RoboKnights
St. Joseph Catholic School Robotics Club
Students in grade levels 6th, 7th, and 8th Our Robotics Club is open for membership!
The SJCS Robotics Club (a.k.a. RoboKnights) is accepting new members for the 2018-2019 First Lego League Season. We are looking to form two teams of eight. Please contact, Laurie Grove (coach from our Faculty) (lgrove@stjosephtx.org) for a permission slip to participate. If we have more than 16 students wanting to participate, we will re-evaluate our plans.
Time Commitment
We will meet Thursdays after school from 3:15 pm to 5:00 pm, beginning October 4th. See the schedule of all meeting dates below.
What is the FIRST LEGO League?
Tomorrow's innovators practice imaginative thinking and teamwork. Guided by adult coaches, FIRST LEGO League teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They must also design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS technology, then compete on a table-top playing field.
FIRST LEGO League competitions consist of 4 main events:
- Robot Games - Three 2.5 minute matches, where the robot is programmed to run autonomously to complete as many missions as possible and accumulate points.
- Robot Design and Strategy Presentation - A 10 minute session in which teams present the robots they built and programmed for the Robot Game, and explain to judges their design and strategy.
- Core Values - A 10 minute session in which teams are given an activity to demonstrate their teamwork, problem solving skills, and other care values central to the mission of FIRST programs (See Vision Statement of FIRST below).
- Research Project - Identify a problem, design a solution, share problem and solution with others.
2018/2019 Into Orbit Challenge Tentative Competition Dates:
- First Round Qualifiers: At Nolan Catholic High School-December 8, 2018
- Second Round Qualifiers: At Grand Saline High School-January 12,2019
- North Texas Regional: Parish Episcopal School-February 2, 2019
For more information from FIRST, click on the video and links below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1Z9kK71jQ
FIRST Vision Statement
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Vision Statement: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders." - Dean Kamen, Founder
Meet Our Coaches!
Coach, Laurie Grove
Ms. Grove is one of our Technology teachers and an SJCS parent. She has generously volunteered to help coach. Thank you, Coach Laurie!
Coach, Bill Williams
Mr. Williams serves on our school Advisory Council and is a parishioner at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. He has retired from Lockheed Martin and is willing to serve us even more! Thank you, Bill!