Dominican’s robotics team and coaches Crissy Giacona and Madelyn Maldonado welcomed members of Jesuit High School’s robotics team and coach Travis Kieff for an after-school visit of the Robotics Lab. The visitors also helped Dominican set up its 3D printer to print with TPU filament (thermoplastic polyurethane), a plastic filament often used in fused deposition… Read More
At the March 26th Louisiana FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Regional Championship, St. Mary’s Dominican High School FTC Robotics Teams – Dominican Ultraviolet and Dominican Valkyries – won two of the seven awards. Dominican Valkyries earned the Think Award and finished 14 out of 19 teams in robot play. The Think Award is given to the… Read More
At the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Northshore Qualifier competition held on February 12th in Slidell, St. Mary’s Dominican High School robotics team, Dominican Valkyries, received two awards: Connect Award – 1st Place trophy, recognizes the team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) community. Think Award – 2nd Place, given… Read More
Congratulations to Dominican Ultraviolet and Dominican Valkyries robotics teams on their awards at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) New Orleans Qualifier competition. The next qualifier event will be on February 12th. The regional championship competition is scheduled for March. Dominican Ultraviolet: Inspire Award, 2nd Place; qualify for Regional Championship. This award is given to the team that… Read More
An anonymous donor’s gift of 100 backpacks in 2020 to Dominican’s Robotics team extended its community reach a year later. The donor requested the backpacks be given to students who would benefit from them. August 2020, 25 backpacks were given to The Peace Center, the Dominican Sisters of Peace neighborhood outreach organization for people of… Read More
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
