Dominican: Robots rallies

At the March 4 regional First Tech Challenge Robotics Competition that drew 19 teams statewide to the University of New Orleans’ Human Performance Center, St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s robotics team, the Dream Team, won first place for the Motivate Award and third place for the Connect Award, and its Digibots team placed third for the Think award. Dominican was one of two all-girl teams at regionals. Team members are, front row, from left: Brooke Boyd, Nia Hudson, Nicole Girau, Heather Ordoyne, Mia Nguyen and Kate Heller. Middle row: Olivia Cheung, Kelly Jackson, Indya Taylor, Kayla Nguyen, Ariana Prator, Allie Norvell, Logan Jackson, Onyinyechi Okeke and coach Crissy Giacona. Back row: coach Madelyn Maldonado, Victoria Chan, Abigayle Rainey, Josie Wood, Anita Whitner, Catherine Bickerton, Lauren Cage and coach Matthew Foss.

Above, senior mascot Maggie Duplantier leads as the Statue of Liberty for Senior Salute 2017 during the school’s annual Rally Day.