Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Middle School currently has two First Lego League at the Middle School.
Lego League coaches are sponsors Alex McKamy and Laura Nordby.
This year’s theme for the 2024 First Lego League competition is entitled ‘Masterpiece’, with a focus on the arts and integrating technology into the arts.
This year's team names are "Board in Pair-a-Dice" and "Some Assembly Required."
Board in Pair-a-Dice team members are Foster Stone, Stella Graham, Caden Barnes, Reese Jelinek, Autumn Funk, Johnathan Dietz, Grant Brummels, Kylee Bloom, Aizlynn Kosler and Rhett Egger.
Team members of Some Assembly Required are Karson Brummels, James Recob, Trystan Sims, Nolan Nordby, Dakota Carter, Easton Gould, Liam Recob, Drake Jairam and Jolynn Kinkaid.
Each year the Lego League teams must come up with an Innovation Project. This year's challenge was to increase participation in a hobby using art or technology.
For their Innovation Project, the Board in Pair-a-Dice came up with the goal to increase participation in traditional board games by creating a Board Game Club at the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School. This club meets on the second Monday of each month and is open to students in grades K-12.
Group members are using graphic design elements and Canva to create fliers, Google forms to survey student interest and ask for teacher donations, and QR code monkey to create a QR code for sign up.
For their Innovation Project, Some Assembly Required came up with the goal to increase participation in model building and creating model kits with 3D printed kit cards that are paired with a movie so kids can build the model while watching the movie.
Group members are using graphic design elements and Canva to create posters and fliers, Google forms to survey student interest and ask for teacher donations, and the 3D printers to create kit cards.
"Both teams have been hard at work on the robot table. They both have similar robots and attachments, but it has been fun seeing how the teams approach the table and missions differently," said Coaches McKamy and Nordby.
Thanks have been extended to the board and the administration for the support and backing of this middle school program that has helped grow STEM learning and inspire future innovators at the school.
The Lego League teams had their first competition on Feb. 24 at South Sioux City. Teams will be competing in the Lego League State Championship in Lincoln on Friday and Saturday, March 15 - 16.
