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two holes and have a smooth side and a rough side. The rough side faces down onto the felt to try to minimize the movement of the facemask strap. The buttons were sliced in Ultimaker Cura 4.7 and were printed on a Creality Ender 3 3D printer.
Elder Care) every day. We change them so often and this makes a big difference for our staff. We are more comfortable at work and so we just appreciate your commitment to keeping our Seniors safe.”
“Adit and I did this project for VEX Robotics. VEX Robotics is competitive robotics for almost every age group. This is our second year in VEX. Last year we were able to get 2nd place in one of our competitions. We also won the sportsmanship award twice. The sportsmanship award is given to the team that has earned the respect and admiration of the volunteers and other teams at the event. We got into VEX Robotics because of our robotics coach, Laura Williams, at STEM Camp with Tri-County Tech. She resurrected the Robotics Program four years ago. Central had two teams qualified for the Oklahoma State Championship in March of 2020.
I’m incredibly happy that Dillon and Adit enjoy Robotics but I’m even more amazed that they are so talented in the arena. They have participated since they were 4th graders and have also excelled in other areas as well. Before Covid, if I needed help with my cell phone or laptop all I had to do was call Dillon and he could come fix it. It’s a little harder to do these days but it was just as hard to be without him and his little sister Anika during the holidays. Dillon fixed that problem, too. He set us up on our mutual laptops to watch each other open Christmas gifts we had shared as family. It wasn’t the same, but it surely helped us out to see them.
“TSA (Technology Student Association) has been with Central for years but once again became competitive three years ago obtaining first place in Rube Goldberg at the State Conference and two years ago qualifying for TSA Nationals in Washington DC where Central placed 6th in the Nation for STEM Animation and top ten in Leadership Strategies competitions. We also got second in the region for leadership strategies last year with a then 8th grader. The competition that we submitted this for was an extra challenge meant to give everyone a chance to qualify for the global competition while still social distancing. The community award challenge was sponsored by Google.” Dillon and Adit ended up making their donation of the straps that help hold facemasks in place and the recipient said, “I am Jennifer with Elder Care and we are so excited to have these Ear Savers with the 3D printed buttons. We have to wear masks (at
When I was a 7th grader as Dillon and Adit currently are I was in advanced classes at the same great old school, but I walked to and from school and home and back for lunch. The family telephone hung on the wall and you had to dial it with your finger. The only computer I’d ever heard of was UNIVAC and I heard about it on a 15-inch black and white television. And the kids are amazed any time I speak about those days. I remember my dad talking about the flu of 1917 and only going as far as the 8th grade. His first job in the hills of Missouri was loading outbound train cars full of coal. He actually started the job at age 13 since he was well over six feet tall by that time. I wonder what he would think of how far Dillon and Adit will go with their many talents and everything this day and age offers them. Maybe to the moon and back. Literally.
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