Making History in Math and ROV Club
Bentley's Upper School currently has the largest advanced math calculus-based course in our school's history, with 15 students enrolled in Honors Differential Equations. Out of these 15 students, five have already taken Multivariable Calculus. We also have record enrollments in two other math departmental electives, with 32 students taking AP Statistics with Mr. Krasner and with 11 students taking Honors Data Structures & Algorithms with Mr. Currin. The Math Department is very excited for the future in STEAM and the future is bright for our Bentley mathematicians!
Meanwhile, the Upper School's Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Club held its first meeting of the year this week, welcoming back returning members and many new faces, and energy in the room was high as students discussed plans for the club's upcoming events and future projects. ROV began some years ago, but went on hiatus during COVID. The club was then resurrected in 2021 by current club leaders when they were 9th-Graders. Since then, the club's goal has been to improve their own robotics skills, increase the generational knowledge between grades for future club members, and compete. The ROV season culminates in a single underwater robotics competition at the end of the year, and has gone from being disqualified at safety check in 2021 to placing 1st in engineering and 3rd overall in the navigator class at the Monterey Regional last year. Club Supervisor and US Computer Science teacher Giles Currin says he is excited to see our seniors use their experience to shape the next cohort of robotics experts: "I want them to push their knowledge in implementing new digital control systems alongside other system improvements while advancing to the ranger level."
Bentley's Upper School currently has the largest advanced math calculus-based course in our school's history, with 15 students enrolled in Honors Differential Equations. Out of these 15 students, five have already taken Multivariable Calculus. We also have record enrollments in two other math departmental electives, with 32 students taking AP Statistics with Mr. Krasner and with 11 students taking Honors Data Structures & Algorithms with Mr. Currin. The Math Department is very excited for the future in STEAM and the future is bright for our Bentley mathematicians!
Meanwhile, the Upper School's Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Club held its first meeting of the year this week, welcoming back returning members and many new faces, and energy in the room was high as students discussed plans for the club's upcoming events and future projects. ROV began some years ago, but went on hiatus during COVID. The club was then resurrected in 2021 by current club leaders when they were 9th-Graders. Since then, the club's goal has been to improve their own robotics skills, increase the generational knowledge between grades for future club members, and compete. The ROV season culminates in a single underwater robotics competition at the end of the year, and has gone from being disqualified at safety check in 2021 to placing 1st in engineering and 3rd overall in the navigator class at the Monterey Regional last year. Club Supervisor and US Computer Science teacher Giles Currin says he is excited to see our seniors use their experience to shape the next cohort of robotics experts: "I want them to push their knowledge in implementing new digital control systems alongside other system improvements while advancing to the ranger level."
