Local Cyber Student Coaches Award-Winning Robotics Team

April 28, 2011 - PRLog -- 1332 Enterprise Drive, West Chester, PA 19380
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For Immediate Release

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Local Cyber Student Coaches Award-Winning Robotics Team

Pittsburgh, PA (4/7/2011) – PA Leadership Charter School (PALCS), a statewide cyber charter school, applauds the achievement of student Jaden Barney, a 10th Grade PALCS University Scholars Student, and her fellow Girls of Steel rookie robotics team.  The Girls of Steel  is an all-girls robotics team based at the Fields Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Girls of Steel competed in the Washington, D.C., FIRST Regional competition on Saturday, March 26, 2011.  For the second time in 2011, Girls of Steel was awarded the Rookie All-Star Award, an award the “celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.”   The team won its first Rookie All-Star Award during the Pittsburgh FIRST Regional competition on March 10-12, 2011.

“The flexibility at PALCS has given me the opportunity to devote myself to my team,”  said Jaden, PALCS student and coach of the Girls of Steel. “In addition, PALCS leadership opportunities, such as being in Student Government and being an editor for the Talon [the school newspaper], have given me the ability to strengthen my leadership skills.”

“She is a leader,” noted PALCS Honors Chemistry teacher Charles Goebel.  “She is a hard worker, a real self-starter, and always manages to stay ahead of her school work.”

Up next for Jaden and the Girls of Steel will be the St. Louis FIRST Championship, April 27-30, 2011.  

Learn more about  Jaden Barney and her Girls of Steel teammates at the team blog girlsofsteelrobotics.blogspot.com/.  Information on the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) can be found at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/default.aspx?....


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PA Leadership Charter School has offices in Pittsburgh, and its home in West Chester, Pa. It is a public charter school open to all Pennsylvania residents and serves nearly 2,000 students throughout the Commonwealth. PA Leadership offers various programs, including Performing Arts, University Scholars, and Leadership training with international learning opportunities. PA Leadership’s students reside in 340 of Pennsylvania’s 501 public school districts. For more information, visit http://www.palcs.org or call 610-701-3333.