Team 5295 Aldernating Current

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

SHELTON HIGH ROBOTICS TEAM HEADS TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP


Team Needs $9000 More to Reach $28,000 Goal


Shelton WA, April 17, 2017– Team 5295 will compete at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) World Championship April 20-22 in Houston.  Costs are higher than anticipated: $5000 Entry Fee, $11000 Air Travel, $9000 Hotel, $1400 Food and $900 Car rentals.  Donate at http://frcteam5295aldernatingcurrent.blogspot.com/search/label/Donate or send fund-raising ideas to Andy Hospador (360-426-0741; AndyH3626@gmail.com), or AlanWalker@earthlink.net (253-852-4002).

Team sponsor DragonflyMediaNW.com created exciting video highlights of the Shelton High Robotics Team.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWWoZDRY91c.

Watch the April 20–22 World Championship at https://www.firstchampionship.org/watch-live. Finished matches are posted at https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5295. The Shelton High Robotics Team competes as Team 5295 in the Newton division against teams from Brazil, China, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, and the United States.

There will be 400 FRC teams competing in six divisions named for famous scientists: Carver, Galileo, Hopper, Newton, Roebling and Turing.  The division winners play the finals Saturday April 22nd on the Einstein field.

After the competition, on Sunday April 23rd the Team will tour NASA Johnson Space Center with a woman space scientist arranged by Jeff Slakey of KMAS & iFiberOne.

FIRST™ Robotics was started in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to make science a sport.  Kids have so much fun they do not realize they are learning how to solve problems via critical thinking.

In Mason County, there are FIRST Lego League robotics teams at Olympia Middle (6-7) and Pioneer (4-8) Schools for the grades indicated.

Students competing at the World Championships are team captain Jaeden H., Abbie A., Carolynn C., Dylan R., Kiery E., Jacob H., Kirstin G., Robert G.-A., and Tristin N.  The adults attending are Coach J.Wright, A.Walker, A.Hospador, F.Newby, K.Hansen and R.Clarey.

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