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65-534: The school was founded in 1935 by Margaret Lee Chadwick and Commander Joseph Chadwick in San Pedro, California . In 1938, the school moved to Palos Verdes, California . In the beginning, Chadwick was an open-air day and boarding school for 75 students. After the retirement of the Chadwick family in 1963, the school created a board of trustees and in 1968 discontinued its boarding program. In 1972, Chadwick joined

130-406: A Design Academy with a curriculum for teaching skills through participation in a VEX Robotics Competition. In addition, VEX Robotics provides two other programs aiming to introduce these skills at an early age in the classroom: VEX 123, and VEX Go. VEX 123 is a VEX Robotics program aimed to introduce basic turtle-style programming to young students in kindergarten through second grade . It uses

195-588: A January 2011 exhibition at the Palos Verdes Library , came about in 1941 after Chadwick hired Adams to do a three-day photo shoot for her school's fifth-anniversary promotional catalog. In 1942, Adams returned to the campus to shoot a tennis exhibition featuring professional tennis star Jack Kramer . Negatives for some of those prints are in the official Adams archive at the University of Arizona 's Center for Creative Photography. Adams also took

260-553: A battery port, 8 legacy sensor ports, and a micro-USB programming port. Usage with a VEX V5 Radio enables wireless driving and wireless programming of the brain via the VEX V5 Controller. The controller allows wireless user input to the robot brain, and two controllers can be daisy-chained if necessary. Each controller has two hardware ports, a micro-USB port, two 2-axis joysticks, a monochrome LCD display, and twelve buttons. The controller's LCD can be written wirelessly from

325-582: A deal with Vancouver International Primary and Secondary School fell through. Prior to that, the International School Service had submitted plans to run the school but withdrew them. Later in the process, the school's opening was delayed by Chadwick administrators when they failed to submit paperwork on time. The school is located in the Songdo International City , a city renowned for its efforts to "go green" and

390-402: A goal on one side of the field, whilst passing it between each of the teamwork partners robots. The goal wall consists of 4 different holes that can be scored into. Each hole contains a 'switch' that is activated when a ball passes through a hole. Each switch can be activated once per match. Once a ball has been scored, it can be picked up by a designated member of the drive team who places it into

455-411: A goal, the more points. As well as that, if all the blocks in a goal are the same color (size), then the team(s) get a uniform goal bonus. Teams can get blocks from the supply zone, or get blocks located at specific positions on the field. Teams can also get points for knocking the red blocks off the starting pegs. Teams get points for partial-parking (having part of your robot located in the supply zone at

520-475: A graduate of Stanford, Joseph Jr., who also joined the Navy, and David , a pediatrician engaged in research and lecturing and who joined the Navy as well, in its V-12 Navy College Training Program . One of her husband's final tours was to San Pedro, California . The couple enrolled their children in local schools, which both parents found unsatisfactory. So, in 1935, Chadwick founded the open-air home school on

585-646: A hanging bar. VEX IQ Challenge Rings-N-Things was the Pilot Program for the VEX IQ Challenge robotics competition program, which launched in April 2012. The game is played on a four-foot by eight-foot field, surrounded by a 3.5-inch tall perimeter. There are four goals and eight rings into which teams can score 36 balls. The field is divided by the ramp. The VEX U level competition is a robotics competition for college and university students that uses

650-684: A hilltop in Palos Verdes with 75 day and boarding students, and was the first high school on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Her husband, Lt. Commander Joseph Chadwick, helped run the school. In 1963, the Chadwicks retired. At the same time, the Roessler-Chadwick Foundation was formed and trustees were named. Margaret Chadwick wrote in her 1978 book A Dipperful of Humanity , her emphasis on the school

715-602: A larger room previously occupied by the maintenance department. In 2014, the team had 30 members and had to move to a much larger classroom. In 2015, the team had 12 students. Chadwick Robotics also collaborates with the robotics program at the Chadwick International campus in Songdo, South Korea, sharing engineering techniques and innovative strategies for each year's contest. Margaret Lee Chadwick Margaret Lee Chadwick (Apr 26, 1893 - May 2, 1984)

