Tonight, Belize High School's faculty and staff continue to celebrate its robotics team, which traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to compete in the 2022 First Global Challenge.
It's a yearly Olympics-style robotics challenge organized by the International First Committee Association, which promotes STEM education and careers. A team of talented STEM students from Belize High School participated in the competition, which ran from October 13th to the 16th.
After competing with teams all over the world, Team Belize ended up in a 4-way tie for first place with Lithuania, Switzerland, and Botswana. All four teams ended up with a final ranking score of 994 points.
Today, both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition gave them a shout-out in Parliament today. Here's that moment in the House Meeting:
