Cactus High represents Peoria Unified School District
Posted 5/5/20
The Cobra Commanders 498, a competitive robotics club based out of Peoria Unified School District’s Cactus High School, 6330 W. Greenway Road, Glendale, were awarded two of the most coveted …
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Robotics Club nets top competition awards
Cactus High represents Peoria Unified School District
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Cactus High School 6330 W. Greenway Road Glendale, AZ
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The Cobra Commanders 498, a competitive robotics club based out of Peoria Unified School District’s Cactus High School, 6330 W. Greenway Road, Glendale, were awarded two of the most coveted FIRST Robotics Competition awards.
In March, the Cobra Commanders received the Chairman’s Award at the 2020 San Diego Regional Competition. The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST, as it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST, which is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
The award was created to keep the central focus of FIRST Robotics Competition on the ultimate goal of transforming the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encourage more of today’s youth to become science and technology leaders.
Cactus teacher and head coach for The Cobra Commanders Adam Shroyer was awarded the Regional Woodie Flowers Award at the 2020 Arizona West Regional Competition, which celebrates effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design. This award recognizes an individual who has done an outstanding job of motivation through communication while also challenging the students to be clear and succinct in their communications.
The robotics team also received state, regional and international recognition in 2019. The Cobra Commanders won the Arizona State Championship, the Arizona West Regional Championship, the Arizona West Engineering Inspiration Award, placed second in a battle of 40 of the best teams in the Western United States, and placed fourth at the World Championships.
Visit www.team498.com for more information about the Cobra Commanders.
The Cobra Commanders 498 builds internationally recognized competitive robots. As a team, they work together to build large, 125-pound robots that compete in games as a part of FIRST Robotics Competition. Alongside teachers, industry mentors and sponsors, the students design, fabricate, build and program well-engineered robots in just six weeks.
