Three teams and an individual student from the Junior Beta chapter at the Allen County Intermediate Center (ACIC) qualified last week at the state Junior Beta Convention in Lexington to advance to the National Junior Beta Convention later this year.
The ACIC Division I fifth grade Tower of Power team took first place honors in their event. Team members include Parker Thompson, Nicole Morgan, Taylor Temple, Emma Vick, and Trace Penick.
“Tower of Power is designed for a team of three to five students to use innovative problem solving techniques and engineering concepts to create a tower that supports a tennis ball for one minute,” explained Kellie Stinson, Junior Beta sponsor at ACIC. “Students had 15 minutes to construct the tallest tower possible using all the materials provided.”
The Tower of Power competition featured two divisions---Division I is fourth and fifth grades and Division II is sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The ACIC Division II team of sixth graders Tucker Scott, Karsyn Carter, Rafe Blankenship, Peyton Cope, and Sara Beth Meador placed second last week. Both ACIC teams qualified for the national competition.
The ACIC robotics team placed second in last week’s competition and also qualified for nationals. Team members are sixth graders, Hayden Stephens, Will Pitchford, Aaron Shain, Alec Doolin, Exavier Knight, and Embry Pierce. The team is coached by Aaron Boggess and Tamela Boggess.