Welcome to our 12th year! I hope everyone has had a great summer. We’ve got a lot of information to get out to you, and a bunch of events coming up! So we are going to hit the ground running!
1. Team Meeting - Wednesday September 22nd @ 7:00pm - There will be an ALL team meeting, to kick off our 12th season! Everyone please attend - bring your parents, bring your friends, bring your friend’s parents! We will be going over the schedule for the year, including the competitions we will (tentatively) attend! Also we will be going over the team handbook.
2. Spirit of Shrewsbury - We will be taking part in the following Spirit of Shrewsbury events rain or shine (it’s 467, so of course we should expect rain):
Oak St Expo on Saturday Sept 25th, set up will probably start at 8 or 8 :30 AM,. the event runs 10 AM to 4 PM. Family Fun Fest on Sunday Sept 26th, set up will probably start 8:30-9 AM, the event runs 11 AM to 4 PM.
Both events will take place at Oak Middle School. Please wear your team jersey, and come for all or part of the event. We will need help to show off and explain our robot and to sell popcorn and food to the public in order to raise money for our team and spread awareness of Shrewsbury Robotics. While you don’t have to be there all day both days, we would like all team members to show up for at least part of the time!
5. Clean Up Day - Saturday October 2nd - 11am - 5pm - Come and have fun and help clean up and organize the FIRST area!
6. Pie Sale and Bake - November 20th - We will once again be baking and selling Apple Pies as a fundraiser. Please come and help us peel and bake! If you are not a Lego coach, you will need to sign up for a baking shift.
7. Mindstorm Mayhem - Saturday December 4th will be our 4th annual Lego Robotics competition! We require all team members to come that day, and the Friday evening before for setup, to help us make our competition the best in the state! This year, we will be an official FIRST qualifying event - 16 teams from our competition will qualify to go to the state tournament at WPI in December.
8. Fall Lego Coaches - We are looking for team member to help coach Fall Legos at Oak St Middle School. If you are interested please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us). Fall Legos will run Mondays and Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm. There will be a General Team Meeting for Legos on Wednesday October 6th, and Lego Class will start Wednesday October 13th.
9. Fall Classes - Starting Thursday October 7th 6:30pm - 9:pm and every following Thursday until December 16th- We will be meeting in the Robotics area to have Fall Classes. Classes will be split between returning members and new members. Returning Members this year will use this time to improve the design of our drivetrain form last year’s robot, so that come build season we can hit the ground running with a solid drivetrain design. New Members will learn to use all of the equipment and safety rules, while in the process of working on two projects. The first of which is the trophies for our MindStorm Mayhem Competition in December, the second project is building and new and simple cart for the robot.
If you have any question please email Raj (raj@shrewsburyrobotics.org)
Go Team!
]]>This is a reminder for this years Awards Night:
Awards Night:
We will be holding this years Awards Night on Tuesday, June 29th at 5:00pm in the SHS Commons! This will be our last event for our 09-10 robotics season.
This year’s dinner is potluck style, so we’d like everyone to bring their favorite casserole dish. The team will supply salad, dressing, and dessert. Nancy Donoghue will be the contact for food (as usual). (ndonoghue@hotmail.com).
Your whole family is invited to attend! Bring Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles - and anyone else! There will be awards given out too (always fun!)
If you have any questions pleas email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
There was an error in the listserve system that prevented some people from getting the message below, so we are going to resend the last listserve message.
Awards Night:
We will be holding this years Awards Night on Tuesday, June 29th at 5:00pm in the SHS Commons! This will be our last event for our 09-10 robotics season.
This year’s dinner is potluck style, so we’d like everyone to bring their favorite casserole dish. The team will supply salad, dressing, and dessert. Nancy Donoghue will be the contact for food (as usual). (ndonoghue@hotmail.com).
Your whole family is invited to attend! Bring Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles - and anyone else! There will be awards given out too (always fun!)
Summer Mentoring:
DEADLINE: Friday, June 11th 2010
If you are interested in being a coach for this program please go to www.shrewsburyrobotics.org
Information/Requirements regarding becoming a coach has been posted under “Want to be a Summer Coach?”
Also, if you plan to coach Fall Legos in Oct-Dec it is HIGHLY recommended that you sign-up to be a coach this summer.
ALL Coaches that are 18+ and not a High School student must pass a CORI check. If have filled out a CORI form this year, that check is only good for the current school year (09-10). On July 1st a new school year starts and new CORI form must be filled.
