NDP ROBOTICS RESPONDS

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December 10, 2023

For information on enrollment and registration at Notre Dame Prep, an independent, Catholic, International Baccalaureate school, please visit the admissions section of our website here.

School's VEX IQ teams match up well in massive competition Saturday versus older competitors with sixth-graders getting a spot in Michigan finals.

At Saturday's massive VEX IQ league finals at Notre Dame Prep that fielded 36 teams split evenly between elementary and middle schools, NDP's teams once again performed well with a sixth-grade team getting a berth in the state finals.

According to Louise Palardy, Notre Dame Prep's STEM specialist and manager of the school's robotics center, all of NDP's entries were in the elementary category.

"All our NDP teams were classified as elementary school teams and we went against students much older than us," she said. "Team 3333A, sixth-graders Cole Nehra, Oliver Jostock, Adit Gill and Isaac Gumma, finished in fifth place and won the Design Award, qualifying them for the state championship to be held March 2 at Monroe County Community College."  

League results for Notre Dame Prep's teams:

• Fifth place: 3333A - sixth graders Cole Nahra, Adit Gill, Oliver Jostock and Isaac Gumma
• Seventh place: 3333K - fifth graders Allison Lester and Yana Riegel
• Eighth place: 3333A - fourth graders Jonathon Opie, Alex Hufstedler, Elliot Yauch and Landon Fabris 
• 10th place: 3333E - Dylan Jonckheere, fifth grade, and Maxwell Cadet, third grade 
• 12th place: 3333N - sixth graders Lourdes Francis, Alex Lark, Jojo Wiater and Jude Francis

Awards:

Design Award - 3333A - Cole Nehra, Isaac Gumma, Oliver Jostock, Adit Gill. This is awarded to the best engineering design notebook and team interview. Qualified for the Michigan state championship. 

Judges Award - 3333R - Scarlett Sulaka, Guiliana Lukosavich, Isabella Giannetti, Milena Lukosavich and Stella Haverland. This is awarded to a team that had an outstanding interview and the judges see them as an up-and-coming team!

For information on enrollment and registration at Notre Dame Prep, an independent, Catholic, International Baccalaureate school, please visit the admissions section of our website here.

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About Notre Dame Preparatory School 
Notre Dame Preparatory School is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame Preparatory School's upper school enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame Prep's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the National Association of Independent Schools. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School, visit the school’s home page at www.ndpma.org.