The Montverde Academy robotics team won first place at the Showdown in the Devil's Den V5 Competition at Winter Haven High School. The team also received the Excellence Award, qualifying them for the 2025 Florida High School Event Championship on February 23.
蒙特沃德学院的机器人团队在温特黑文高中举办的“恶魔之穴 V5 挑战赛”中荣获冠军，并且获得了卓越奖，这使他们有资格参加2025年2月23日举行的佛罗里达高中赛事锦标赛。
The Excellence Award recognizes overall excellence in both the Judged Award and the Performance Award categories and incorporates all criteria of the Design Award, plus the added component of a team’s on-field performance at the event. The Excellence Award is a required award if judging occurs at an event.
卓越奖旨在表彰在评审奖和表现奖两个类别中均表现出色的团队，涵盖了设计奖的所有标准，并额外强调了团队在活动中的现场表现。根据比赛规则，如果在活动现场进行评审，则卓越奖是必设奖项。
Key Criteria for the Excellence Award:
卓越奖的关键评选标准包括如下：
- Be at or near the top of all Engineering Notebook rubric rankings with a fully developed notebook.
- 1. 在所有工程笔记评分标准中名列前茅，拥有完整且成熟的工程笔记。
- Both the team interview and Engineering Notebook demonstrate independent inquiry from the beginning stages of the design process through execution.
- 2. 团队访谈和工程笔记展示了从设计过程的初始阶段到执行阶段的独立探究。
- Be a candidate for consideration for other judged awards.
- 3. 成为其他评审奖项的候选团队。
- Demonstrate a student-centered ethos.
- 4. 展现出以学生为中心的精神。
- Exhibit positive team conduct, good sportsmanship, and professionalism.
- 5. 表现出积极的团队行为、良好的体育精神和专业素养。
- The Engineering Notebook is consistent with the qualities demonstrated in the team interview and robot design.
- 6. 工程笔记与团队访谈及机器人设计中所展现的品质保持一致。
- At the conclusion of Qualification matches, be ranked in the top 40 percent of teams at the event in Qualification match rankings.
- 7. 在资格赛结束时，位列资格赛排名前40%的队伍。
- At the conclusion of the Robot Skills Challenge matches, be ranked in the top 40 percent of teams at the event.
- 8. 在机器人技能挑战赛结束时，位列赛事排名前40%的队伍。
- At the conclusion of the Autonomous Coding Skills Challenge matches, be ranked in the top 40 percent of teams at the event with a score above zero.
- 9. 在自主编程技能挑战赛结束时，位列赛事排名前40%的队伍，且得分高于零。
Congratulations to the MVA robotics team on this fantastic achievement, and best of luck at the state competition!
恭喜蒙特沃德学院机器人团队取得这一非凡成就，预祝你们在州级比赛中再创佳绩！