If you have any questions pleas email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>Awards Night:
We will be holding this years Awards Night on Tuesday, June 29th at 5:00pm in the SHS Commons! This will be our last event for our 09-10 robotics season.
This year’s dinner is potluck style, so we’d like everyone to bring their favorite casserole dish. The team will supply salad, dressing, and dessert. Nancy Donoghue will be the contact for food (as usual). (ndonoghue@hotmail.com).
Your whole family is invited to attend! Bring Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles - and anyone else! There will be awards given out too (always fun!)
Summer Mentoring:
DEADLINE: Friday, June 11th 2010
If you are interested in being a coach for this program please go to www.shrewsburyrobotics.org
Information/Requirements regarding becoming a coach has been posted under “Want to be a Summer Coach?”
Also, if you plan to coach Fall Legos in Oct-Dec it is HIGHLY recommended that you sign-up to be a coach this summer.
ALL Coaches that are 18+ and not a High School student must pass a CORI check. If have filled out a CORI form this year, that check is only good for the current school year (09-10). On July 1st a new school year starts and new CORI form must be filled.
If you have any questions pleas email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>Shrewsbury Robotics will offer 4 weeks of summer activities this summer starting July 12th, 2010 to August 6th, 2010. The 4 weeks will be broken down into one week sections. Each week will run from Monday to Friday form 8:30am to 3:30pm.
Available for Students entering Grades 4 to 8.
Dates - Times: (All weeks run Monday to Friday)
July 12th - 16th - 8:30am to 3:30pm (Lego Robotics & Trebuchet)
July 19th - 23rd - 8:30am to 3:30pm (Lego Robotics & Steam Boats)
July 26th - 30th - 8:30am to 3:30pm (Lego Robotics & Trebuchet)
August 2nd - 6th - 8:30am to 3:30pm (Lego Robotics & Steam Boats)
Where: Shrewsbury Oak Middle School in the Cafe. Address: 45 Oak St. Shrewsbury MA, 01545
Price: Each week will cost $175 and you may sign-up for as many weeks as you want
Please spread the word!!
Interested in being a coach?
If you are interested in being a coach for this program please go to www.shrewsburyrobotics.org
Information/Requirements regarding becoming a coach has been posted under “Want to be a Summer Coach?”
Also, if you plan to coach Fall Legos in Oct-Dec it is HIGHLY recommended that you sign-up to be a coach this summer.
ALL Coaches that are 18+ and not a High School student must pass a CORI check. If have filled out a CORI form this year, that check is only good for the current school year (09-10). On July 1st a new school year starts and new CORI form must be filled.
If you have any questions please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>As you may know, this Saturday is Beantown Blitz at Northeastern University in Boston.
The pits open at 7:00am, with practice rounds starting at 7:15am, so our plan is to arrive at the school NO LATER than 5:45 to load the robot onto a vehicle and head out. We will have a limited number of vehicles traveling in that can take students, so any parents that can drive will be appreciated. We DO NOT have a bus going into Boston, so travel is up to you.
There will be a lunch provided by Northeastern, and we will have a small number of meals included with our entry fee, so please bring some $$$ so you can eat!
See you Saturday! Don’t forget your team shirts and duct tape clothes!
Full Beantown Blitz schedule: http://www.nutrons.neu.edu/btb/schedule/
If you have any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>BattleCry11@WPI:
We will be meeting at the High School on May 7th right after school to pack the robot and the rest of our gear. From there we will go to WPI and unload and set up our gear. Timings for next weekend will be: Friday 4:00pm - 9:00pm, Saturday 7:00am - 5:00pm.
Relay For Life:
All relay for life forms are due by Wednesday May 5th. If you haven’t registered yet, register online at http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=23376&team_id=579482. If you lost your forms or need them, Paula has extras. Anyone over 18 by relay for life doesn’t need to do anything but register. Give forms to Paula or Erin and if you don’t see them, give them to someone who does. You can hand in money anytime between now and at relay and you can also fundraise online.
If you have question, please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>We hope everyone’s well rested and ready to get into the off season events!
Saturday May 1st AM - 21st Annual Earth Day Clean Up - for details, please contact Cathy Cooper - cccooper@townisp.com
Saturday May 1st @ 1:00PM- 5:00PM - We will be meeting to repair our robot. We have two off-season events coming up and the robot and our drivers need to be ready.
