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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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READY FOR ROBOTICS. On Nov. 10, three robotics teams from SPA competed at the league meet Center Stage on the road to qualifying for tournaments. Before competition, team members add finishing touches to their creation. Freshman Alex Haupt said, “We had to figure out how to innovate all these engineering problems and create this ramp.

Robotics competes in Center Stage meet

Juan Miguel Adams, The Rubicon November 27, 2023
Upper School robotics teams excelled in this year's league meet Nov. 10.
FIST BUMPS FOR STATE. On Saturday, Jan. 21, both robotics teams, The Autonomice (#11117) and The Robotters (#12660), competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge and successfully qualified for the state tournament. Stay tuned in for their state tournament on Feb. 11.

Robotics teams shine at FIRST Tech Challenge, qualify for state tournament

Rita Li, RubicOnline January 29, 2023
Collaboration, problem-solving and outreach are the keys to their success.
GIVE ME A HAND. After long hours and tons of work, the hand, in its completed form, is ready to be displayed.

[SCHILLING SCOOP] Give a hand to Alexander Moore and Ruth Mellin

Kevin Chen, RubicOnline January 22, 2022

In room 4110 CSE, there’s a black, 3D-printed hand, with bright red nail polish on its fingers, white strings placed throughout the hand, and wires connected to a pile of multicolored circuits. Where...

Senior Dante Gilbert works on the robotics team newest creation, which was used in last years competition. Senior Naci Konar-Steenberg said, “The motto [Of FIRST] is ‘Gracious Professionalism’, and that heavily focuses on trying to remain professional, mainly trying your best at robotics, while also trying to remain gracious in kind to team members, yourself, and the environment in the local engineering community.

[SCHILLING SCOOP] Robotics readies for competition

Kevin Chen, RubicOnline September 29, 2021
Robotics regains a sense of normalcy as the group bands together as they build.
Sophomore Clara Garner and junior Isabelle Wolpert talk at the Grand Opening.

Grand Opening showcases grand achievements

Melissa Nie, Director of RubicOnline October 14, 2019
The Upper School Grand Opening took place on Oct. 12.
John Hall, Hayden Graff, and Gabriel Konar-Steenberg control their robot.

Robotics posts solid results at state, fails to make worlds

Kelby Wittenberg, RubicOnline Editor February 12, 2019
On Feb 9, the SPA robotics team competed in the state competition, winning awards and having great success, but ultimately failing to make worlds.
Sophomore John Hall stands in the Robotics room where the team practices using their robot.

Hall shares his creative process of robotics

Bobby Verhey, RubicOnline Editor February 8, 2019
With the Spartan Robotics team preparing for state, sophomore John Hall shares how the team gets ready for competitions.
The official Instagram page of the popular spring sport Ultimate Frisbee.

Team Instagramers: Social media keeps fans connected

Emma Sampson, RubicOnline Editor April 5, 2018
Team Instagram accounts have recently been a way for students to follow their favorite school teams and clubs.
Computer Science classes are becoming more popular and easier to find both at SPA and other schools.

Bance talks tech

Ellie Findell, Production Manager March 19, 2018
9th grader Miranda Bance discusses her introduction to the computer science field, and her interest in tech.
Seniors Grant Gunderson and Michael Hall along with junior Michaela Polley watch their robot in a competition. “For the first part of the competition the robot has to be pre-programmed and that’s very challenging because there are so many things that can go wrong,” Hall said.

Spartan robotics builds the road to state

Martha Sanchez, Staff Writer December 12, 2017
The SPA robotics team emphasizes teamwork and hard work as they progress toward the state qualifying tournaments this month.

Meet Spartan Robotics, SPA’s FTC team

Web Lehmann, RubicOnline Illustrator/Videographer February 13, 2017
The SPA robotics team made it to the semifinals at the state tournament on Feb. 11-12. Learn who they are, what the game is, and get a glimpse into their Dec. 10 tournament in this video by RubicOnline videographer, Web Lehmann.
Sophomore Imran Umer works on a robot in the new computer science classroom. I have been into robotics ever since I was young and I like to make things out of other things and see what happens, Umer said.

New computer science program builds tech-y understanding

Emily Thissen, RubicOnline Editor September 4, 2016
Three new classes and a new computer science study group take place in the new classroom renovation of the lower library.
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