Topic: Dart Minds Inspired

A weekend of innovation, teamwork and technical creativity highlighted the growing impact of robotics education in the Cayman Islands, as the Dart Minds Inspired programme hosted two interschool competitions that brought together more than 160 students from 19 public and private schools across the islands.

Seventy-five junior and senior students came together 27-28 Nov. to participate in the 13th annual Minds Inspired Maths Challenge.

The Cayman Islands National Robotics Team achieved its highest placement to date at the 2025 FIRST Global Challenge in Panama, finishing 34th out of 191 national teams.

The Cayman Islands National Robotics Team is preparing to compete at the 2025 FIRST Global Challenge international robotics competition.

After years of finetuning, reprogramming and debugging their robots, Isaiah Myles and his John Gray Technology teammates managed to secure first place at the annual Minds Inspired Robotics First Tech Challenge.

The Cayman Islands National Robotic Team is joining teams from 190 countries at the 2023 FIRST Global Challenge, in Singapore, in October.

In partnership with seven local media houses, Dart’s Minds Inspired facilitated the launch of a new summer camp to introduce high school students to the world of journalism and media. Over the course of seven days, 14 students from a cross-section of local public and private high schools got hands-on-experience learning from seasoned journalists from Compass Media, Cayman Current, Cayman News Service, Cayman Marl Road, Loop Cayman, Caymanian Times, Radio Cayman and Camana Bay Times.

Cayman International School took first place at the Minds Inspired FIRST Tech Challenge interschool robotics competition, held Saturday at the Camana Bay Arts and Recreation Centre.

Two Cayman teachers who won the inaugural Dart Minds Inspired Awards for Excellence in Teaching STEM have used their grants to participate in science-based programmes in the US.

The Cayman Islands National Robotics Team is heading to Dubai next month to participate in the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge.

In a crowded sports hall, students whoop with delight as their classmates rack up another point to gain a knife-edge victory against an opposing team. For once it is not a basketball or soccer match that is generating this level of excitement, but an academic tournament.

Teachers from Island Montessori and St. Ignatius High School were honoured Thursday night as the first recipients of the Minds Inspired STEM Teacher Award.

In celebration of Engineering Week, Dart Minds Inspired and Caribbean Utilities Company hosted a screening of “Dream Big: Engineering Our World” for a group of about 130 local high school students on Friday.