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780-780: A length of two minutes. On April 25, 2020, VEX Robotics and the REC Foundation announced a new platform of competitions, the VEX AI Competition. The new platforms will use the VEX V5 Construction and Control System, and registration will be available to high school and college teams. The competition is fully autonomous and will use an array of new sensors, including the VEX Game Positioning System (VEX GPS); VEX AI microprocessor; VEX AI Vision Sensor with depth perception; VEX LINK,

845-426: A loader on the opposite side of the field. the loader randomly chooses a direction for the balls to be sent. 2 balls can be in play at once during the game. In the last 15s of a match, the designated drive team member can load the balls from a specific zone on the board instead of using the loader. VEX IQ Robotics Competition Full Volume is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. Two robots compete in

910-444: A portrait of Chadwick and her husband, in uniform after he was called back to duty during World War II. The photo once decorated the archives office in the school's library. The couple originally met Adams during an annual ski trip to Yosemite on which Commander Chadwick would take the then small student body. Found in Chadwick's records upon her death was a letter Adams sent to the Chadwicks in 1974. The Chadwicks, he wrote, "infused

975-493: A robot. The students use a graphical software to program the robot. There are two parts to the contests: Robot Skills, which is a single robot trying to score as many points as possible, and the Teamwork Challenge, where two robots attempt to work together to complete the same task. VEX IQ Robotics Competition Rapid Relay is played on a 6 feet x 8 feet rectangular field configured as seen above. Two robots compete in

1040-473: A scholarship. After college graduation, Chadwick accepted a teaching position in the now defunct city of Metropolis , near Elko, Nevada . After a year, she traveled to China, where her brother Paul Lee was stationed. He introduced her to Naval Officer Joseph Chadwick, who was also stationed there. The couple married in Shanghai in 1921 and relocated to California. They had three children, Theodora, also

1105-524: A wireless robot-to-robot communications interface; and the VEX Sensor Fusion Map, a new multi-sensor integration technology which uses sensory data from the robots to render the course in real-time 3D. Each team will build and program two robots. Teams will be able to 3D print and machine parts, use custom electronics, and utilize an unlimited quantity of motors. The pilot program is scheduled to open for registration to university students in

1170-715: Is a Scratch -based coding environment designed by VEX Robotics for programming VEX Robotics hardware, such as the VEX V5 Brain. The block-style interface makes programming simple for elementary through high-school students. VEXcode is consistent across VEX 123, GO, IQ, and V5 and can be used to program the devices from each. VEXcode allows the block programs to be viewed as equivalent C++ or programs to help more advanced students transition from blocks to text. This also allows easy interconversion between text-based and block-based programming. VEXcode also lets students code in C++, which gives

1235-556: Is administratively a near replica of Chadwick School in Palos Verdes. Headmaster Ted Hill has stated that the sister school will remain in contact with the originating school through the use of Telepresence equipment supplied by Cisco . The school opened on September 6, 2010, and completed its first year in June 2011. As of the 2013-14 school year, Chadwick International enrolled 780 students in grades pre-K through 10. Eleventh grade

1300-662: Is divided into three schools: the Village School (K-6), the Middle School (grades 7-8), and the Upper School (grades 9-12). Sixty-three percent of the faculty members held advanced degrees in the 2014-15 school year. On January 13, 2010, the school announced that it would be administering and integrating a sister school in South Korea. Chadwick was the third school chosen to administrate the new school after

1365-499: Is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest possible alliance score by scoring small and large BuckyBalls into the floor, low and high goals, filling scoring rings, and having robots hang from the hanging bar at the end of the match. There are a total of 36 small BuckyBalls and four large BuckyBalls available as scoring objects in the game. There are four floor goals, two low goals, two high goals, and four scoring rings, as well as

