G Y, E N G I N E E R I N G A N D M AT H
Both Palos Verdes Peninsula High
and Palos Verdes High schools have
award-winning STEM programs.
SMERT (Science, Math, Engineering,
Robotics and Technology) at PVPHS has
more than 13 competition teams includ-
ing Cyber Patriots, Stellar Xplor, Solar
Boat and more. At this year's FIRST®
Robotics Competition, Peninsula High's
Phantom Catz won the Chairman's
Award, recognizing the team that reflects
sustained excellence and impact within
its own community and beyond.
At Palos Verdes High School, PVIT (Palos Verdes
Institute of Technology) offers hands-on train-
ing in electronics, robotics, fabrication and pro-
gramming. eir competition teams continue to
place in regional, state, national and international
events. is year, PVIT's ROV (Remotely Operat-
ed Vehicle) team qualified for the World Cham-
pionships in Tennessee, where they will tackle
world-wide problems such as plastics clogging our
rivers and lakes and climate change raising ocean
temperatures.
