Saturday, January 31, 2026, will be remembered as the day when students of Savremena Primary School demonstrated what it means to have robotics as a regular subject. At the Municipal Competition in Robotics, Engineering, and Technology, where nine municipalities competed, Savremenci achieved something that doesn’t happen often – dominance. Four students, four categories, top three places. Damjan Grumić (6-1) won first place, Maša Marković (6-3) second, while Vana Vlaović (8-1) and Aleksa Maksić (8-2) both secured third place in their categories. Four students, four placements to the city competition, and a clear message – when robotics is learned every week, the results speak for themselves.

This is not a random success. At Savremena Primary School, robotics is not an extracurricular activity or an elective workshop held once a month. It’s a regular subject, part of the school curriculum, a space where students think, design, program, test, and learn from mistakes every week. While many schools treat robotics as an add-on, Savremena has recognized that technological literacy is the foundation of contemporary education.

The result? Students who not only understand the principles of technology but apply them, solve problems, and compete with the most successful peers from nine municipalities – and win.

Damjan, Maša, Vana, and Aleksa each competed in their own category, but they all had one thing in common – readiness. Readiness that doesn’t come overnight, but through regular robotics classes, through projects, challenges, teamwork, and logical thinking that becomes a habit. At the competition, they faced tasks that required precision, creativity, and analytical thinking. And they showed they were more than ready.

First place, second place, two third places. Perhaps the numbers don’t sound dramatic, but the context is – nine municipalities, hundreds of students, and Savremena takes the top three positions. This is not just the individual success of four students. It’s confirmation that the approach to teaching matters. That when something is done seriously, regularly, and with a clear goal, results come. And they come strong.

This success is not a surprise to those who know Savremena Primary School. Robotics here is not a trend to follow – it’s part of the identity. Students don’t learn robotics because they “have to,” but because it’s a way of thinking that helps them understand the world they live in. Programming, engineering, logic, teamwork – all of this becomes part of their way of solving problems, not just at competitions, but in every challenge they encounter.

We congratulate Damjan, Maša, Vana, and Aleksa on their won places and placement to the city competition. But we also congratulate all Savremenci who come to robotics classes every week, build, test, make mistakes, and learn. Because these four successes are not theirs alone – they are the result of an environment where technology is not feared, but understood. Where copying doesn’t happen, but creating does. And where victory is not a coincidence, but a logical consequence of an approach that works.