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1430-448: Is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest score by scoring and stacking colored hubs in building zones, removing bonus hubs from the hanging structure, and by parking or hanging on the hanging bar. There are two building zones in the corners of the field. In the middle, there is one hanging structure. There are a total of fifteen hubs, plus two bonus hubs available to be scored in

1495-476: The COVID-19 pandemic . On March 30, 2020, VEX Robotics and the REC Foundation announced they would host the first-ever VEX Robotics Virtual World Celebration on April 25, 2020. The event celebrated the accomplishments of all teams and revealed the 2020–21 VEX Robotics Competition and VEX IQ Challenge. During this event, VEX Robotics and the REC Foundation also hosted a Fantasy Robotics simulation for all levels in

1560-549: The Cum Laude Society . Up until the 1970s, the school owned all of the hill leading up to it, which was sold off to establish the school's endowment. Since then, the school has opened more buildings, a gymnasium , and a performing arts center. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges . The movie adaptation of the book Mommie Dearest was filmed at Chadwick in 1981. Chadwick

1625-484: The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation , provides elementary and middle school students with exciting, open-ended robotics and research project challenges that enhance their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills through hands-on, student-centered learning. A VEX IQ Robotics set is used, with plastic pieces that snap together using pegs, and it is extremely easy to construct

1690-490: The 2016 VEX Robotics World Championship aired on ESPN2 in June 2016. CBS aired a one-hour special version of the 2017 VEX Robotics World Championship on June 11. During the VEX Robotics World Championship, a "Parade of Nations" is held and includes hundreds of students, often dressed in costumes, from more than thirty countries. The 2020 VEX Robotics World Championship was canceled due to

1755-504: The Community Service program. On February 5, 2014, a fossil of a sperm whale skull embedded in a boulder of Middle Miocene Era Altamira Shale located on the grounds of Chadwick School was removed to be studied at the L.A. County Natural History Museum. An expert from the museum believed that the skull might be of a previously unknown species. This event was widely covered by Los Angeles area news outlets. Chadwick's debate team

1820-430: The REC Foundation to help middle and high school students develop problem-solving and computational thinking skills. It was introduced at the VEX Robotics World Championship in April 2019 as a replacement for a previous system called VEX EDR (VEX Cortex). The program utilizes the VEX V5 Construction and Control System as a standardized hardware, firmware, and software compatibility platform. Robotics teams and clubs can use

1885-487: The Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60-second-long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points. Teams also compete in Skills Challenges, where one team tries to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills, where the robots is operated entirely by humans, and Programming Skills, where the robot acts autonomously. The object of the game is to score plush balls into

1950-463: The Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60-second-long teamwork matches, working together to score points. Teams also compete in Skills Challenges, where one team tries to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills, where the robots is operated entirely by humans, and Programming Skills, where the robot acts autonomously. The object of the game is to score different sized blocks into one of three goals. The more blocks in

2015-501: The VEX Robotics Competition, has some distinct rules. The autonomous period of VEX U competitions is also longer, lasting forty-five seconds versus the fifteen for the VEX Robotics Competition. As a result, the driver control period is shortened to a period of seventy-five seconds immediately after the autonomous period has been scored, and the autonomous bonus has been awarded to the correct alliance to keep matches at

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2080-716: The VEX Robotics Program, using statistics from state and qualifying tournaments. On January 20, 2021, the REC Foundation along with VEX Robotics announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 VEX World Championships would be modified to an online fully remote tournament and would also include remote skills matches. VEX Robotics competitions have been of interest to educators as a way of stimulating students' interest in hands-on learning, engineering, and computer programming. The Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University has created

2145-453: The VEX Robotics World Championship. The description and rules for the season's competition are released during the world championship of the previous season. Starting in 2021, the VEX Robotics World Championship has been held in Dallas, Texas each year in mid-April or mid-May, depending on which league the teams are competing in. VEX V5 is a STEM learning system designed by VEX Robotics and

