March 28, 2024

Bay View Academy Middle School Girls Show How S.M.A.R.T. They Are at Robotics Competition

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East Providence, RI - On Saturday, December 6th, Bay View's "St. Mary Academy Robotics Team" (S.M.A.R.T.) participated in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Qualifier Tournament held at The Gordon School. Competing in a field of twenty teams that were predominately male, Bay View had the only all-girl team in the competition and successfully secured their place at the FLL RI State Championship, to be held on January 17, 2015 at Roger Williams University.

In addition to qualifying for the state championship, the team also won first place for their research project and presentation. The girls presented a skit to judges about learning how to tell time on an analog clock. The team "invented" a new clock where the hour and minute light up for the ease of learning how to tell time. They included a parody song to “Let It Go” from Frozen, to demonstrate to the the judges "Now They Know" how to tell time.

The ten girls, all seventh and eighth graders, also received high scores from the technical judges for Robot Design and from the teamwork judges for demonstrating the Core Values of the FLL program. Robotics is offered in Bay View’s Middle School as part of the curriculum. Students meet during and after school to prepare for the FLL RI competition and have been busy preparing and improving on their robot's performance for the Championship competition in January.

The following Bay View students are members of S.M.A.R.T.
Elizabeth Cooney, Rehoboth, MA
Isabella DeNuccio, East Greenwich, RI
Kinzie Fairman, East Providence, RI
Sophia Javid, Coventry, RI
Elizabeth Killian, East Providence, RI
Emilie Lum, Cranston, RI
Brooke Nyman, North Attleboro, MA
Christina O'Brien, Providence, RI
Giovanna Sgalia, Hopedale, MA
Abigail Swift, Westport, MA

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