FW: Challenger Center - First LEGO League

[John Huibregtse]

 

 

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Challenger Center - First LEGO League Newsletter     September 2012   ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13        You are receiving this email if you have been associated with any of the Challenger Center after-school programs or if you have expressed interest in the Center's F.I.R.S.T LEGO League (FLL) team. If you are unfamiliar with FLL then feel free to check out the links at the bottom of this letter.            Essentially, the FLL is a robotics program for 9 to 14 year old kids which is designed to get them excited about science and technology -- and teach them valuable life skills. FLL teams, composed of up to ten kids with at least one adult coach, can be associated with a pre-existing club or organization, home-schooled group, or just be a group of friends who wish to do something awesome. The Challenger Center has sponsored a team for the previous six years and would like to sponsor a team again for the upcoming season. To qualify for the team your child should have completed the Challenger Center's Beginner NXT after-school class or its equivalent.         If you have children who may want to join the team then you and your kids can attend the first meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 13th, to learn more about the FLL.   DATE: Thursday, September 13th TIME: 6:00 PM WHERE: Town of Ramapo Challenger Center   If you plan to attend please contact the Center at 845-357-3416, or email jo...@LHVCC.com.           At the meeting we will discuss FLL in general, roles and responsibilities of the participants, team dues, and when subsequent team meetings will most likely be scheduled for the upcoming season.        In FLL, the kids do the work - programming an autonomous robot (using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot set) to score points on a thematic playing surface and create an innovative solution to a problem as part of their research project. These two elements - the Robot Game and Project - make up the yearly FLL Challenge. Like any other organized "sport", teams may also fund-raise, create a team identity, and go on field trips. The Challenger Center has all the necessary LEGO equipment and handles team registration and tournament fees. Parents of the kids on the team pay a registration fee (dues) in order to cover other team expenses. Team members on average meet 1-2 times per week during the September - February season.      This season's Challenge, "Senior Solutions", asks FLL teams to identify a problem that is a concern of senior citizens and then to design a creative and innovative solution.  In the Senior solutions Challenge, teams will build, test, and program an autonomous robot to solve a set of Senior Solutions related missions as well as research, develop, and share their innovative solution to the problem the team identifies.  Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL's signature set of Core Values.      To learn more about the FLL and this year's Challenge visit: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions         A Junior First LEGO League program for younger kids (ages 6 - 9) also exists and if you would be willing to help form a team for this age group please attend the first meeting on September 13th. For more information about the Junior FLL visit: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/jr.fll                                                                          845-357-3416                                                       www.LHVCC.com

 

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[Mike Donovan]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:07 AM, John Huibregtse <jo...@lhvcc.com> wrote:
> ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
> THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Hi all, who's running the team this year?

PS: I don't know who's on the Bricktron list, I'm sure it needs updating.

[Alex]

Greetings to all who are on this list,

 

This is Alex Co, current coach for the 2012 First LEGO League team at the Challenger Center in Airmont, NY. Our challenge this year is titled Senior Solutions and it involves this year's team in identifying a problem that is of concern to senior citizens, and to design a creative and innovative solution to that problem. Our goal this year is to have fun and to learn how much of our individual ingenuity we can contribute to the more mature citizens in our community. More importantly, we will have an opportunity to learn how much of ourselves we can contribute to our community.

 

There will be an introduction to First LEGO League on September 13, 2012, at the center in Airmont, NY, at 6PM. In this meeting and in our future meetings, we will learn more about each other, we will play together, and we will be thankful for the time we are able to spend together here at the center. So I hope you can all join us for what will be an amazing year.

 

- Alex

[Alex]

Good Evening, tomorrow evening is the first meeting for the Challenger Center's First LEGO League team for the 2012 season! This initial meeting is to dicuss availability, scheduling, plans, etc. for the next six months. It's going to be an exciting time! I look forward to meeting you all and possibly stepping up to this challenge with you as a team!

 

On Friday, August 31, 2012 11:07:51 AM UTC-4, John Huibregtse wrote:

[Wendy Tse]

Hi, Alex,

I talked to Stephen and he has decided not to join the team this year.  Best wish to the team and good luck!

Wendy

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A Junior First LEGO League program for younger kids (ages 6 - 9) also exists and if you would be willing to help form a team for this age group please attend the first meeting on September 13th. For more information about the Junior FLL visit: http://www.usfirst.org/ roboticsprograms/jr.fll

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[Lee Magpili]

Hey all,

 

Just wanted to tell you that this year’s robot challenge has been one of my favorites to work on so far and I’ll be working on a robot this year too.  Hope to hear it all goes well with the team.

 

Lee
Designer

LEGO Education