Vol. 53, No.9
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All-Girl Robotics Team Qualifies for Super Regionals
by Megan Tran San Gabriel
Nuts and bolts are lying everywhere on the tables, and everyone is rushing to finish the robot on time for the competition. Team 25 Rock N’ Roll Robots, an all-girls team compete in an international robotics program called FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition for Science and Technology. Rock N’ Roll Robots are a Girl Scout sponsored team with 16 girls from (Jefferson Middle School, Pasadena High, Gabrielino, Oak Avenue Intermediate, Foothills High, Paul Revere Middle School, Mayfield Senior School, Flintridge Prep and Marshall Fundamental Secondary School) and 6 mentors who meet 3 times a week in a small bungalow at Pasadena High School since last September, the start of
the build season. FIRST is separated into four different divisions based on age: Jr. FLL (Jr. First Lego League), FLL (First Lego League, FTC (First Tech Challenge), and FRC (First Robotics Competition). Rock N’ Roll Robots stands as a fiercely competitive and successful team in the third level, FTC. FTC is made for students that are in grades 7-12 who enjoy modeling, building, and programming robots to compete against many other teams. The girls of Rock N’ Roll Robots were able to express their creativity, time management, and innovative building skills throughout this ongoing season by simultaneously designing and working on two robots. The initial season began with
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extensive prototyping so that all girls were able to aid in the building of both robots. Throughout the whole
season, passion and dedicatasks efficiently. However, tion have been put into both since FTC only allows teams robots to ensure that they’re to compete with one robot, All Girl Robotics continued on page 8 both able to complete
Woodcraft Rangers and The Los Angeles Lakers Make It A Night To Remember by David Perez Rosemead
Past or Current Resident
The El Monte Union High School District (EMUHSD) has been selected as one of California’s five nominees to U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools and designated a “Green Achiever” in California Green Ribbon Schools, the complementary state-level program. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced the nominees at a ceremony held February 20 at the EMUHSD district office. According to Torlakson, of the over 10,000 schools in California, the five nominated have shown an outstanding commitment to the environment through energy reduction plans and student "green" projects. The U.S. Department of Education asks states to nominate a select group of schools/districts that have set strong “green” standards. The Green Ribbon Award is given to those schools "coming closest to realizing the high standards set by the program and working towards reducing environmental impacts and costs, improving the health and wellness of schools, students, and staff, and providing effective environmental education, which teaches many disciplines and is especially good at effectively incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer-
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ing, Math), civic skills and green career pathways." "In addition to my role as board president, I am by profession an engineer and interested in green engineering," said EMUHSD Board of Trustees President Salvador Ramirez. "As a prior enlisted Marine, I am
concerned about physical reduction master plan and fitness, health and wellness, energy conservation guideespecially in high povlines to lower consumption erty communities. So I am of natural resources and especially appreciative of reduce pollution. All Disthe criteria for green ribbon trict schools participate in success." Southern California Edison's In 2012, the EMUHSD HVC Optimization Program put in place an Night to Remember continued on page 8 aggressive energy