Sonoran Trails Middle School Robotics Team Wins Award

February 17, 2017

Courtesy of Cave Creek Unified School District

Team wins Innovate Award!

The Sonoran Trails Middle School Robotics Club, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, competed in the Good Year Qualifying Tournament this past weekend.  Although they faced some mechanical difficulties and a broken fuse, the team had an awesome time and gained great experience at the qualifying tournament.

On Monday, February 13, 2017, Club sponsors, Ms. Fauss and Mr. Colores, received a call from Arizona FIRST Tech Challenge (AZ FTC) and was told that the STMS Robotics Team won the “Innovate Award” and will be moving forward to the State Tournament, February 25, at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff! 

Principal Bill Dolezal said, “We could not be more proud of our STMS Robotics Team – in only their second year of competition, to come away with the “Innovate” award and be invited to compete in states as a middle school team speaks to the students’ and advisors’ hard work and ingenuity. Congratulations and good luck to Ms. Fauss, Mr. Colores and to all the STMS Robotics members.”

Sonoran Trails Middle School is an A+ School of Excellence offering its students the choice of World Languages (Chinese, French or Spanish) taught as a core subject, a Sci-Tech Action Lab, Award winning clubs and sports.  r more information, contact the principal at bdolezal@ccusd93.org or by calling 480-272-8600.

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Author: Les Conklin

Les Conklin is a resident of north Scottsdale He founded Friends of the Scenic Drive, the Monte de Paz HOA and is the president of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association. He was named to Scottsdale's History Maker Hall of Fame in 2014. Les is a past editor of A Peek at the Peak and the author of Images of America: Pinnacle Peak. He served on the Scottsdale's Pride Commission, McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission, the boards of several local nonprofits and was a founding organizer of the city's Adopt-A-Road Program.. Les is a volunteer guide at the Musical Instrument Museum.

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