Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Mark Scott
Board Members
Helen Hughes, Vice Chairman
Lori Johnson
Dr. Rick Unruh
Mr. Fred Wilson, Chairman
Dave Crockett
Hoke Morrow
Bryan Upshaw
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 31, 2017
(Release #2016/17 – 191)
Contact: Beth McLaughlin, Director of Community & School Affairs, 478-988-6390, ext. 0, [email protected]
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FMMS and HMS Win 1st Place in FIRST LEGO League Super
Regional Tournament
HOUSTON COUNTY, GA – Feagin Mill Middle and
Huntington Middle Schools won first place from
among 28 teams in the FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO
League Super Regional Tournament held Jan. 21,
2017. The event was hosted by STARBASE
ROBINS at the Museum of Aviation.
Feagin Mill Middle’s students placed first in Robot
Performance using LEGO Mindstorm technology.
Their team sponsor is Tomieka Waller. Team
members are pictured (at top, from left): Rowan
Waller, Jack Davis, Justin Buchner, Roberto
Beaublanc, Kourtney Joseph and Gabriel
Velazquez.
Huntington Middle placed first in the Core Value
category. The students created super hero
costumes with a large H on their shirts for
“Huntington Heroes.” Skits and a video that
showed their chronological work of failures and
success, fun and hard work as a team were
presented. Huntington’s sponsors are Rodney
Johnson and Lisa Smith.
Huntington’s team members are pictured
with their trophy. From left are: (seated)
Connor Collins, Jaren Zimmerman and Cody
Riesgard; (standing) Bryan Thomas, Lily Izor,
Brandon McWhirter, Chandler Rutledge,
Kendrick Childs and advisor Johnson.
P.O. Box 1850 • Perry, Georgia 31069
(478) 988-6200 • Fax (478) 988-6259
www.hcbe.net
The students were chosen to advance to the Super Regional from among 23 teams that competed in
the Regional Tournament hosted by Byron Middle School in December of 2016.
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international competition for elementary and middle school students,
ages 9 to 14. Guided by adult coaches, students research a real-world problem such as food safety,
recycling, energy, etc., and develop a solution. They also design, build and program a robot and then
compete on a playing field. The youth have fun as they learn to use science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) concepts and imagination to solve a problem. They also develop
critical thinking, team-building skills and presentation skills, as they must creatively present their
solutions to judges.
Feagin Mill Middle is located at 1200 Feagin Mill Road in Warner Robins. Dr. Jesse Davis serves as
principal. Huntington Middle is located at 206 Wellborn Road in Warner Robins. Dr. Gwendolyn
Taylor serves as principal. For more information, please contact either the Museum’s Director of
Education, Melissa Spalding, at 478-954-1915 or STARBASE ROBINS STEM Program Project Manager
LaTondra Oliver, at [email protected] or 478-926-1986.
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P.O. Box 1850 • Perry, Georgia 31069
(478) 988-6200 • Fax (478) 988-6259
www.hcbe.net