Homer students to compete in state robotics championship

As part of the competition, the middle-schoolers program their Lego robot to perform a series of missions on a tabletop arena. (Photo courtesy of
Marj Dunn)
This winter, a group of middle-schoolers at West Homer Elementary are putting aside hockey sticks and skis in favor of a more unusual team sport: building robots.
The group of 10 sixth-graders calls themselves the “Brickheads.”
They competed against more than 20 teams from across the state at the First Lego League Robotics State