NEXGEN STEM ACADEMY - Salisbury Middle School
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NEXGEN STEM ACADEMY

@ SALISBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Building the Next Generation of Leaders Inspired by Curiosity, Creativity, and Innovation.
About NexGen

OUR MISSION

The NexGen STEM Academy at Salisbury Middle School seeks to build the next generation of leaders that are inspired to assess and solve community and global problems collaboratively through curiosity, creativity, and innovation.
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About: FIRST® LEGO® League

FIRST® LEGO® League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 9-16 through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem solving experience through a guided, global robotics program, helping today's students and teachers build a better future together.

FIRST® LEGO® League inspires youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.

Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering - building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game.
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FIRST® LEGO® League Core Values

The FIRST Core Values are the cornerstones of the program. They are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FIRST LEGO League from other programs of its kind.

By embracing the Core Values, participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.

We express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® through our Core Values.
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Our Teams: FIRST® LEGO® League

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Project R.O.B [Robots of Brainstorming] and Project R.O.E [Robots of Exploration]

FIRST® LEGO® League Season Challenges

Every year, FIRST® LEGO® League releases a new Challenge based on a real-world, scientific theme.Starting with Discover, children are introduced to the fundamentals of STEM while working together to solve fun challenges and building models using LEGO® DUPLO® bricks.

As participants progress into Explore, children will take their background knowledge of STEM and put it into practice as they work in teams to design and build robots using the LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 system.

Once they are ready to move into a competitive setting, they join Challenge and apply their STEM skills combined with critical thinking to work with a team, build a robot, and compete in an exciting, mission-based robotics game. This is the stage that our teams are at.
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Project R.O.B
[Robots of Brainstorming]

Project R.O.E
[Robots of Exploration]

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Building the Next Generation of Leaders Inspired by Curiosity, Creativity, and Innovation.
#TheNexGen

Contact Us

James N. McCrobie, M.S.
Academy Facilitator
jmccrobi@wcboe.org
Chad Pavlekovich, Ed.D.
STEM Curriculum Specialist
cpavleko@wcboe.org
Terance Dunn, M.Ed.
Salisbury Middle Principal
tdunn@wcboe.org
  • Home
  • At a Glance
  • Academic Studies
    • Academic Units of Study
    • Academic Content Focus Areas >
      • Environmental Studies
      • Agricultural Studies
      • Engineering Design and Emerging Technologies
      • Engineering/ Computer Science: Project Lead the Way- Gateway
    • Academic Unit Capstone Project Showcase >
      • 6th Cryptid Hunters
      • 7th Patient Zero
      • 8th Project Vulcan
      • 6th-8th Project Green
      • 6th-8th The Bee's Knees!
  • Lab Facilities
    • NeXus- Hub for Innovation
    • Lab for Agriculture and the Environment
  • STEM Faculty
    • Natural Sciences >
      • Chad Pavlekovich, Ed.D.
    • Social and Geographical Sciences >
      • James N. McCrobie, M.S.
    • Engineering/Computer Science >
      • Keith Simpkins, B.S.
    • Mathematics >
      • Rachel Thompson, B.S.
      • Katie Serenyi, M.Ed.
    • Literacy and Research >
      • Katie Vinroot, M.Ed.
  • Extracurricular
    • Robotics: FIRST Lego League
  • Events
    • A Seminar on the Plausability of Cryptids
    • Patient Zero: Searching for the Answers to the Unknown Illness Amoung Us
    • The Great STEM(+) Expo