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Every day during this school year, the Robotics Team at Perkins Middle School in Brownsville met virtually to prepare for the 2021 First Tech Challenge robotics competition, where they won first place for their district and brought home the Collins Aerospace Innovate Award.<\/p>\n

The middle school robotics team is part of the Texas Southmost College Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center housed at Perkins. The team was created three years ago and has seen success that led to this year\u2019s win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew we had the perfect team this year to achieve this win,\u201d said Julio Ledezma, Perkins Middle School College and Career Readiness and 21st Century Robotics and Coding teacher. \u201cWe had a combination of experienced eighth graders and a group of seventh and sixth graders who were all willing to work together despite the challenges we faced with COVID to make this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

TSC\u2019s Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers, in partnership with the Brownsville Independent School District and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is a five-year grant program that supports the creation of community learning centers in local high schools. These centers provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students, particularly those who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.<\/p>\n

To date, TSC\u2019s 10 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers have served more than 15,000 Brownsville middle and high school students.<\/p>\n

One of those experienced eighth graders is Tianna Resendez, who also served as the team\u2019s captain.<\/p>\n

She joined the 21st Century Robotics program in sixth grade and since then has been practicing her programming and robotic three-dimensional designing and printing skills to lead the team in perfecting this year\u2019s rover.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt times, the process has been overwhelming, especially because most of our work was done virtually,\u201d she said. \u201cBut my goal as captain was not only to win, but make it fun, and I think that helped us relax and get the job done. I couldn\u2019t have been happier when I realized we were able to beat not only other middle schools, but also high schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Resendez and her team this was a huge accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Since Resendez is the captain, she is the student who took the lead on presenting her team\u2019s rover processes, design and functions to a group of judges, who awarded the team the Collins Aerospace Innovate Award for their ability to arrive at their design solution through ingenuity, creativity and inventiveness.<\/p>\n

Ledezma said it took a lot of time and dedication to arrive at the solutions his robotics team did.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was basically their hands since we weren\u2019t allowed at school together,\u201d he said. \u201cThey fed me their programming and I inputted functions to ensure everything worked the way it should for competition. It wasn\u2019t easy, but my students persevered and overcame every obstacle that they faced. I am so proud of every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first-place team included Resendez, Nia Ledezma, Bryan Gonzalez, Jazilyn Martinez and Federico Ramos.<\/p>\n

Resendez said without TSC\u2019s 21st Century program, an opportunity for students like her would not be possible, and Ledezma agrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cTSC\u2019s 21st Century programming on our campus and our on-site coordinator Fidel Gonzalez have been a great asset to Perkins,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has allowed me to see students like Tianna break out of their shells, gain leadership skills and grow as students and people. It\u2019s made a big difference and we can see how our students have flourished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ledezma added that this team set a precedent for other teams coming behind them and he knows they will continue to put Brownsville on the map.<\/p>\n

Students interested in this program should talk to their middle or high school counselors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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