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RoboBridge-Empowering Special Needs Students Through STEAM and Robotics (session 2)

In the second section of RoboBridge, we focused on VEX GO learning kits and paired each special needs student with their own instructor. This one-on-one approach really paid off—students built robots, learned basic programming, and had so much fun. Seeing their smiles was the best reward for our instructors. We can’t wait for the next session, a Christmas Robotics Party on December 21st!

Three 8889 Teams Shine at Regional and National Competitions

Harvest Saturday was full of lessons and excitement for our teams! Team 8889A took on the challenge of competing with a newly designed robot and autonomous code, learning valuable lessons despite a tough loss. Team 8889C made an incredible debut, reaching the middle school finals at their very first event. Meanwhile, Team 8889B earned their first Creative Award, kicking off their season with a strong start. It was a day of growth, teamwork, and motivation for everyone involved!

Numerosity Academy’s Teams Shine at North Andover VEX Robotics Event (23-Nov-2024)

Numerosity Academy’s VEX teams had an incredible showing at the North Andover competition, a qualifier for Regionals and the VEX World Championship in Dallas. Team 8889B won the Innovate Award, while Team 8889A swept the event with a Triple Crown: Tournament Champion, Skills Champion, and Excellence Award. Partnering with the 2024 IQ World Champs, Hopkinetics KryptoKnights, they pulled off a thrilling 3-point win. These achievements highlight the hard work and creativity of our teams!

Belmont Hill V5RC Blended High Stakes Tournament (2-Nov-2024)

Congratulations to Team 8889B on winning tournament champions at Belmont Hill V5RC Blended High Stakes Tournament on November 2nd, 2024. The win also made Team 8889B one of the first teams in Massachusetts to be qualified for regional championship. This is the first trophy won by this new team formed last August. Guided by senior members from 8889A, the young and energetic team members gain insights into the VEX world of knowledge and competitions. What they have learned goes well beyond the trophy.

ROBOlight-Community Robo Event Series 1 (March, 30, 2024)

Numberosity Academy successfully hosted their first community event at the Lexington Community Center on March 30, 2024. The event was aimed at introducing VEX Robotics to robot enthusiasts and families interested in learning more about VEX in Lexington and nearby towns. Team Members from 8889A shared their insights into VEX, their team’s history, and experiences. The event featured a live demonstration of their robot, engaging hands-on driving challenges, and a Q&A session. With over 100 attendees, including many enthusiastic young kids, the event was a great success, sparking interest and engagement in VEX Robotics.

Southern New England VRC Regional Championships HS Division (Feb 26, 2024)

At the recent New England VEX Regional Championships, we clinched the tournament champion title, going undefeated in all 15 matches. Despite finishing third in the skills challenge rankings, it marked our best performance of the season, and managed to get us the 19th highest score in the world.

In 2024, we participated in three major national competitions, reaching the quarter-finals in one and becoming finalists in the other two. These invaluable experiences have shaped every team member through numerous challenges and hardships. We were also able to make many friends and engage with other strong teams from different regions.

At last, Congratulations to several Lexington teams for receiving awards and qualifying for the World Championship in April. The continuous exchanges have contributed to the overall improvement of not only our team but all the teams in the region. Lexington teams have managed to take up five out of the 22 spots in the Southern New England region. See you all at the World!

LAUNCH VRC Signature Event @ Ohio ( Feb 16 )

This week, we went back to Ohio for Launch, one of the strongest signature events with 72 strong teams. This event holds global significance as eleven of the participating teams had already secured sports for the World Championships before states. Despite facing challenges including bad match schedule and unexpected incidents like pipe leaks and battery falls, our performance in the qualification rounds fell short, with losses in 4 out of 9 matches, resulting in a 32nd overall ranking in quals. In Skills, we did a bit better, managing to be 4th with a 359 total Skills score. For elimination rounds, however, we had a fantastic alliance with 99904B, the 4th seed. In the end, we made it all the way to Finals, barely losing the last two matches. Thanks to 7316X and 323V for two amazing Finals matches and to all the volunteers for organizing such an exciting event at the Great Lakes Science Center!

Framingham VRC Over under February Tournament (Feb 4th, 2024)

Just one day after Gateway to the West, we attended a local competition at Framingham. Though we were tired, we managed to win all of our matches and secured 2nd place in the qualification round. In Skills, we also won 1st place overall. For elimination rounds, we partnered with the first seed, 9421W, winning the entire competition. Thanks to 9228C and 83149B for an amazing finals match! With our results, we also won another Excellence Award, giving us our second Triple Crown of the season! Thanks to all the volunteers for this amazing competition, and we’ll see you all at Regionals!

Gateway to the West VRC Signature Event @ West Virginia (Feb 2th, 2024)

Held in West Virginia, Gateway to the West was another World-level Signature Event that we attended, containing many of the teams we saw from Kalahari. In qualification matches this time, we had a bad match schedule, losing 4 out of 10 matches and getting 28th in qualification rounds overall. Thanks to some excellent scrimmages the day before, however, we managed to secure a solid alliance with the 1st seed, Exobits. In the end, we became Finalists. Thank you to 19589A and 80508X for giving us two spectacular Finals matches! Thank you to all the volunteers and the US Navy for helping out with the event! We’ll see many of you again at Launch!

Kalahari Classic VRC Signature Event @ Ohio (Jan 19th, 2024)

With 172 teams and held in Ohio, where some of the strongest VEX teams have always been, Kalahari was probably the most competitive event we would attend before Worlds. Considering that we were put in the division with 2/3 of all the strongest teams of the competition, we did well, losing only 1 qualification match and ranking 6th in quals overall. Thanks to a great alliance with 2011D, we managed to win the Round of 16 and barely lost to 2011K and 2011B in quarter-finals. In Skills, we managed to rank 7th overall! Thank you to all the teams and volunteers that made this such an incredible competition, and we can’t wait to see you at Launch!

Marlborough Robotics VRC Over/Under Tournament (Jan 13th, 2024)

This Saturday we competed at Malborough HS Qualifier. We had a great day going 6-0 and ranked first. We picked 1898R and swept through elims and won the whole thing. We were also first in skills and also received the Excellence award giving us our first ever triple crown. Thanks a ton to our amazing alliance 1898R and @4024v_void and 2602K for a great finals match and thanks to the volunteers for a great event. Thanks everyone and see you at Kalahari!

WAVE at WPI Signature Event @ Massachusetts (Nov 30th, 2023)

Wave At WPI. What an incredible event. We started the event with a loss but quickly got back and ended qualifications 9-1 and #1 in rankings with 8 AWP. We were also 1st in skills with a 359 combined putting us #6 in the world currently. We allianced with 9364C and won the whole thing! Thank you so much to the incredible @parkerbar_34 @9364ironeagles for alliancing with us. We also won think award. Thanks to @8829_catalyst and 9364A for two incredible finals matches. Thank you to the volunteers at WPI and see you at Kalahari!