Friday May 7th 4:00pm - 9:00pm BattleCry@WPI Day 1
Sat. May 8th 7:00am - 5:00pm BattleCry@WPI Day 2
Friday May 14th - Saturday May 15th - Relay for Life, if you haven’t signed up yet please do so at http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=23376&team_id=579482
Saturday May 22nd 7:00am - 5:00pm - Beantown Blitz at Northeastern University hosted by the Nutrons
We will be sending out more information about each event as the dates get closer, but if you have any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12..ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us).
Go Team!
]]>Boston Regional:
The team will be leaving for Boston on March 25th, 26th, 27th. The bus will be leaving from the Gym.
Friday Night - After the competition, we will be going to the Boston Science Museum. It will be open for all FIRST team until 9:00pm. You MUST be wearing your team shirt for free admittance!
The bus will be LEAVING the High School Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 6:45 AM by the GYM - so you need to be AT the High School NO LATER than 6:30 AM! We will be leaving Boston Thursday no later than 8:00pm (the pits close at 8:00pm - it’s possible we may leave early). Friday we will be returning after the Science Museum, and be back to the school approx. 10:00pm. Saturday we will be leaving Boston around 6:00pm.
* NOTE * IF you come to Boston on the bus, you will RETURN to SHS ON THE BUS - If there is a chance that you are going to return with your parents, you MUST SEE RAJ!.
SOPHOMORES: You MUST attend MCAS on Thursday, to go to Boston after your MCAS test you MUST have a parents note dismissing you for the day. Mrs. Granito will be waiting to take the Sophomores to Boston.
Please bring money lunch for each day we are in Boston.
If there are any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>We will be meeting Wednesday March 24th in the Robotics Room at 6pm to finish make the new drive train parts and finish packing for Boston.
If you have any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us).
Go Team!
]]>I hope that everyone is rested and ready for the coming weeks.
Preparing for Boston:
We will be meeting on Monday March 22nd at 6:00 PM in the Robotics Room. We will be repacking the travel supplies and tools, there will be some adjustments to the tool boxes. Also we will be making upgrade parts for the drive train, after our experience in Baltimore we are make some new parts out of steel instead of aluminum.
Boston Regional:
The team will be leaving for Boston on March 25th, 26th, 27th. The bus will be leaving from the Gym.
Friday Night - After the competition, we will be going to the Boston Science Museum. It will be open for all FIRST team until 9:00pm. You MUST be wearing your team shirt for free admittance!
The bus will be LEAVING the High School Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 6:45 AM by the GYM - so you need to be AT the High School NO LATER than 6:30 AM! We will be leaving Boston Thursday no later than 8:00pm (the pits close at 8:00pm - it’s possible we may leave early). Friday we will be returning after the Science Museum, and be back to the school approx. 10:00pm. Saturday we will be leaving Boston around 6:00pm.
* NOTE * IF you come to Boston on the bus, you will RETURN to SHS ON THE BUS - If there is a chance that you are going to return with your parents, you MUST SEE RAJ!.
Lastly, below is a message that was sent to High School Staff and other administrators.
If you have any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
Hello All,
Our FIRST robotics team, “The Duct Tape Bandits” Team 467, did very well at the Chesapeake Regional in Baltimore, MD this weekend. This year’s game is called Breakaway, which requires the robot to kick full size soccer balls into a street hockey sized nets. Preventing the balls from just rolling into the net were ramps, 18-inch speed bumps- and oh yes- three 120lbs robots.
Each team had 11 qualifying matches and our team had a record of 9-1-1, which was the best ever. The scoring system was a bit different this year and that record placed us in 12th position out of 50 teams. In the elimination rounds, Team 467 was the captain of the 8th seed. And like March Madness, the 8th seed is paired against the 1st seed. The robot fought well but they was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
We should be very proud of every student on the team. They did an outstanding job representing the town of Shrewsbury and every company who sponsors them. They played hard and built an amazing robot. Although they did not win in the finals, they all stayed very positive. They got up and cheered for the other teams who fought for the championship.
All of the engineers, parents, and volunteers who worked with the team should be commended for the outstanding job they have done with our students this year. The team took 38 students, mentors, and adult volunteers to Baltimore for four days. Spirit was high as the entire Baltimore Convention Center enjoyed the enthusiasm of the Duct Tape Bandits!
We have a great group and I am very proud of each student on the team. The team’s positive attitude, gracious professionalism, creativity, and spirit is a testament to Our Team, Our Sponsors, and Our School.
Please join me and congratulating Team 467, The Duct Tape Bandits.
The next stop for the team is the Boston Regional at Boston University on March 26-27.
