The Walnut High School FTC robotics team secured a 2nd place Inspire award at the regional qualifying tournament last weekend, which in itself was a culmination of 5 meets. This is an incredible accomplishment given the breadth of expertise the students have to demonstrate: technical, communication, commitment to STEM, and efforts in promoting STEM—and they are only a 2nd-year team. In addition to several team awards, the team also secured two academic and leadership finalist nominations for our co-captains Anson Lin and Jacqueline Luo.