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Las Vegas Area Teacher Asks the Community for Help Supporting his FIRST LEGO League Students!

Mr. Flood at Marvin M Sedway Middle School in North Las Vegas is looking for donations to purchase FIRST LEGO Spike robotics kits for his middle school classroom. With a new robotics kit, his students will have the opportunity to build and code a FIRST LEGO robot and compete in FIRST LEGO League Challenges. 

Mr. Flood elaborates on the importance of their funding project… “The students at my school want to learn and make this world a better place for all of us. In this digital age, students are the innovators of the future and one thing the school is missing is the tools for students to create. My school is a school filled with leaders and creators.”

If you want to support Mr. Flood’s middle school classroom, follow this link to their Donors Choose funding page. 

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