Aloha,
On Saturday afternoon November 6th, 2010, Kapa`a High School VEX Robotics and our Kaua`i Island FIRST robotics team #2465 hosted the second Kaua`i VEX Friendly of the robotics competition season. The event was again hosted at Kapa`a High School with all the exiting VEX robotics teams from our Garden Island participating: Island School , Kaua`i High , Kapa`a Middle , and Kapa`a High School . (Next year we hope this list will include all schools on Kaua`i.)
Our robots have really evolved, and our student's skills have improved since the initial Friendly held just two weeks ago. All of our Garden Island teams continue to work together in the spirit of gracious professionalism and cooperation. The Island School VEX team shared the information they learned from attending a VEX qualifying tournament held on Oahu on Saturday October 30. It seems that many teams have developed a "mischievous" defensive strategy for this year's game. There are a few robots that can climb the ladder located in the center of the field, some robots that can score at will, with more teams continuing to develop design concepts and then build and improve upon the prototypes. It's STEM education in action.
We have only 4 more weeks of designing, building, and practicing before we all head to Oahu for the Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Tournament. We have designed our Oahu trip so that all the teams from our Garden Island will be on the same Friday morning flight. We will all fly to and from the tournament together and when we get there one of our team members has arranged for all us to travel by bus to the tournament. This means that all of our Garden Island robotic teams will arrive at the tournament together, making a further statement of the unity of all of our team, a Purple Wave of about 40 people.
Also in the news, our Kaua`i Island FIRST Robotics Team #2465 has taken on the project of setting up, tearing down, and helping with the Kaua`i First Lego League (FLL) tournament. FLL is the elementary and middle school entry level robotics competition. This tournament will be held at Wilcox Elementary School on Saturday November 20. VEX robotics team members as well as FIRST Team members from across the island will be volunteering at this event on Friday night and all day on Saturday. Our vision includes cultivating and nourishing robotics education throughout all grades at all Kaua`i schools.
We plan to have one more VEX Friendly before the Pan Pacific tournament. We are hoping to bring SEMPRA Field and hold the next Friendly at Kaua`i High School. The first two VEX Friendlies have been here at Kapa`a High School.
We want to thank all of you for supporting robotics education on Kaua`i. Our students are the future and the future is in good hands.
Do the math, save the world.
Jim Cox
Physics/ Physical Science/ Robotics Teacher
Kapa`a High School
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