It is back-to-school for a lot of Vermonters on Wednesday. A few of them spent their last day of summer at the Champlain Valley Fair to make one last effort to recruit new members for STEM programs.Students from South Burlington and Champlain Valley Union High School spent their day recruiting kids as the new school year begins. They are trying to get kids to sign up for First Robotics, an international program that connects kids with electronics at a young age, where they learn to code, make robots and ultimately compete.”We make these for a competition period of around 12 or 13 weeks. Six weeks of competing, and then six weeks of building,” said South Burlington High School junior Levi Duteau.Duteau and his classmates will be entering their robots at a showcase at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium this spring, from March 27 to March 29.
It is back-to-school for a lot of Vermonters on Wednesday. A few of them spent their last day of summer at the Champlain Valley Fair to make one last effort to recruit new members for STEM programs.
Students from South Burlington and Champlain Valley Union High School spent their day recruiting kids as the new school year begins. They are trying to get kids to sign up for First Robotics, an international program that connects kids with electronics at a young age, where they learn to code, make robots and ultimately compete.
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“We make these [robots] for a competition period of around 12 or 13 weeks. Six weeks of competing, and then six weeks of building,” said South Burlington High School junior Levi Duteau.
Duteau and his classmates will be entering their robots at a showcase at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium this spring, from March 27 to March 29.
