Star Students: New Port Richey Robotics Team In World Championships

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors.

This submission comes from Georgiana Marshen who nominated the 40 students that make up LED Robotics Team 6722 of New Port Richey.

Team 6722 implements the core values of FIRST Inspires with an emphasis on community outreach.

The team has traveled to various schools to demonstrate robotics building and coding, and in doing so piqued the interest of those students who range in age from first grade to high school.

The team places its focus on diversity and inclusion and has increased members as a result, many of them girls.

LED Robotics Team 6722 competed in the Tallahassee Regional FIRST Robotics competition and went up against 56 teams from the USA and around the globe, coming in first place.

This qualifies the team to go to World Competition in Houston on April 19, the first time ever.

Congratulations on your achievements, and all of our best wishes to you in the future, LED Robotics Team 6722!

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