Punahou’s First LEGO League (FLL) Robotics teams competed in the Hawaiʻi State Championships on Sunday, Feb. 1, at McKinley High School in this year’s challenge, Unearthed.
Fifth and sixth grade students designed and programmed LEGO robots with interchangeable attachments to complete missions in the game arena, while also developing an innovation project to address a real-world archaeology problem. Competing against teams across the state with students up through eighth grade, Punahou’s Team 72586, the White Bytes, earned an impressive sixth-place finish statewide.
Congratulations to Punahou’s First LEGO League Robotics program and the following teams:
Team 72586 Punahou White Bytes
Sebastian Chang ’33, Grant Haverly ’33, Rylan Hovijitra ’33, Ian Kang ’33, Riku Kikuhara-Talvala ’33, Owen Pien ’33, Connor Prather ’33, Dylan Suetsugu ’33
Team 67189 Punahou Blue Lightning
Chiharu Bridgewater ’33, Gina Esaki ’33, Pax Kao ’32, Vincent Medendorp ’32, Bradley Nishida ’32, Leah Oak ’32, Duke Shipman ’32, Ava Wu ’32
Team 67187 Punahou Buff Bots
Zara Bailey ’33, Wyatt Boomsma ’32, Sau Sau Cheng ’32, Jacob Choi ’32, Jacob Muniz ’32, Sophie Pearson ’33, Andrew Wang ’32, Alexis Zappert ’32
