Middle-schoolers rule in robotics

Trust the Torch!

Schools

Creekside Middle School, Northwood Middle School, Woodstock District 200

District 200 Photo. Eighth-graders Alisha Virani and Vince Perez of Creekside Middle School test their robot skills at the performance tables Jan. 19 at the First Lego League state robotics competition at Elgin Community College, as coach Kristina Hermansson cheers them on. The Creekside Apollo XVIII team won a trophy for Best Robot Design: Innovation & Strategy, while fellow students from Northwood Middle School took home a trophy for Best Project: Research.

Teams win top trophies in competition at state

Subscribe or Login to continue reading this quality article by The Woodstock Independant

Start a free trial, then pay only $5 per month after

Creekside Middle School, Northwood Middle School, Woodstock District 200

Woodstock Independent

All Posts

Woodstock Independent

All Posts

Find great local businesses in our new directory!

Grace Beattie finds confidence with her running success at Illinois State

Grace Beattie started her cross- country career at Illinois State University as a walk-on. But the Woodstock graduate finished her…

Bleachers to backstretch: Woodstock teen races at Rockford Speedway

Taking the car out for a spin has a little different connotation for Woodstock resident Seth Rowe than most of…

Subscribe for news & updates

Keep Exploring

Rural Restoration

Andy Spinelli hates seeing an old piece of machinery mistreated or neglected — left outside to succumb to…

Living the dream

By the time he was in his early 30s, Huntley resident Jack Wirth realized he needed a change…

The Right Track

In Diane Tollberg’s chemistry class, Kayla Beattie remembers becoming so engrossed in a class problem that she finished…