Sidney showed its robotics prowess Tuesday morning at Broome Community College.
With a sea of maroon shirts overpowering the room, 34 Sidney students put on a strong display at the competition, placing three teams in the top four of the remote control category and three more in the top six of the autonomous category.
The students ranged in grades from 3-12.
"I thought it went great," Sidney high school technology teacher Christine Race said. "Any time you get interest like this from kids is great."
The competition, which featured teams from Seton Catholic, Greene, Harpursville, and several other Broome County School Districts, also served to show where Sidney students have to keep working, should they opt to compete more in the future.
"If you always practice, you don't know what you have to do to get better," Race said. "This helps us learn what we need to do."
Sidney sent 18 high school students, and eight each from the middle school and the elementary school.
In the remote control division, the sophomore squad of Jon Fitch, Miranda Gregory, Connor Gregory and Brandon Hitchcock made it to the championship, where they fell to a team from Harpursville.
Sidney also took third and fourth place. A freshman group, made up of Carolee Pierce, Adam Wagner, Matt Ross and Gavin Hoepnner, placed third. The fourth-place team consisted of senior Kwok Hing Chen and freshman Riley MacPherson.
The competition grouped all students together, despite age or grade.
"I'm impressed with what our group did," middle school technology teacher Jonathan Bogardus said. "This is a new system for them. They are against high school students, so I'm impressed."
In the autonomous category, which is where robots are controlled via programming rather than a remote, Sidney placed 4-6.
The fourth-place team consisted of Anthony Ruling, Tanner Schunk and Kyle McMillan. Fifth place went to Emma Egli, Dylan Gifford and Trey Larson, followed by the team of James Martin, Ryan Haley and Seth Arnold in sixth place.
One squad of elementary students - sixth graders Hannah Gray, Adrienne Paternoster and Jill Robinson - placed second in the Challenge bracket.
"Today was kind of like a preview for my kids," elementary teacher Deb Vaughan said. "They are younger than most groups here by two or three years. That's pretty big. They were competing with all the kids. They weren't outclassed. "
Besides teams placing, all Sidney students competed well and represented the school well, Superintendent Bill Christensen said.
"I am thrilled with how well our students performed," Christensen said. "We are very proud of everything these students did and look forward to seeing what they can do at future competitions. Students need to learn in a variety of classrooms and today our students were able to demonstrate and reap the rewards of being exposed to 21st Century rigorous and relevant curriculum. In the terms of testing, our students all demonstrated mastery in a fully engaging and real-life application of their knowledge."
With a sea of maroon shirts overpowering the room, 34 Sidney students put on a strong display at the competition, placing three teams in the top four of the remote control category and three more in the top six of the autonomous category.
The students ranged in grades from 3-12.
"I thought it went great," Sidney high school technology teacher Christine Race said. "Any time you get interest like this from kids is great."
The competition, which featured teams from Seton Catholic, Greene, Harpursville, and several other Broome County School Districts, also served to show where Sidney students have to keep working, should they opt to compete more in the future.
"If you always practice, you don't know what you have to do to get better," Race said. "This helps us learn what we need to do."
Sidney sent 18 high school students, and eight each from the middle school and the elementary school.
In the remote control division, the sophomore squad of Jon Fitch, Miranda Gregory, Connor Gregory and Brandon Hitchcock made it to the championship, where they fell to a team from Harpursville.
Sidney also took third and fourth place. A freshman group, made up of Carolee Pierce, Adam Wagner, Matt Ross and Gavin Hoepnner, placed third. The fourth-place team consisted of senior Kwok Hing Chen and freshman Riley MacPherson.
The competition grouped all students together, despite age or grade.
"I'm impressed with what our group did," middle school technology teacher Jonathan Bogardus said. "This is a new system for them. They are against high school students, so I'm impressed."
In the autonomous category, which is where robots are controlled via programming rather than a remote, Sidney placed 4-6.
The fourth-place team consisted of Anthony Ruling, Tanner Schunk and Kyle McMillan. Fifth place went to Emma Egli, Dylan Gifford and Trey Larson, followed by the team of James Martin, Ryan Haley and Seth Arnold in sixth place.
One squad of elementary students - sixth graders Hannah Gray, Adrienne Paternoster and Jill Robinson - placed second in the Challenge bracket.
"Today was kind of like a preview for my kids," elementary teacher Deb Vaughan said. "They are younger than most groups here by two or three years. That's pretty big. They were competing with all the kids. They weren't outclassed. "
Besides teams placing, all Sidney students competed well and represented the school well, Superintendent Bill Christensen said.
"I am thrilled with how well our students performed," Christensen said. "We are very proud of everything these students did and look forward to seeing what they can do at future competitions. Students need to learn in a variety of classrooms and today our students were able to demonstrate and reap the rewards of being exposed to 21st Century rigorous and relevant curriculum. In the terms of testing, our students all demonstrated mastery in a fully engaging and real-life application of their knowledge."