The build season is over and the robot has been shipped off!!! Thank you to every member who participated in the construction of the robot! Also, a special thank you and shout out to all of our mentors without whom we would not be where we are today. They have spent countless hours helping us build this robot, spending time on the design, programming, construction and testing phase.
Also, a big thank you to our Sponsor STI Optronics for letting us use their facilities during the Build Season.
Thanks to all the parents who let your kid go to the robotics meeting, and also thank you for feeding us at meetings when we were hungry. :)
We are really proud of our finished product, so anticipate awesome videos on the website in the near future.
GO SAINTS!
Hey everybody,
There’s a First Tech Challenge competition this Sunday at Bellevue High School from 8 AM to about 5 PM! This is a great opportunity for us to help out Kevin Ross (FIRST Washington President) by volunteering there. This is a ton of fun because FTC challenges are much closer to real FRC competitions than Vex or FLL. You get the whole package: the fun environment, free food at lunch, a cool t-shirt, volunteer hours and you get brownie points for Saints Robotics!
There are two shifts: about 8AM to 12 PM and from 12 PM to 5 PM. We already have four people signed up to go (Dmitri, Vivek, Dom, Daphna) and it would be super fun if more people showed up! Come on people, you have time, do something and help out the community and robotics! This isn’t even annoying or boring, you’re going to a FULL FTC COMPETITION! With tons of robots from other teams! Great sneak peak into FIRST competitions if you’ve never been to one :D
Send an email to Kevin or Olivier if you’re going and we’ll get in contact with Kevin Ross about it immediately so he knows you’re there. If you just feel like showing up, that’s fine too! You don’t have to stick to the shifts, but it would be preferable.
Thanks!
Everybody, remember that we will start bothering you about paying your dues on time! We only had 39 students pay their dues from a total of about 60+ students!! Remember we will harass you in a legal and constructive manner until you pay your dues! Go to Mrs. Brown and give her $25! NOW! The official due date is past! Other clubs would start charging more at this point, but we’re nice! Go pay your $25!!!
You can sound my tone of voice. I’ve used a lot of exclamation marks. This is the type of annoying voice that will follow you until you PAY YOUR DUES! See it’s still here… Just remember to… i won’t finish that sentence. NOW!
Hi everybody!
So as you already know, the BBQ will be happening this Saturday starting at 6:00 PM in crossroads park. The address is:
Crossroads Park
16000 NE 10th St
Bellevue, WA 98008 US
It will last about three hours and we will be doing fun things like handing out medals, talking to parents and having a lot of fun. However, this is also a potluck (for the ones who don’t know already) and we need students and parents to bring food items, otherwise it will be pretty lame. Since we are expecting a lot of people we will also need a lot of food.
The most important thing that we need are entrees and desert. Nobody has signed up for those yet, so we are asking if you or your family could bring something like a: salad, pasta salad, cold pasta, chicken or anything that you know people would enjoy at a BBQ. If everybody brings a little something, then it will be awesome. We also need desert, so bring cookies, cake, fruit salad, brownies etc… Soda is also in high demand so if you don’t want to bring anything like desert or an entree, bring some drinks (cans or bottles).
Thanks for making this an awesome event, and don’t forget to bring something!!!
We’ll see you at the event on Saturday!
Hi all,
Due to AP and IB exams during the following three weeks, we have decided to cancel the main Robotics Meetings on Wednesdays for the next three weeks (no meeting on 29th, 6th and 13th). That way, that will let everybody have the time to study for their tests and be completely prepared. Also, some Vex members will leave for their competition on the 29th, so wish them luck!
I think most of the members are taking the AP world test, so good luck on the 15th!
We will resume the meetings the following week, and since we won’t have any more tests, we will have to work very fast and efficiently in order to get the robot finished or upgraded, get the sticker fundraiser underway, finish all paperwork for sponsors by the end of May, start contacting companies for sponsorship during June, and start organizing a carwash fundraiser in June and all thoughout the summer :)
Good luck to all team members!
