻiwa Elementary, Hawaii Girl Power, and Wheeler Middle School.

The Saint Louis School Crusaders teams won the Robot Skills 2nd Place and the Build Award at the Middle School Championships.

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Hawaiʻi VEX IQ Championships qualifies 7 elementary and middle school robotics teams for World event in Dallas, TX

HONOLULU (Feb. 20, 2024) – Sponsored by Hawaiian Electric, the Hawaiʻi VEX IQ Robotics Elementary and Middle School Regional Championships, held on February 17 and 19 at Ewa Makai Middle School, qualified 7 out of 59 Hawaiʻi VEX robotics teams that will advance to the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championships. VEX IQ and VRC are separate robotics programs with different game challenges, rules, robot hardware, and fields.
Hawaiʻi elementary and middle school robotics teams will showcase their game strategy, design and teamwork skills for an opportunity to be crowned world champions at the global event to be held April 25 to May 3 in Dallas, Texas.

Advancing from Oʻahu are Hāleʻiwa Elementary School (1 team), Manoa Elementary School (1 team), Hawaii Girl Power (1 team), and Wheeler Middle School (1 team).

At the elementary school competition, Manoa Elementary’s Green Tigers team earned the VEX IQ Excellence Award, while Hāleʻiwa Elementary captured the Design Award. Both teams allianced together in the finals match and also were crowned the Teamwork Champions.

At the middle school competition, Hawaii Girl Power earned the VEX IQ Excellence and shared the Teamwork Champion with Wheeler Middle School, which also won the Think Award.

The double qualifications by these teams will allow three other Hawaiʻi teams – to be determined by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation – to advance to the VEX Worlds.

For a complete list of team standings at the Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics State Championships, visit:

• VEX IQ Elementary: https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-iq-competition/RE- VIQRC-23-4221.html#awards

• VEX IQ Middle: https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-iq-competition/RE- VIQRC-23-4224.html#awards
Hawaiian Electric, Ewa Makai Middle School, and Makaha Elementary School were named “Partners of the Year” for their long-standing support and partnership with Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics.

Volunteer of the Year honor was awarded to Evan Meserve and the students of Team Magma from Kalani High School. Evan serves as both a Judge and Judge Advisor and supported the judging process at various tournaments this season. Team Magma students filled key volunteer roles at multiple VEX IQ tournaments across Oʻahu.

Mentor of the Year was awarded to Mrs. Summer Cretton of Pukalani Elementary School, and Kumu Hui and Coach Jodi from Haili Christian School for their dedication and support to their students this season.
VEX Robotics is an educational robotics program that inspires students to excel in STEM principles while encouraging creativity, teamwork, leadership and problem solving among groups. This season there were 250 registered teams from Hawaiʻi and over 900 students.

Robotics competitions foster these skills and prepare students to become future innovators as well as increase their interest in pursuing STEM careers. Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state and national levels, and culminate in the VEX Robotics World Championship. There are approximately 20,000 teams from 45 countries participating in VEX tournaments.

Locally, the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium (HSGC) oversees the Hawaiʻi VEX Robotics Competitions with funding through the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. Expanded opportunities for space education through the efforts of the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium have been focused on the public, particularly teachers and students in grades kindergarten through twelve. HSGC offers various remote and in-person trainings and workshops for coaches, teachers, and students, developing a robotics curriculum for STEM/robotics classes, and mentored teachers and students in rookie robotics programs.

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photo credit Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Elementary School Championship: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBeQr1 Middle School Championship: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBeNQb

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