Greater Nashua
World Academy makes history in robotics
NASHUA - World Academy will be the first school in state history to send two elementary school robotics teams to the world championships in Houston and Dallas. The team of fifth grade students, the VEX Rays, will travel to Dallas for the VEX IQ World Championships, which will be held in May. The team of first grade students, LEGO Force, will be in Houston later this month for the FIRST LEGO League Explore World Championships. “There’s not a single kid that’s older than 10,” said Daniel Hughes, director of technology and engineering, of his two teams. “We are now the show.” Hughes said the awesome stage of the championship events is something this group of students has never experienced. “It’s like a rock concert,” he said. “When they see it their heads are going to explode.” Hughes said the VEX Rays punched their ticket to Dallas by winning the ...
