Ahead of our competition on Sunday, we will be having an optional extra meeting tomorrow, Friday, March 1, 2019, from 6-8:30pm.
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As you know, Team 5135 has qualified for the next level of competition, which is San Diego Regional Championships. While Team 11285 did not qualify this year, I would like to still encourage you guys to come and watch the competition to see what other teams that we didn't get to compete against came up with for their robots. Please note that only three of 35 teams will be advancing from this competition. Updated information for this competition is available from http://www.sdftc.org/2019regional.html. Like the last competition, this one will be an all day event. The event organizers would like us all to arrive by 6:45am, and the awards ceremony begins at 5pm if we stay completely on schedule, so this will be a long day. Location: Francis Parker High School 6501 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111 Please note that this competition is on Sunday, March 3, 2019. For parking information, please see this link: http://www.sdftc.org/uploads/8/8/3/9/88397234/sdftc_regional_map_2019_at_francis_parker.pdf. Food: There will be food trucks on site from about 10:30am to 1:30pm with food available for purchase (estimated $8 to $12), but you are also welcome to bring your own food. There are no restrictions about specific foods for this campus. Schedule: 6:00 Parking Lot Opens 6:45 Teams Arrive 7:00 - 9:00 Inspections 7:30 - 9:25 Judges Interviews 9:30 Driver Meeting 9:40 Opening Ceremonies 10:00 Matches Begin 12:30 - 1:00 Break for Lunch 1:00 Matches Resume 3:05 Matches End 3:20 Alliance Selection Begins 3:50 Elimination Rounds Begin 5:00 Awards Ceremony Begins
Students: If you get bored this week, a great thing to do in your free time is to apply for summer internships! Internships are a great way to boost your college apps. Check out the list of opportunities that the mentors have collected here: https://mchsrobotics.weebly.com/high-school-internships.html
There is a scholarship opportunity available for all seniors participating in San Diego FTC. The deadline is Feburary 23, 2019, and you need a letter of recommendation, so if you're planning on applying please ask early. If you're interested, more information is available at http://www.sdftc.org/achievementscholarships.html
We will be holding meetings at our normal Tuesday/Thursday times, 6-8:30pm, over the school break next week. The meetings are optional. RoboRavens might be there on Thursday.
A huge congratulations to both teams for what they have accomplished this season. At today's event, team 11285 won the Control Award: "The Control Award celebrates a team that uses sensors and software to increase the robot’s functionality on the field. This award is given to the team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, improving mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the field. The control component should work consistently on the field. The team’s engineering notebook must contain details about the implementation of the software, sensors, and mechanical control." However, despite winning an award, team 11285 will not be advancing to the Regional Championship. Team 5135 won the Connect Award: "This judged award is given to the team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) community. A true FIRST team is more than a sum of its parts and recognizes that engaging their local STEM community plays an essential part in their success. The recipient of this award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the team itself. The team that wins the Connect Award aggressively seeks and recruits engineers and explores the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology. This team has a clear Business or Strategic Plan and has identified steps to achieve their goals." and will be moving on to the Regional Championships, which will be held on Sunday, March 3, 2019. Despite the fact that 11285 will not be moving on to the next level of competition, I would still like to encourage all students to continue to come to the meetings. We will be doing skills workshops and preparing the students to compete in the intramural competition, which we expect to reveal in about three weeks.
Ahead of our competition on Sunday, we will be having an optional extra meeting tomorrow, Friday, February 8, 2019, from 6-8:30pm.
Here is some information about our fourth competition. Please note that this competition is being held on a Sunday, and not on a Saturday. Location: San Diego Jewish Academy 11860 Shaw Ridge Rd San Diego, Ca 92130 Food: SDJA is a kosher campus. Please respect this and bring only kosher food items onto campus. Their senior class will be running a snack bar all day long to help fundraise for their trip to Israel and Poland this spring. They have mostly snack food and drinks. There are plenty of restaurants nearby but food delivery is not permitted to campus. Schedule: 6:00 am Campus unlocked 6:30am Judges arrive 7:00am Pits Open, Check in for teams begin 7:30-9:30am Judging, Inspections, Dean’s List Interviews 9:30am Drivers Meeting 9:45am Opening Ceremony (first round teams on the field) 10:00 - 11:30am Qualification Matches 11:30 - 12:00pm Lunch Break 12:00 - 2:00pm Qualification Matches 2:00 - 3:00pm Alliance Selection, Playoffs, Awards
Both teams had a great competition today. 11285 won 2nd place and 5135 won 7th! Both were selected for the finals rounds at the end of the competition, and 5135 was on the 2nd place alliance, so 5135 has earned a trophy for this year!
The hosts for our third competition have created a live stream of the competition. You can watch the matches here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkJ0BBZwqI
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