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WHS VP Ms. Thomas visiting the "pit" with Carl Verner, an engineering mentor from Pratt and Whitney, Mr. Guzausckus from WHS, and WHS student Jordan Roche.

Team Paragon was recently one of 36 teams to compete at Western New England University at the F.I.R.S.T (
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics qualifier. 

Shoutout to our wonderful advisors, Mr. Guzauckus and Peter Moore. After the first day and a half of the preliminary rounds, Team Paragon (Team 571) was selected by the Bobcat Robotics team to compete with them and Ledyard High in the Saturday afternoon final rounds. The Team won in the quarter finals and semi finals, but lost in the finals, placing Second šŸ„ˆoverall! 

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BOE President David Furie photographed with mentor Elyse Carroll showing off the teams second place medal. 

Congratulations to the team! 

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Competition Field

Do you have a middle school or high school student interested in Robotics? Head over to Team Paragonā€™s website for more information āž”ļø http://team-paragon.org/