A winning design is predicated on four distinct elements, innovative design, robust design, and innovative and robust programming; which in conjunction with one another make a robot and its team of designers, programmers, and builders stand out.  In a competition of 99 teams,  our girls had one of the Most Robust Designs!

The Director’s Award is the most prestigious award that any team can win. The Director’s Award celebrates the ultimate success of the FIRST mission and FLL Values. It measures how the children inspire and motivate others about the accessibility, excitement, and wonders of science, technology, and engineering while demonstrating respect, encouragement, and continued gracious professionalism. The winning team receives the honor of serving as a valued role model for FIRST and the FIRST LEGO League Program. 

Teams considered for the Director’s Award were those that perform well in technical and team performance categories, which are equally weighted. Once teams were selected, judges reviewed the results of the teams’ FLL Value Assessment interviews. Using this final parameter for determination, the judges decided that our boys would receive third place in this most coveted award

CFK was invited to pilot a Junior FIRST LEGO League program for 6-9 year olds that ran parallel with the “senior” FIRST LEGO League program (9-15 year olds). Our JFLL team included 5 kids who presented their "design" at the State tournament.  They got a kit from LEGO and worked on one part of it before the tournament and another at the tournament. The JFLL portion of the tournament was non-competitive.  The team had fun!

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