2210-534: The VEX Robotics hardware and V5 electronics. The rules are nearly identical for this competition as for the VEX Robotics Competition, but VEX U teams are allowed to take advantage of more customization and greater flexibility than other levels (teams are granted the ability to use 3D printers and use raw materials such as sheet metal and wood). This allows VEX U teams to have more customization on their robots and construct mechanisms that cannot be created solely via

2275-536: The VEX Robotics hardware. Also, their robot creation is limited by the need to find effective costs and a restricted development environment in order to model a real-world situation. Additionally, rather than being limited to a robot size of an 18-inch cube, VEX U contestants had the freedom to use up to a 24-inch cube of space for their larger robot and up to a 15-inch cube for their smaller robot (thus, each team builds 2 robots, and competes against another team's two robots). The VEX U competition, although very similar to

2340-504: The VEX V5 Construction and Control System. In this competition, teams design, build, and program robots to compete at tournaments. At tournaments, teams participate in qualifying matches where two randomly chosen alliances of two teams each compete for the highest team ranking. Before the Elimination Rounds, the top-ranking teams choose their permanent alliance partners, starting with the highest-ranked team, and continuing until

2405-487: The VEX V5 system to build robots to compete in the annual VEX V5 Robotics Competition. The VEX V5 Construction and Control System is a metal-based robotics platform with machinable, bolt-together pieces that can be used to construct custom robotic mechanisms. The robot is controlled by a programmable processor known as the VEX V5 Brain. The Brain is equipped with a color LCD touchscreen, 21 hardware ports, an SD card port,

2470-629: The VRC Competition. The VEX Robotics World Championship brings together qualifying teams from the two VEX Robotics programs: the VEX IQ Challenge, VEX Robotics Competition, with the VEX AI Competition bringing the number to three in 2022. The championship is an international celebration of the robotics community and a final tournament to crown the VEX World Champions in each league. The 2021–24 championships are scheduled to be held in Dallas, Texas . A one-hour special version of

2535-1217: The alliance capacity for the tournament is reached. The new alliances then compete in an elimination bracket, and the tournament champions, alongside other award winners, qualify for their regional culminating event. . The current challenge is VEX V5 Robotics Competition: High Stakes. Middle and high school students have the same game and rules. The most general and basic rules for the VEX V5 Robotics Competition are as follows, but each year may have exceptions and/or additional constraints. Previous VEX Robotics Competition games have included, from 2024 to 2025 backwards, High Stakes, Over Under, Spin Up, Tipping Point, Change Up, Tower Takeover, Turning Point, In The Zone, Starstruck, Nothing But Net, Skyrise, Toss Up, Sack Attack, Gateway, Round Up, Clean Sweep, Elevation, and Bridge Battle. World Champions: [REDACTED] 82366G: "ALCTRON VEX CLUB" [REDACTED] 80066B: "Burning Brain" Excellence Award: [REDACTED] 10698D: "Red Lightning D" 2024 VIQRC ES Worlds: The VEX IQ Robotics Competition, presented by

2600-418: The building zones and one parking zone in the middle of the field. VEX IQ Challenge Ringmaster is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest score by scoring colored rings on the floor goal and on posts, by having uniform posts, by emptying starting pegs, and by releasing the bonus tray. There are a total of 28 hexballs available as scoring objects in

2665-505: The end of the 60 seconds), or full parking (having all of your robot located inside the supply zone at the end of the 60 seconds). VEX IQ Competition Slapshot is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. Two robots compete in the Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60-second-long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points. Teams also compete in the Robot Skills Challenge, where one robot takes

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2730-643: The end of the Match. VEX IQ Challenge Pitching In is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. Two robots compete in the teamwork challenge as an alliance in one-minute-long teamwork matches and a 15-second period of autonomous working collaboratively to score points. Teams also compete in the robot skills challenge, where one robot attempts to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of driving skills matches, which will be entirely driver-controlled, and programming skills matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction. The object of