Thanks, Raj
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As our departure date for the Chesapeake Regional comes closer, there is some information you will need:
Wednesday March 10th- The team will be leaving for the Chesapeake Regional at 5:00PM (ETD). The late departure time is due to some of our adults not being able to get out of work sooner. We will meet in the Tech Ed area to collect all of our items before meeting the bus at the Gym entrance. Student may deliver there bags in the morning to the Robotics Room (Wood Shop) for storage during the day. We will stop for dinner at some point during the trip down.
*NOTE* - Everyone including adults are allowed to bring no more then ONE travel bag per person with them for the trip. School bags will be stored in the team closet. Students who wish to bring there school bag on the bus are responsible for all books and items, the bus will not turn around to get forgotten items.
Sunday March 14th- The bus will depart from the Hotel at 10:00AM (ETD). The bus should return to Shrewsbury around 4:00PM (ETA), students will call their parents before the bus arrives at the high school.
*REMINDER* Remember to bring money for lunch, dinner Wednesday/Friday night, and $2 for the bus driver tip. Two dinners at the regional and activities (Laser Tag & Aquarium) are taken care of by the team.
TO ANYONE LEAVING THEIR CAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP (STUDENTS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO GET A RIDE INTO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY MORNING) RAJ NEEDS THE MAKE, MODEL, COLOR, AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OF YOUR CAR, TO GIVE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOUR CAR(S) ARE NOT TOWED.
***Other Info***
Below is the address for the Hotel where the team is staying. Raj Patel phone (774.232.1613) will be available for parents to call. To say that these events are loud is an understatement, if you call and no one picks up please leave a message.
Sheraton Inner Harbor Hote
300 South Charles StreetBaltimore, MD 21201
410-962-8300
If you have any question please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
]]>Sorry for the repeat email, but the time was missing from the original message. We will be meeting at 6pm tonight.
We will be meeting tonight, Monday March 8th, 2010 @ 6pm, to finish packing for Baltimore and to make spare parts for the robot. We will also take some time to talk about what people saw last saturday at the Manchester Regional.
Go Team!
]]>We will be meeting tonight, Monday March 8th, 2010, to finish packing for Baltimore and to make spare parts for the robot. We will also take some time to talk about what people saw last saturday at the Manchester Regional.
Go Team!
]]>Sorry for the length of this message, but there is a lot of information below please ready it carefully.
Manchester - March 6th:
Those wanting to go to Manchester on Saturday March 6th and need a ride to the event please email Kush (kush@team467.org) before Friday afternoon, so that we can provide the necessarily transportation. We will be leaving at 7:30am from the High School- Gym Entrance. We will stay at the event to watch some matches and walk around the pits. We hope to leave before the Finals start in order to come home at a reasonable time.
Information Gathering Team (“Spying”):
For the upcoming Baltimore trip, those wishing to take part in the “Spy” information gathering team need to inform Kush (kush@team467.org) before next Monday’s meeting, so that Pit assignments can be arranged. Each student will NOT be assigned a series of team to research, instead the “Spy” team will take care of all these, in order to keep the information consistent.
Pit Duties:
Pit duties will be run differently this year as opposed to previous years. Each student will be assigned a half a day slot in the pit, giving six rotations of students though the pit during the entire competition. Student on the information gathering team will not be assigned pit duties. We would like to keep the pit relatively clear, meaning that if you are not assigned to pit duty please don’t crowd our 10ft x 10ft area (it is small when all the tool and robot are in place). If you are needed to repair the robot we will find you.
With the extra time given to team members this year, we would like them to make the time productive. We encourage all team members (mentors and students) to talk with other teams, learn from them, and make friendships. Students please try to get the mentors out of the pit to take part in the entire competition atmosphere. Feel free to look/take pictures of other team’s robot design, trade buttons, and other trinkets. There also needs to be a team presence in the stands to cheer our team and other teams on during the event to show team spirit.
Drive & Navigators & Coaches- Oh My!:
Lastly the drive teams have been decided. We have taken account information gathered during the entire build season, such as communication, knowledge of the rules, ability to work under pressure, respect of others, etc.. The Drive Team represent the entire team on the field, they are the people most in contact with other teams at the event. Drivers for Baltimore are Greg G.. and Osi V.(Whistler), navigators are Tyler M.(Supe) and Paula F., human players are Zack K. and Derek B.(Dustpan). Kush and Tsom will be the two Coaches at Baltimore.
As always if there are any questions please email Raj (rpatel@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) or Tsom (tsom@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
Go Team!
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