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  • SY 24-25
Felicia Le

🎉 Congratulations to Our IJAVVE Robotics Team!

The IJAVVE FLL Robotics team — made up of our incredible 4th and 5th grade students — had an unforgettable experience yesterday at the FIRST LEGO League Play Space Qualifier in San Jose! 🚀

Competing against 14 teams from across the Bay Area, our students impressed everyone with their robot performance and innovation — earning 5th place overall with a top score of 225 points across four robot runs! 💪

Even more exciting, the team received the Robot Design Award — the second highest ranked award at the tournament — for their outstanding robot and attachment designs. This award celebrates teams that exemplify innovation, strategy, and engineering excellence. What an achievement!

And here’s what makes it even more special: this is our first year ever running a robotics program at IJAVVE. Our students’ hard work, determination, and collaboration led to real success — setting the stage for many more milestones to come. 🌟

Their innovation project addressed real-world ocean challenges by exploring how thermoelectric generators could power self-sustaining sensors underwater, helping scuba divers harness energy while submerged. 🌊⚙️

👏 Huge congratulations to our amazing team:

  • Joshua Aguilar (5th)
  • Darrius Balisoro (5th)
  • Angelina Nguyen (4th)
  • Navya Pathak (5th)
  • Aaron Pimentel (5th)
  • Caztiel Piña (4th)
  • Jose Riegos (5th)
  • Jase Saechao (5th)
  • Bryant Stripling (5th)
  • Miya Udarbe (4th)

🙏 And a big thank you to our incredible coaches — Ms. Sankarappan, Coach Pratik, and Coach Nithin — for your guidance, encouragement, and belief in our students every step of the way.

📸 Swipe through the photos to see the excitement and pride on their faces — this is IJAVVE Pride and Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District Pride. The future is bright (and robotic)! 💙🤖

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Jessica Tejada and Raquel Topete stand together on stage while holding their commendations and plaques.
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Jessica Tejada and Raquel Topete face the camera on stage while holding their commendations and plaques
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