Penfield High School FIRST Robotics Team Parents Meeting
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Penfield High School
FIRST Robotics Team
Parents Meeting
Thursday
December 2nd 2004
Important Websites
Ours: www.penfieldrobotics.com
FIRST: www.usfirst.org
Chief Delphi: www.chiefdelphi.com
Kim O’Toole
[email protected]
w:585-242-3353 c:315-521-6554
h:315-789-0209
Harris Corporation – Systems Engineer
Clarkson University ’02 – Electrical Eng.
FIRST 1996-2003
– High School 1996-1998
– Founded Clarkson Team 1999-2001
– Volunteer 2000-2003
People
Linda Martina – Faculty Advisor
– Technology Teacher X8709
~20 Adult Mentors from Harris
~5 Mentors from Community
~40 Students
Agenda
Overview of FIRST
Overview of our Team
Time Schedule
What can Parents Do?
Fundraising
Travel Plans
Food Arrangements
What is FIRST?
FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology.”
It is a robotics competition which pairs
high schools with corporate sponsors to
design and build a robot in 6 weeks
which will compete in a sport-like event.
What is the Game Like?
What Does it Mean for
Students?
A chance to learn new skills/talents
A chance to work with real engineers
and business professionals
Lots of fun!!
Exciting competitions!
Scholarships!
The Arena 2004 – The Georgia Dome!
Our Team
Harris Corporation RF Communications
– 18 Engineers
– 2 Business Professionals
– Monetary Sponsorship
Penfield High School
– Administration Support
– Faculty Advisor – Linda Martina
Subteams
Electrical/Pneumatics
Mechanical/Fabrication
Animation
Programming
Webpage
Strategy/Drive
Business/Marketing
Spirit/Logo
Team Leadership
Photo/Video/Awards
Preseason Training
Subteam work
Drive Train Design
Mechanisms Design
Electrical/Wiring/Pneumatics
Mechanical – CAD/MasterCAM
Programming
Tools/Machinery
Animation
Time Schedule
Sept-Dec: Preseason Training/Subteams
Jan 8th: Kickoff - Rochester Museum &
Science Center
Feb 22nd: Ship Robot!!
March 3-5th: Finger Lakes Regional - RIT
(March 10-12th: Hartford, CT or Pittsburg,
PA Regional)
March 24-26th: Buckeye Regional Cleveland,
OH
April 21-23rd: Nationals Atlanta, GA
* () denote not registered for yet
Meetings
Sept-Dec
– Team meetings 1x/week
– Subteam meetings (depends on subteam)
Jan-Feb
– Team meetings 2x/week
– Build Sessions: weekends
– 7days/wk covered*
Feb-April
– Team meetings 1x/week (competition prep)
What Can Parents Do?
*Food Arrangements
*Travel Arrangements
*Fundraising Support
Field Construction
Engineering/Design Support
Telephone Tree
Chaperone
Team Spirit
Exhibition Organization
Volunteer at Competitions
*Donations!
Fundraising Goals
Team Fundraisers/Individual Fundraisers
Team Goal: $4,000 (3rd Regional)
Student Goals (estimates):
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Rochester(40) $20 (if we take a bus)
Cleveland(40) $100
3rd Regional(24) $130
Nationals(20) $450
Total: $20,000
Fundraising
Patron Drive: you can help!
– Student Packets (Note: Tax ID 16-6001958)
– Business Sign up
– Deadlines: Dec 10/Jan 10/Feb 10
– 100% Team Fundraising
Tag Sale/Flower Sale/Dance
Parents fundraisers?
Travel Arrangements
Looking for parents to help make travel
arrangements for the team
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Busses (Regionals) Flights (Nationals)
Lodging
School Coordination
http://www.ths-frc.com/
Also need parents to chaperone the
competitions. (This is built into the student
cost estimates)
Food Arrangements
We are hoping to provide food for the
students on meeting nights (2x/week)
and potentially lunch/dinner
Saturdays.
Total of 12 evenings, 6 Saturdays.
Other teams have 1 family provide for
each meeting.
Donations
We have a wish list of
donations that would
help the team. If you
have any contacts that
might be willing to
donate any of these,
let us know.
Sample List
Food
Safety Glasses
Tools
Paper Plates/Cups
T-Shirts (printing)
Booklet Printing
Buttons
Warehouse Space
Questions??