The school took home three awards for their remotely operated underwater vehicle
DEPTFORD TWP. -- Holy Trinity Regional School's SeaPerch team, Trinitech, competed at the 2016 New Jersey SeaPerch Challenge at Rowan University on April 16.
As part of the competition, the team, made up of 35 7th and 8th graders, designed and built a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) and used it to compete against other teams to complete specific underwater missions.
The competition also required teams document their work and learning in a notebook and give a presentation on their work at the competition.
Holy Trinity Regional School received the following awards this year:
- 3rd Place - Obstacle Course
- 3rd Place - Engineering Notebook
- 1st Place - Team Spirit
Holy Trinity Regional School's third place finish is its highest ever ranking in the pool portion of the competition. Driver Scott Jones, with the help of Navigator Zach Toles, earned the third place win by completing the obstacle course in two minutes.
SeaPerch is a nationwide competition program intended to introduce students to science and engineering and increase interest in engineering as a career field of choice.
This year was Holy Trinity's fifth year competing in SeaPerch, and the team's first year competing at Rowan University. The school's seventh grade teacher, Matthew Tornese, serves as the team's adviser and Butch Summers is the team's engineering mentor.
This item submitted by Holy Trinity Regional School.