During a visit from two female guest speakers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Robotics Club learned about FBI STEAM professionals who have backgrounds in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, in conjunction with Arts and Communications. The agency’s STEAM team includes biologists, chemists, cryptologist/cryptanalysts, data communications systems analysts, document analysts, electronics engineers,… Read More
Congratulations to Dominican’s robotics teams, the Valkyries and the Ultraviolets, that took FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Tech) Challenge awards at the March 20th Louisiana Regional Championship competition. Dominican Ultraviolets – Back Row (from left): Coach Crissy Giacona, Isabella Sachitano, Mia Reyes, Madeline Pourciau, Caroline Alleman, Caitlyn Dumas, Charlotte Raymond, Tess Baker, Emma Plaisance, and Coach… Read More
Congratulations to Dominican’s two Robotics teams that received several awards at the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) Qualifier competition, held remotely due to pandemic health guidelines. The Valkyries team and the Ultraviolet team move on to the Louisiana Regional Championship competition that will be on March 20th. The Valkyries won the Judges Choice Award. This award is optional… Read More
When an anonymous donor gifted St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s Robotics team with 100 school backpacks, with the request to give them to a group of students that would benefit from them, the team did not need to look far. “Building robots for regional and state tournaments is part of what we do,” noted Robotics… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s two robotics teams took awards at the February 29th FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) regional championship held at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. The event drew 19 teams from the region. The Dominican Valkyries won 1st Place Motivate Award and 3rd place Control Award. They also were selected as an Alliance… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s two robotics teams took wins at the February 1st FTC qualifier competition. It marked the first time both teams were selected to be part of the same alliance going into the final rounds of robot play. They won the overall robot game play. The Valkyries ranked 7th and Team… Read More
Over the Thanksgiving break, Dominican hosted the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics competition. It marked the fifth time Dominican has been a host for the event that draws students from grammar schools in the Greater New Orleans areas. At this year’s event, 130 students who represented 13 schools competed. A Toast of Praise to the… Read More