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FEBRUARY 2018
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FIRST Robotics off to a great start at St. Francis High School CHAR PROVOST
SFHS PARENT AND FIRST ROBOTICS MENTOR
It’s an exciting time for the more than 20 students and mentors who are working through the inaugural season of FIRST Robotics at St. Francis High School (SFHS). Since last fall, students have been meeting to learn about FIRST Robotics and build the team. They officially registered and will be representing SFHS as Team #7068, the Mechanical Masterminds or M2. This name
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represents the desire of the team to reach for excellence in mechanical thinking and strive to achieve the impossible in technical work. The season started January 6 and this newly formed rookie team is busy strategizing for spring competitions. Students and mentors are collaborating to completely design, program and build a robot in six short weeks. The focus then will be on the game and preparations for the regional tournament at the University of Minnesota March 29-31. FIRST Robotics combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Teams build and
program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. Students work with professional engineers to build and compete. Along the way, they learn and use sophisticated hardware and
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but more volunteers are needed to mentor in a wide variety of areas. While the focus is on engineering and building a robot, many other talents are also needed on the team such as marketing, finance, fundraising, photography, communications, graphics and project management. Sponsors are the lifeblood of a FIRST Robotics team. As the season started, sponsors for the Mechanical Masterminds are St. Francis Area Schools, Delta ModTech and Medtronic. To sustain this new organization, more sponsors are needed for financial backing, equipment donations and even as partners to contribute meals, promotional items or basic supplies while students work through the build season. To learn more about SFHS’ FIRST Robotics team, visit https:// sites.google.com/isd15.org/ roboticssfhs.
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software. It’s more than just building a robot though. Students learn project management, teamwork, business acumen and marketing, strategic and critical thinking, conflict resolution and presentation skills. Joe Bruhjell, eighth-grade technology education teacher and science/STEM specialist at St. Francis Middle School, is coaching the team. SFHS is fortunate to have Todd Kruse, Delta ModTech engineer and seasoned Isanti’s 4H team mentor, guide the Mechanical Masterminds. Other committed mentors are Clarissa Dobson, SFHS science teacher, Nick Rosengren, Delta ModTech engineer and SFHS parent, and Char Provost, director at Medtronic and SFHS parent. What’s Needed? It takes a village to maintain this program. Several parents have stepped forward to help,
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St. Francis Elementary School first-graders celebrated their 50th day of school with a variety of learning activities and finished the day with a sock hop. Students were encouraged to dress like a 1950’s student. They entered the gym as bebop music was playing for them. Bowling, hula hoops and dancing were part of the enjoyment. Students were served root beer floats during the event. Parents, grandparents and teachers chaperoned the event. Thank you to all the volunteers for helping set up, serve and clean up during this special activity.
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