Hi Everybody,
So the end of the build season and competition has arrived. Even though the final result was not what we expected, we were still a great team and we have improved a lot compared to last year. We have made significant improvements in terms of communication, membership, dedication, engineering, organization, spirit and much much more. This year was a great year and we should all be proud of our hard work.
However, like in all things, we can still improve a great deal. This is why every year, we have an event called the Postmortem. This means that we will all sit down and have an organized discussion (and we will try to keep the digression to a minimum) where we will go over the whole year. What went well? What did not? What should we improve on? What can we do to be more interactive with other teams? Be more recognized in FIRST? You get the general idea. This is also a time when we go over the organization of the club. Next year’s leaders will NOT be announced at that time, but we will discuss possible position openings and how the organization is possibly going to work next year.
We will also discuss future plan of action. We will go over what we will do in the next three-four months before we leave for summer vacation, and most of all, what you the members would like to do more of in Robotics. What would you like to learn? Do? Do you have any specific projects you would like to work at? etc…
We will also try to take another team picture because not everybody was at the competition and also because we could not get a hold of some people at the competition itself. So put on your team t-shirts if you have them. If you don’t we can hand the out on Wednesday or maybe a bit earlier too.
Thanks for participating this year, and we will see you on Wednesday! Please try to come for this is one of the most important meetings we will have before next year.
Hi guys,
Right now, no family is signed up to bring food this coming Wednesday. I personnally find that having someone bring food every once in a while is a great plus for our meetings. If you are able to bring food this coming Wednesday, please send me an email right away. It really does not take that much, just bring in a couple bags of chips and some drinks too. Cash is great also, and i will keep it for food money (right now we only have two dollars left in the food money account :-( . So could you please send me an email ASAP? Email address for those of you who don’t have it is Olivierf14@hotmail.com
Thanks for your contributions to the club!
Hi guys!
Sadly, we did not have a meeting the week last week or this week because of the stupid snow! However, we got a longer break at the expense of spring break (YAAAAAY, not). Anyways, about Robotics again…
You guys should already know about the kick-off that is happening on Janurary 3rd. This is the most exciting part of the year apart from the competition itself, and it is where the game will be uncovered in front of more than 100,000 other students like you and me. Starting on that day, we will have around 6 weeks to build the robot, which is not a lot of time. The kick-off is being held at Interlake High School, which means that it will be really close to us and you wont have to 
travel for three hours like some people will have to to get here. Because we are hosting the kick-off this year, we will need to organize everything. The officers have been working on that very hard, but we will need volunteers on Friday January 2nd to help set up chairs in the gym so we can seat everybody on Saturday. So, on January 2nd, come to Interlake from 5PM to 9PM to help us set up for this huge event. On Saturday January 3rd, i recommend you come around 6 AM at Interlake High School (no I am not crazy, for I will be there at 5 AM) so you can be there to welcome other people from other teams and do any last minute preparations. The presentation, broadcasted from the east coast, will start at 7 AM and will last until probably around 10:00 AM, maybe 10:30. After that, we will have breakout sessions where we will discuss this year’s game and the possible robots that we might build.
Because this is such a huge event and we need you to be here, it is now MANDATORY for you to come on Saturday. Unless you are not in the state, you have no reason NOT to come. This is really the beginning of one of the most fun periods in high school and you have to be there to find about the game, see 1200 other FRC students, and have a really fun time. Don’t come telling me you have homework cause you have had WAY too much time to finish your homework due last Wednesday and Thursday…
Anyways, remember to come to the kick-off because it is going to be huge. If you can, drop by on Friday to help.
Thanks!
P.S. Wear school colors at the event, since our team t-shirt is not here yet. Send me an email anyways if you cant come.
We will be meeting on Tuesday November 18th, to talk about and go over the Workshop, share information etc. We will also begin to meet more frequently as the season slowly begins and we are quickly approaching the build season. We will start the meeting quickly after tutorial ends, so 3:05.
