CHAIRMANS AWARD PRESENTERS: LIBERTY LOMONACO (junior) DELANEY - PDF document

CHAIRMAN’S AWARD PRESENTERS: LIBERTY LOMONACO (junior) DELANEY FOSTER (junior) JACKSON WHIPPLE (senior)

WHAT IS FIRST ? F I R S T FOR INSPIRATION and RECOGNITION of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY FRIENDS IMPROVEMENT RESPECT SKILLFUL TEAM FUN INNOVATIVE REWARDING SUSTAINABLE TEAMWORK FULLY IMAGINATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES and STYLISH TRAINING SPORT FOR THE MIND INSPIRE OTHERS THROUGH ENGINEERING BUILD COMMUNITIES TOMORROW’S 
 ENGINEERS TODAY

6 YEARS IN FIRST @ KING’S # of FIRST TEAMS CyberKnights began as 2009 - 2010 01 FTC 3717 CyberKnights + 2010 - 2011 02 1 FLL team CyberKnights + 2 FLL teams 04 2011 - 2012 1 Jr FLL Team CyberKnights + 2 FLL teams 2012 - 2013 04 1 Jr FLL Team CyberKnights became FRC 4911 + 2 FTC teams 4 FLL teams 2013 - 2014 07 1 Jr FLL team CyberKnights + 3 FTC teams 4 FLL teams 2014 - 2015 10 2 Jr FLL teams

⇄ SUSTAINABILITY 12% 10 10% FIRST teams in our of our K-12 student of our High School K-12 school body is involved in student body is FIRST involved in FIRST Our team With those new team doubled in size 
 members, we after our new developed a student recruitment campaign mentor-mentee program

OUTREACH Making FIRST Second Nature SEATTLE AREA We host monthly STEM-centric We do robot demonstrations at local Science Fairs, schools, senior activities communities, and have been featured on KOMO News FIRST COMMUNITY UNVEILING CEREMONY Hosted the Attendance grew A total of 1 st 3x 10 unveiling ceremony in at the 2015 event teams came to the Paci fi c Northwest our 2015 event The Unveiling Ceremony invites teams in Western Washington to show o ff their robot and socialize with other teams.

GLOBAL OUTREACH 3 Years of Sustained Outreach LOS ANGELES Received a Returning back for $10K 3 rd Google Grant to help year. start a FLL program. We helped an inner-city community center, Adventures Ahead, teach NXT programming and LEGO Mindstorms to young children and start an FLL team. UGANDA, AFRICA Our goal is to start the Returning back for 1 st 3 rd FTC team in the year. community. We travel to Soroti, Uganda, to the Beacon of Hope School, a school for ex-child soldiers, instructing teachers how to teach robotics and hosting NXT programming and LEGO robotics camps for the students.

FUTURE PLANS ROBOT DEMOS We plan to participate in Seattle’s Seafair Annual Celebration and Maker Faire during the summer to demo our robot and explain the FIRST program. FIRST ADVOCACY CHAIRMAN’S WORKSHOP CONFERENCE Some of our team members and Our team plans to host a Chairman’s mentors will be traveling to Workshop to other teams giving them tips Washington DC to participate in the and tricks on Chairman’s submission, FIRST Advocacy Conference. presentation, and outreach ideas. INCLUSIVE ROBOTICS LEGISLATURE CLUBS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS We are starting an inclusive robotics program to allow students with special needs to gain the same bene fi ts in robotics as their peers. We plan to work with Roosevelt High School, which has several inclusive programs, including Drama and Special Olympics Uni fi ed We met with Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles Sports. We will be collaborating with the and are planning to meet in Olympia in schools “Unity Club” and their robotics team, Iron Riders (4180) as we look forward to late April to further discuss funding FIRST. expanding skills and opportunities for the special education population.