CHAIRMANS AWARD PRESENTERS: LIBERTY LOMONACO (junior) DELANEY - - PDF document

CHAIRMAN’S AWARD PRESENTERS:

LIBERTY LOMONACO (junior) DELANEY FOSTER (junior) JACKSON WHIPPLE (senior)

WHAT IS FIRST ?

F I R S T

FOR INSPIRATION and RECOGNITION of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

FRIENDS IMPROVEMENT RESPECT SKILLFUL TEAM FUN INNOVATIVE REWARDING SUSTAINABLE TEAMWORK FULLY IMAGINATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES and STYLISH TRAINING

SPORT FOR THE MIND INSPIRE OTHERS THROUGH ENGINEERING BUILD COMMUNITIES

TOMORROW’S
 ENGINEERS TODAY

6 YEARS IN FIRST @ KING’S

2009 - 2010

CyberKnights began as FTC 3717

2010 - 2011

CyberKnights + 1 FLL team

2011 - 2012

CyberKnights + 2 FLL teams 1 Jr FLL Team

2012 - 2013 2013 - 2014

CyberKnights + 2 FLL teams 1 Jr FLL Team

2014 - 2015

CyberKnights became FRC 4911 + 2 FTC teams 4 FLL teams 1 Jr FLL team CyberKnights + 3 FTC teams 4 FLL teams 2 Jr FLL teams

01 02 04 04 07 10

# of FIRST TEAMS

SUSTAINABILITY

Our team doubled in size
 after our new recruitment campaign With those new team members, we developed a student mentor-mentee program

10 12% 10%

FIRST teams in our K-12 school

• f our K-12 student

body is involved in FIRST

• f our High School

student body is involved in FIRST

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OUTREACH

Making FIRST Second Nature

SEATTLE AREA

We host monthly STEM-centric activities We do robot demonstrations at local Science Fairs, schools, senior communities, and have been featured on KOMO News

FIRST COMMUNITY

UNVEILING CEREMONY

Hosted the

1st

unveiling ceremony in the Pacific Northwest Attendance grew

3x

at the 2015 event A total of

10

teams came to

• ur 2015 event

The Unveiling Ceremony invites teams in Western Washington to show off their robot and socialize with other teams.

GLOBAL OUTREACH

3 Years of Sustained Outreach

LOS ANGELES

Received a

$10K

Google Grant to help start a FLL program. Returning back for

3rd

year.

We helped an inner-city community center, Adventures Ahead, teach NXT programming and LEGO Mindstorms to young children and start an FLL team.

UGANDA, AFRICA

Our goal is to start the

1st

FTC team in the community. Returning back for

3rd

year.

We travel to Soroti, Uganda, to the Beacon of Hope School, a school for ex-child soldiers, instructing teachers how to teach robotics and hosting NXT programming and LEGO robotics camps for the students.

FUTURE PLANS

CHAIRMAN’S WORKSHOP

Our team plans to host a Chairman’s Workshop to other teams giving them tips and tricks on Chairman’s submission, presentation, and outreach ideas.

ROBOT DEMOS

We plan to participate in Seattle’s Seafair Annual Celebration and Maker Faire during the summer to demo our robot and explain the FIRST program.

FIRST ADVOCACY CONFERENCE

Some of our team members and mentors will be traveling to Washington DC to participate in the FIRST Advocacy Conference.

LEGISLATURE

We met with Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles and are planning to meet in Olympia in late April to further discuss funding FIRST.

INCLUSIVE ROBOTICS CLUBS

FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

We are starting an inclusive robotics program to allow students with special needs to gain the same benefits in robotics as their peers. We plan to work with Roosevelt High School, which has several inclusive programs, including Drama and Special Olympics Unified

• Sports. We will be collaborating with the

schools “Unity Club” and their robotics team, Iron Riders (4180) as we look forward to expanding skills and opportunities for the special education population.