2795-551: The entire organization with a kind of creative drive (and evoked a marvelous human quality) ... it was an unforgettable experience, and I only wish I had done more and better work for the school." Also in Chadwick's records were photographic Christmas cards that Adams and his wife Virginia sent the Chadwicks each year. Chadwick wrote three nonfiction books. The first, Looking at the Sunset Upside Down: The Autobiography of Margaret Lee Chadwick ,

2860-426: The fall of 2020. After registration begins, any high school teams that wish to participate must apply for program admission. Unlike university participants, only those high school teams that show exceptional preparedness for this level of advanced competition will be allowed to compete. VEX AI robotics teams will be able to compete in the VEX AI Competition. Unlike VEX U, this competition will be completely separate from

2925-670: The field to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which will be entirely driver-controlled, and Programming Skills Matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction. The scoring objects in VEX IQ Competition Slapshot are 2.5" (6.35 cm) diameter Discs. There are a total of (45) Discs on the field. The object of the game is to score as many points as possible with an alliance partner by scoring Discs in Goal Zones, removing Discs, and touching Contact Zones at

2990-613: The front porch of her home on Le Grande Terrace in San Pedro with four students, two of them her own sons. The other two were Mark and Jean Roessler, whose parents Fred and Edna, early residents on the Palos Verdes Peninsula . Through deeding more than 33 acres from developer Frank A. Vanderlip for a permanent site and the initial buildings paid for by the Robert Roessler family, in 1939, the school moved to

3055-404: The game is to attain the highest score by scoring balls in either a low-scoring goal or a high-scoring goal in the center of the field. Additional points are scored by clearing the starting corrals of all balls and by parking via hanging on either a low or high bar on either side of the field. VEX IQ Challenge Rise Above is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. Two robots compete in

3120-600: The game is to attain the highest score by scoring risers in the goal. There are a total of 27 risers, nine for each color (orange, purple, and teal). VEX IQ Challenge Squared Away is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The scoring objects in are three-inch diameter balls and seven-inch cubes. There are a total of 35 balls and seven cubes on the field. The object of the game is to score as many points as possible with an alliance partner in one of two ways: by scoring balls in or on cubes and by moving cubes to their respective scoring zones. VEX IQ Challenge Next Level

3185-417: The game. There are two scoring zones, sixteen low goals, twelve elevated goals, and one bridge on the field. VEX IQ Challenge Bank Shot is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest score by emptying cutouts, scoring balls into the scoring zone and goals, and by parking robots on the ramp. There are a total of 44 balls available as scoring objects in

3250-429: The game. There are two scoring zones, sixteen low goals, twelve elevated goals, and one bridge on the field. VEX IQ Challenge Crossover is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest score by scoring hexballs in their colored scoring zone and goals, and by parking and balancing robots on the bridge. There are a total of 28 hexballs available as scoring objects in

3315-522: The game. There is one scoring zone, one goal, one ramp, and sixteen cutouts on the field. Cube (i.e., if a team builds a Highrise of 3 red Scoring Cubes on the Highrise Base, a red cube in the Scoring Zone is worth 3 points.) VEX IQ Challenge Highrise is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field. The object of the game is to attain the highest possible score by scoring cubes in

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3380-465: The hardware for competition-level uses in VRC/VEX U. It is based on FreeRTOS . World Champions: [REDACTED] 55286A: "Makapaka" [REDACTED] 9123C: "Shanghai RuiGuan Team 9123C" Excellence Award: [REDACTED] 2654P: "Pronounce This" 2024 VRC MS Worlds: VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) is a robotics competition for registered middle and high school teams that utilize

3445-581: The high school community started Wicked Wobotics, team 2150, a FIRST Robotics Competition team. The team won the Judges' choice award at the 2008 FIRST Robotics competition in Las Vegas, Nevada and was ranked sixth after the qualifying rounds. The FRC team was discontinued in 2010. The remaining team focused on the simpler and less expensive VEX Robotics Competition. In 2011, the school added an optional robotics class to its science curriculum and moved into

