{"id":19013,"date":"2018-02-14T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=19013"},"modified":"2018-02-14T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:42:55","slug":"3-cross-keys-students-partnered-with-tech-co-placed-in-robotics-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=19013","title":{"rendered":"3 Cross Keys Students Partnered with Tech Co. &#038; Placed in Robotics Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ferguson-florissant-robotics.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-19014 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ferguson-florissant-robotics-470x100.jpg?resize=470%2C100\" alt=\"ferguson florissant robotics\" width=\"470\" height=\"100\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 470px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 470\/100;\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Three students, Drake Peters (seventh grade), Austin Rakers (eighth grade), and Ethan Calvert (seventh grade), from Cross Keys Middle School (CKMS) in the Ferguson-Florissant School District placed in the winning alliance at the VEX Robotics Competition on Saturday, Feb. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The winning alliance consisted of the top three teams of the entire competition. The competition consisted of schools across Missouri and the St. Louis area, and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>CKMS also partnered with the artificial intelligence and gaming technology company, NVIDIA Corporation, and received $1,729.90 in funding and judges for the competition. During the competition, NVIDIA also received CKMS&#8217; Volunteer of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students worked extremely hard for this competition,\u201d said industrial technology teacher Eric Brown. \u201cWe\u2019d simply love to see this grow within the coming years. I\u2019d love to see more students getting involved and growing our teams, as well as having a second competition field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Brown\u2019s goals is to not only get more students involved in robotics and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics), but also more boys and girls of color in the field. With the formation of the first all-girls robotics team at CKMS, Brown is confident that he will begin to see those changes soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called Eric Brown after seeing a segment on the news about the Gear Girls and wanted to know what NVIDIA could do to support Cross Keys,\u201d said Wendy Gram, a content technician at NVIDIA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to do whatever we can to help these students succeed in the future, and encourage as many students as possible. STEAM careers require smart people to tell companies what to do, and it\u2019s events like this that incubates that type of thinking and skill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The competition helped Drake Peters see the various career opportunities with this form of skill and passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting being in competitions because not only do you get to see how students in other schools built their robots, but you get to learn about their mindset that led to the thought process to build it. 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