Lower School Robotics
St. Michael's Prep is committed to providing a rich, innovative learning environment for each student. Part of this robust educational experience includes measures where students practice computational thinking, risk taking, and collaborative problem solving. Beginning in 3rd grade, students compete with peers across the county, programming robots to accomplish shared missions and tasks.
These skills are essential for learning, especially in regard to mathematics. With this concept in mind, each student begins applying these skills in their math curriculum, starting in Pre-K, through coding and robotics.
Utilizing developmentally-appropriate, innovative pedagogy, our students exercise creativity in coding starting in Pre-K 4, that serves as application of their grade-level mathematical concepts. These skills are advanced each year as they progress through math, coupled with coding.
Starting in 2nd grade, our students apply their computational thinking, risk-taking, and collaborative problem solving as they begin elementary-level programming of robotics, which moves into a competitive robotics program in grades 3-6 with the Wonder League Robotics Competition, a global competition using the Dash robot.
The measures not only apply future-ready skills but also create global learning opportunities for collaboration and design thinking for all St. Gabriel’s students.
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