Mineola High School will host Nassau County’s inaugural FIRST LEGO League (FLL) all-day qualifying match on Saturday, Jan. 31 and the LEGO Legends from St. Mary High School in Manhasset will participate.
“This is quite an event for the county, as well as our district,”
School District Superintendent Michael Nagler said. “[FLL] does most of their stuff in Longwood. But they’ve grown so big that they needed to split the tournaments.
I look forward to a lot of fun that day and seeing another side of competition in the gym.”
Nagler met with the league on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to go over details
for Saturday’s event. Schools
across Nassau, including nearby Garden City, New Hyde Park,
Roslyn, Floral Park, Carle Place
and Great Neck, will have teams
in the match.
“I’m looking forward to this,” Nagler said. “I coach my son
in the junior FLL. I think it’s a
great program, particularly in our
STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Math] program because it deals with the engineering aspect. Part of bringing it to Mineola is also volunteering to host the competition.”
Thirty-two 10-member team tournaments will be held on Saturday.
“This competition compliments the curriculum,” Nagler said. “It’s
an extracurricular activity that fits with the curriculum.”
The league is an international program for children that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program with a sports-like atmosphere. For this year’s FLL Challenge throughout the world, FLL World Class, more than 265,000 children from 80 countries will participate in league events.
Qualifying Tournament #4
Jan. 31 afternoon
Team Name and Town
Seaford Sea Lions, Seaford
Floral Park Unikitties, Floral Park
STOBOR, Syosset
HBT BOTS, Syosset
Unlimited Thinkers, West Babylon
Floral Park Brick Heads, Floral Park
St. Mary’s LEGO Legends, Manhasset
Fury of the Locust, Locust Valley
Robotic Falcons, Locust Valley
The Robotic Chickens, Locust Valley
Radioactive Robots, Bayville
Builders By the Bay, Huntington
Salk Robohawks, Levittown
Aw3some Parakeets, New Hyde Park
Team Fun, Garden City
GearHeadz, Rocky Point
RVC BrickBuilders, Rockville Centre
GSNC Digital Darlings, Garden City
Mineola Motors, Mineola
Mineola Motors Squared, Mineola
Progressive School Lego Jedi’s (7), Merrick
Progressive School Lego Jedi’s (5), Merrick
Progressive School Lego Jedi’s (3), Merrick
South Side Sweet Potatoes, Rockville Centre
South Side Explosionators, Rockville Centre
R.I.G., Floral Park
Jr. Robo Dawgs, Levittown
Update Required, Roslyn
Peace Robotics Squad, Hempstead
RoboFalcons, Wantagh
