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• Key Robotics Teams Earn Recognition at 2012 FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier Event

  Posted December 10, 2012

  Key’s Robotics Club brought home honors from the December 8 2012 FIRST Lego League Qualifier Event. The first-year team won the Rookie of the Year Award and the “veteran” team earned 3rd place in both Project Presentation and the Robot Game.

• 2012 FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier Event Schedule Announced

  Posted December 3, 2012

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• Key Robotics Club Participates in FIRST® LEGO® League Competition Service Event

  Posted November 28, 2012

  Each year, the FIRST® LEGO® League competition organizers ask competing teams to participate in a service project that relates to the theme. This year, to correspond with the Senior Solutions Challenge, the Key Robotics Club is collecting items for senior citizens. Items of great need include: gift cards to Walmart, Target, and grocery stores, soap, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, and lip balm. Additional items of interest are: cough drops, teas and hot chocolates, dish soap, stamps, greeting cards, puzzle books, vitamins, and Ensure.

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• Key Robotics Teams Prepare for 2012 FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier Event

  Posted November 20, 2012

  On December 8, Key’s two Middle School Robotics Teams will travel to South River High School for the qualifying round of the 2012-2013 FIRST® LEGO® League challenge. This year’s multi-school competition, the Senior Solutions Challenge, requires teams to research aging and consider how a healthy and productive lifestyle can be maintained. Students are then charged with isolating a single need they feel crucial for senior citizens and developing an innovative solution to enhance the seniors’ experience.

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• Key Robotics Teams Present Senior Solutions Challenge Projects at BayWoods

  Posted November 16, 2012

  Members of Key’s Robotics Club have returned from their second trip to BayWoods Senior Center. The trip, designed to gain feedback on the Senior Solutions Challenge projects, was constructive for the two Key Robotics Teams as they discussed their concepts with the BayWoods residents. The students received valuable input from the residents and will now make necessary adjustments to strengthen their concepts before the FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier on December 8, 2012.

• Key Robotics Members Begin Project Development for the 2012 Senior Solutions Challenge

  Posted October 5, 2012

  After a preliminary research trip to BayWoods Senior Center, members of Key School’s Middle School Robotics Club were able to put the knowledge acquired during their interviews with the residents to use as they prepared to meet the 2012-2013 FIRST® LEGO® League challenge. The students, tasked this year with isolating a single need and developing a solution that enables senior citizens to enhance their mobility, remain connected to their communities, or provide a means to stay healthy and fit, compiled the information from their trip and have decided on two solutions.

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• Key Robotics Visits BayWoods Senior Center

  Posted October 1, 2012

  Members of Key School’s Middle School Robotics club took a trip to Baywoods Senior Center in early September to prepare for their 2012 FIRST® LEGO® League challenge. This year’s multi-school competition, the Senior Solutions Challenge, requires teams to research aging and examine how a healthy and productive lifestyle can be maintained. The outing proved to be an excellent learning experience for Key students, who were able to talk with senior citizens in order to further understand their needs. With the information acquired from their trip to BayWoods, Robotics Club members felt better equipped to take on the Senior Solutions Challenge, where they are tasked with isolating a single need and developing a solution that enables senior citizens to enhance their mobility, remain connected to their communities, or provide a means to stay healthy and fit. Members of the Robotics Club are now eagerly cultivating their ideas, which they will continue to develop and ultimately present at Baywoods in mid-November to gather feedback and determine which ideas resonate most with the residents.

• Key Robotics Team Partners with Senior Citizens at BayWoods

  Posted June 25, 2012

  Members of Key School’s Middle School Robotics Club will partner with senior citizens at the retirement living center, BayWoods of Annapolis, in fall 2012 to prepare for their 2012 FIRST® LEGO® League challenge. This year’s multi-school competition, the Senior Solutions Challenge, requires teams to research aging and examine how a healthy and productive lifestyle can be maintained. During the process, club members will talk to and work with senior citizens to better understand the needs of this growing segment of our population. Students will then be tasked with isolating a single need and developing a solution that enables senior citizens to enhance their mobility, remain connected to their communities, or provide a means to stay healthy and fit.

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• 2012 Challenge Announced for Key Robotics Club

  Posted June 21, 2012

  Building on last year's inaugural season, the Key Robotics Club is already focusing on the FIRST® LEGO® League challenge for 2012. The 2012 challenge, Senior Solutions Challenge, requires teams to research aging and examine how a healthy and productive lifestyle can be maintained. During the process, club members will talk to and work with senior citizens to better understand the needs of this growing segment of our population. Students will then be tasked with isolating a single need and developing a solution that enables senior citizens to enhance their mobility, remain connected to their communities, or provide a means to stay healthy and fit.

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• Key Robotics Club Thanks the Power Hawks

  Posted December 9, 2011

  The students, coaches and mentors of Key's Robotics Club thank the Power Hawks Robotics Club members for their guidance and support during our "rookie" season.

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