Los Alamitos High School Robotics Team won the first Orange County Robotics Competition on April 2. The win qualified them for the first Robotics Championship from April 27-30 in St. Louis, Miss. One problem: the team had no funds to get to the competition. So the Los Alamitos Education Foundation’s Board of Directors stepped in and approved a donation of $10,000 to fund the team’s trip to the championship tournament, which was supported by the Seal Beach Lions Club at $1000, Run Seal Beach at $1000, and Alamitos Eye Care at $500. In addition, Phillips Steel stepped in with nearly $1000 in brand new tools and Ganahl Lumber invited the team on a shopping trip to acquire additional tools and supplies, free of charge. Also, Los Alamitos Unified School District supplied the $5000 fee to enter the World championship tournament. The Robotics team officially called Team 6220, pictured from left to right are LAEF Executive Director Carrie Logue, LAHS Teachers Martin Valenzuela and Dan Bennett, Noel Limb, Team Captain Nick Jones, LAEF President Sean Payne, Jacob Flynn, Superintendent Dr. Sherry Kropp. Back Row – John Osborn of Alamitos Eye Care, Daryl Phillips of Phillips Steel, Brandon Petersen of Ganahl Lumber, LAEF Treasurer Kevin Guetig, Grayson Galisky, Andrew Stumpf, Will Dang, LAEF Board Member Trini Jimenez, Team Coach Mark Lengsfeld, LAEF VP Theresa Blankenstein.
