CCS VEX Teams Impress at States
The North Carolina VEX State Championship
was hosted by Jay M. Robinson High
School on Saturday, March 10th. Eighty-six
teams from across the state converged on
Robinson’s campus seeking to capture 1 of
the 17 qualifying awards enabling them to
compete at the VEX Worlds competition in
April in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the high school level tournament, two
teams from Jay M. Robinson secured spots
to compete at Worlds. Jay M. Robinson
Team A received the Excellence Award and
Jay M. Robinson Team D was the Overall
Tournament Champion. In their first year
competing, Northwest Cabarrus High’s Trojan
Pride ranked fourth overall.
In the VEX IQ division for middle and
elementary schools, three Cabarrus County
Schools teams were recognized at states. Mount Pleasant Middle School’s
RoboTigers team was the Middle School IQ Team Challenge State Champion
and was also awarded the STEM Project Award. This was the team’s first year in
competitive robotics and the
RoboTigers qualified for Worlds!
Northwest Cabarrus Middle
School’s Lady Titans team was
awarded the Middle School IQ
Judges Award and the Mount
Pleasant Elementary Technical
Tigers were also awarded
the Judges Award for the IQ
Elementary Level.
Congratulations to our VEX
competitors and good luck to
our teams heading to the world
competition!
MPMS Wins FFA Week
During February’s National FFA Week, Mount Pleasant Middle School’s FFA chapter
sponsored a week of events for members as well as the whole student body in attempt to
host the “World’s Greatest National FFA Week Celebration.” On Monday, March 26th, FFA
New Horizons magazine named the school’s FFA chapter the winner of the coveted title!
The school received a fun trophy and the glory knowing they had the “World’s Greatest
National FFA Week Celebration!”
Their weeklong, trophy-worthy celebration included themed that encouraged student
participation, including FFA t-shirt day, boots day, hunting/camo day and flannel day.
Each morning during announcements an agriculture trivia question was asked with an
answer that could be found on posters hung around the school about North Carolina
agriculture. Additionally, FFA members enjoyed a movie night and line dancing class.
The most successful event was the Agstravaganza. Various booths were set up showing equipment and technology used in agricultural careers
and students were able to showcase their own farm animals and knowledge.
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