EDUCATION

Chandler team wins award at Lego event

The Chandler Community team Earthquake earned the Best Innovation Research Project award in the First Lego League Skyline Regional tournament at Skyline Gila River in Chandler in December. In the front row, from the left, are Bryce, Krishiv, Myles, Samy and Chase. In back, from the left, are coach Emile Davies-Vann, Avyaan, Maer, Ritwik, coach Alan Tu and Laya.

Courtesy of Education Empowers Inc.

Every Friday or Saturday, one will find young innovators huddled together, working on a robot, drone, or an Arduino/Raspi board, at the local Boys & Girls Clubs and libraries in Arizona.

These students are part of the nonprofit Education Empowers Inc. They meet after school to learn STEM skill sets and engineering problem-solving skills, according to a news release.

Founded by the mother-daughter team Anna Prakash and Elaina Ashton in 2017, their programs are serving 50-plus locations currently in Arizona, it states.

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