Short Update

Good news - I found the camera! It was in my possesion all along.

I failed to mention in my previous post this years award winners:

Rookie All-Star - Joel Cosme

Unsung Hero - Victor Coto

MVP - Sean Magley

Enjoy the pics.




Victor Coto receives the Unsung Hero award

Sean Magley awarded the MVP

Joel Cosme selected as the Rookie All-Star

After the Banquet

Hello everyone,
Our End-Of-Year banquet has come and gone so now it's time to start focusing on next year. I hope everyone had a good time sharing the evening with each other. By the way, if you know what happened to the camera I was using, please let me know. I would like to get the pictures and of course the camera.

If you have any thoughts/ideas for improving the EOY event, please post a comment.

Looking Forward:

Starting next Tuesday, 5/25 we'll be working with students on the design process which will include learning SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor. David Guzman will be taking the lead on this with a swerve drive prototype being the end result.

We've been invited to participate in a robotics demo at the Museum of Discovery and Science the end of June. This is a great opportunity to show off our program to the community.

The students continue to work on our handbook which will include team organization, membership criteria and communications. There are other topics to be included but these are the big three. Look for a draft by the end of July.

I don't have any information on Mayhem yet and will pass it along as soon as I know something.

Tempest 'N Tampa (TNT) is scheduled for October 22 and 23 in the USF Sun Dome. That's always a fun trip but there is much to do on the robot before then.

Finally, I would like to have a parent meeting sometime in August to discuss the coming school year. I will contact everyone after school is out to set a date.

Have a great summer and stay safe.

Mr E

Some Down Time

Although we're in stand down mode, there's still some things going on:

First, the students are hard at work establishing much needed policies, procedures and our mission statement. Topics they're working on include communications, organization, and membership criteria. The end result will be our first ever TechTiger team manual.

Second, there is some exciting news coming about a new sponsor. I won't divulge any details yet but this is big!

Third, the date is set - Thursday, 5/20, 6PM to 8PM, room 122 here on campus. What is it? Our 7Th annual End-Of-Year Banquet. All team members, sponsors, and supporters and their families are cordially invited. As in the past, team members are asked to bring their favorite dish to share. We will provide plastic ware and drinks.

We received some good press this last week. The story that was first published in The Forum (Coconut Creek, Margate local paper) was picked up by the Sun-Sentinel and appeared in last Sunday's (5/2/10) Community section. Check it out if you haven't already seen it.

Here are a couple of pictures from Atlanta:

Working out the bugs.

Waiting for our turn on the field.

Up and over the hump.