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February 27, 2022 

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Two robotics teams from Notre Dame Middle School earn trip to world championships in Dallas.

At the 2022 Michigan Middle School VEX IQ Pitching In State Championship held yesterday at Grandville High School, the Notre Dame sixth-grade girls team of Sofia Arinez and Vanessa Artinian, who received a first-place ranking after eight qualification matches, teamed up with the second-ranked boys team, NDPMA's Anthony DiGrande, Christopher Artinian, Caden Staniszewski and Preston Schlachter, to earn an overall second-place finish.

That performance now qualifies the two teams to compete in the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship presented by Northrop Grumman Foundation, which will be held in May in Dallas, Texas. 

Louise Palardy, Notre Dame's STEM specialist, science teacher and manager of the school's robotics center, said she was proud of the Notre Dame teams.

"On top of all that, the sixth-grade boys team also qualified for the world championship by virtue of earning the 'Amaze Award' at Grandville for the design of their double catapult robot," she said.

Palardy added that two Notre Dame Prep high school teams will be competing today at the VEX Robotics Competition High School State Championship held at Kettering University in Flint.

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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame Preparatory School enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the National Association of Independent Schools. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school’s home page at www.ndpma.org.