The robotics team at Mill Creek Middle School has had success this school year because they are combining some good ingredients: learning, creativity and teamwork.
There are 10 members on the team made up of 7th and 8th graders from Mill Creek. The First Technical Challenge (FTC) team for Dexter finished 1st as the Winning Alliance in the Detroit Qualifier and they made it to their first State Championship since the start of the program.
To learn more about the team, the Sun Times News (STN) connected with some of the students and their advisor, David Yon, who is a teacher at the school.
STN asked the students what they like about robotics.
“I love that you get to build and create something that works,” said Mill Creek student Elliot McMichael.
His teammate, Luke Cipolla, said “I liked that it was inviting and that you could go into it without past experience,” while Fynn…
