RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Students in Rhonda Hawley’s class at Linwood Holton Elementary School in Richmond tested out brand-new robots and tablets on Wednesday that were purchased using a $30,000 prize awarded to Hawley as part of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Mission Possible Makerspace Nation competition.
Hawley said she was initially inspired to enter the Makerspace Nation competition from a friend who found success in last year’s competition.
“One of my friends won last year,” Hawley said. “I saw the wonderful things that she was able to do in her classroom, and so I said, ‘We can try it.’”
Hawley eventually submitted an application video that got not just her class, but the whole school involved.
“I actually got two students from every class in the school, and…
