Special Events: Lana, with the guidance of Mrs. Fong, sent out formal invitations for Practice Day to teams who came to our Kickoff. As she received team’s confirmations, the media team updated the team list on our website. We currently have 13 teams signed up for Practice Day. We also took our Fembot group picture for the school that will be placed in the gym foyer and the yearbook. Next week, we’ll be working with our lovely mentor, Mrs. McKinley, to devise a schedule and assign important jobs for each Fembot for Practice Day on February 18!

Community Outreach: On Wednesday afternoon Ria and Mary began mentoring Jr. FLL teams. This year’s Jr. FLL challenge is called “Snack Attack.” They talked about ...

Community Outreach: Eighth graders taking a lunch break from their placement test were met by B2, the Fembots 2009 robot. He inspired them to do their best on the remainder of their test. We hope to see all four hundred of them on the team next year. 

Organization / Chairman’s Award: With the help of the media team, the Chairman's team interviewed many Fembots, Rookies and Veterans alike. Olivia, a rookie, said, "Because of FIRST, I have been given the oppurtunity to build things with my hands and now I know what I want to do with my life. Build.”  Next week, we plan to start compiling all of our interviews, statements, and pictures and begin editing.

Programming: The driver ...

Community Outreach: A talented group of Fembot speakers gave a successful Jr. Fll and FLL Expo for parents, teachers, and principals who were interested in starting a team.

Special Events: This week we focused on helping the design team. Our goal for next week is to send out official invites for our Practice Day. We are hopeful that all twenty three slots will be filled.

Programming: We finished the electronics board for our model programming robot, Half Pint.  We are researching and learning about the camera aspect of the game to use on Half Pint. Our goals for next week are to program Half Pint, start working on the electronics board for the actual robot, and begin autonomous.

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 On Saturday, January 7, 2012, our team and school - St. Francis High School, was host to 22 teams for the FIRST kick off event. This is team member Ty's impression of the day:

It was cold and very early in the morning. All of the Fembots were awake and ready for Kick-off to start. We had been waiting in anticipation all winter. The game was so close to being revealed and we were excitedly running around, escorting the other teams to the gym. We knew we all had to assemble in the gym for the live broadcast at 7:30 am.

As we began to gather in the gym, we heard teams gossiping about possible guest appearances in the broadcast, especially Stephen Colbert. People tried guessing what challenge Dean Kamen could have possibly ...