New Hampshire Robot Coding Competition Winners Announced

LONDONDERRY, NH - A handful of New Hampshire students were picked this week as winners of the nation’s first Cyber Robotics Coding Competition which took place in Derry on Dec. 19 at Pinkerton Academy.

According to a release from the New Hampshire Department of Education, the virtual competition started eight weeks ago and included over 2,500 students.

The middle and high school used CoderZ, a cloud based coding platform to compete in over 80 different and challenging robotics missions. The grand prize, a trophy with a $2000 grant for the school was awarded to the Lyme School.

Courtesy Photo / NH DOE

“ISCEF and the NH DOE are proud to have launched this new event in the great state of New Hampshire,” Said Frank Edelblut, commissioner of Education. “I can see the event is a success by seeing the number of students involved and the almost 200 students, teachers, parents and guests who were at the award ceremony.”

After a successful competition, organizers announced that the competition will continue in 2018.
Check out the list of winners below:

Boot Camp Awards:

• Faculty Participation Award 2nd Place – Weare Middle School
• Faculty Participation Award 1st Place – Crescent Lake School
• Diversity Award 2nd Place- Weare Middle School
• Diversity Award 1st Place – Lyme School
• Inclusiveness Award 2nd Place - North Hampton School (Large School)
• Inclusiveness Award 2nd Place - St. Thomas Aquinas School (Small School)
• Inclusiveness Award 1st Place - Lyme Middle School (Large School)
• Inclusiveness Award 1st Place - Errol Consolidated School (Small School)

Finals Awards:

• Middle School 2nd Place - Lyme School
• Middle School 1st Place - Keene Middle School ($500 grant)
• High School 2nd Place - Londonderry High School
• High School 1st Place - Academy for Science and Design ($500 grant)

Courtesy Photo / NH Dept. of Education