3510-449: The opportunity to learn basic C++, but to collect data from sensors of to move the drivetrain, VEX uses a header file. PROS is a C/C++ programming environment for VEX V5 hardware maintained by students of Purdue University through Purdue ACM SIGBots. It provides a more bare-bones environment for more knowledgeable students that allows for an industry-applicable experience. It has a more robust API that allows for more precise control of

3575-477: The robot, providing users with configurable feedback from the robot brain. The VEX V5 Motors connect to the brain via the hardware ports and are equipped with an internal optical shaft encoder to provide feedback on the rotational status of the motor. The motor's speed is programmable but may also be altered by exchanging the internal gear cartridge with one of three cartridges of different gear ratios. The three cartridges are 100 rpm, 200 rpm, and 600 rpm. VEXcode V5

3640-412: The scoring zone and by building highrises of cubes of the same color on the highrise bases. There are a total of 36 cubes, twelve of each of three colors, available as scoring objects in the game. There is one scoring zone and three highrise bases on the field. Each robot begins a match on one of two starting positions and must occupy a space of less than 13 by 19 by 15 inches. VEX IQ Challenge Add It Up

3705-423: The teamwork challenge as an alliance in one-minute-long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points. Teams also compete in the robot skills challenge, where one robot attempts to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of driving skills matches, which will be entirely driver-controlled, and programming skills matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction. The object of

3770-433: The world by Guinness World Records . There are four leagues of VEX Robotics competitions designed for different age groups and skill levels: In each of the four leagues, students are given a new challenge annually and must design, build, program, and drive a robot to complete the challenge as best as they can. The robotics teams that consistently display exceptional mastery in all of these areas will eventually progress to

3835-489: Was a "dedication to enrolling a student body, that reflects a broad economic, cultural and ethnic mix," mirroring the real world and stressing the importance of attracting a student body that represented "a dipperful of humanity." In October 2018, her youngest son, David Chadwick, 13 months before his 2020 death, was given the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chadwick School, from which he graduated in 1942. Thirteen pictures by Ansel Adams , which were on display during

3900-688: Was a nonfiction writer and founder and headmistress of the K-12 Chadwick School , located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County , California , United States. Chadwick, born in Spanish Fork, Utah, was the daughter of Anna Myrtilla (Wray) and Theodore Lee, a Utah Presbyterian minister, and one of eight children. In 1910, she enrolled at Wooster College in Ohio, and then transferred to Stanford University on

3965-542: Was added in September 2014, and the school graduated its first class in 2015-16. There are now frequent exchanges and visits between the two Chadwick campuses. In addition to sending students to Chadwick International , Chadwick frequently exchanges students with other schools that participate in the Round Square program. Chadwick students also travel to other schools through additional programs such as ones through

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4030-874: Was founded in September 2019 and grew to over 30 students in its second year. Chadwick has accrued four team awards in Public Forum Debate tournaments. Chadwick's main rivals are Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California and Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada, California . Chadwick participates in 23 Varsity CIF sports. They include boys' football, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, and girls' tennis, volleyball, water polo, equestrian, basketball, soccer, golf, lacrosse, softball, and cheerleading. They also include coed cross country, swimming, and track and field. In 2007, Chadwick reevaluated its image and decided that yellow

4095-404: Was not an appropriate school color. It also realized that its athletics logo featured a non-native dolphin. After these realizations, the school designed a new blue, grey, and white logo featuring a native and more aggressive-looking dolphin. The school newspaper, The Mainsheet , is published in print and online. Online publication was restarted at the beginning of March 2012. In 2006 members of

4160-560: Was released in 1976 by Omega Books. In 1978, Anchor Press released A Dipperful of Humanity: The Chadwick Adventure in Education about the Chadwick School. Her third book, The Lee Family of Spanish Fork, Utah , was released in paperback by Anchor Press in 1979. It outlined Chadwick's Utah heritage. Her husband died at age 77 on August 13, 1970. Chadwick, called "Aunt Maggie" by her students, died at 91 on May 2, 1984. She

4225-427: Was the grandmother of actress and singer Kate Morgan Chadwick . VEX Robotics VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF) . In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in

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