Cleveland Heights & Beaumont Students Win Awards at RoboBots

Cleveland Heights High School lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual winners of the 2013 RoboBots Competition,  but students from both schools left the event with prestigious awards.

The Alliance for Working Together could have selected nominees from any of the 19 teams from various schools to win the U.S. Air Force award, but its selections were students about both of the schools in Heights. Cleveland Heights senior Bryan Kent and Beaumont junior Elizabeth Stanitz both won the award. 

The award is given to students who demonstrate leadership qualities in a team, problem-solving atmosphere. Coaches and company sponsors nominated a member of each team, and The Alliance for Working Together, which produces the RoboBots event, made its decisions

Additionally, the Heights team won the award for Best Presentation for the Great Lakes Destroyer robot, which made it to the quarterfinals in Saturday's event. The students were sponsored by Euclid Heat Treating and Willoughby-based Heisler Tool Co.

"That's about being prepared and documenting your work and understanding what it is you need to tell," Yvonne Schiffer, an Engineering Technology teacher at Cleveland Heights, said of the presentation award. "It says they're prepared to be whatever they want to be."