CONGRATULATIONS - State Championship - Top 10 - 325

Congratulations, Lego Lions!

Team 10801, with 325 points, placed in the top 10 (of 52 teams) at the State FLL Championship in Honolulu on December 1, 2012. The team also represented St. Andrew's Priory well in the other categories of Research Project, Core Values, and Robot Design.

Since October, the team of 4th and 6th graders has learned to build, program, and run an NXT robot; design and strategize; research and present on the topic (challenges faced by the elderly), and how to function as a team, including communication, decision-making, and being able to rely on each other.

Way to go, team. Great job!

The team (and coach) wave "thank you."

The scores for Robot Performance put the Priory team at 9th place overall in that category - 

impressive, for their first State Championship!

District Tournament, November 10, 2012: Robot Performance - 275

On Saturday, November 10, the Saint Andrew's Priory team won first place in the Robot Performance category at the District Tournament at Sacred Hearts Academy. The team, named "Lego Lions," includes three sixth graders and three fourth graders. 

Of the ten teams that participated in the District Tournament, three - including the Lego Lions - were invited to advance to the State Championship on December 1.

This means they performed well in each of the categories: robot performance; research project & presentation; core values & teamwork; and robot design.

Congratulations, team!

There are 176 Hawaii FLL teams this year!

Facts from the Hawaii FLL organizers:

1.  176 Hawai'i teams are nationally registered FLL teams  

2.  92% or 162 teams will be participating in district tournaments from Oct. 27 to Nov. 10th 

3.  48 teams will advance to the State Championship (a little more than 20% from each district tournament)

The scoring sheet and other useful resources: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions

NEEDED: 2 volunteers per team!

If you can help by being a volunteer, please let Coach Tome know. Volunteers are needed to serve as referees (robot game) and as judges (for project presentations, robot design judging, and as teamwork evaluators). Mr. Tome has volunteered to be one of the Lego Lions' volunteers. Can you be the other one?

Each volunteer will need to:

• Attend ONE of the training sessions
  - Sat. Oct. 13, 1-4 pm, Kalakaua Middle OR
  - Wed, Oct. 17, 5:30-7:30 pm, Moanalua Middle. 

• Attend the 10/20 meeting (10 am-noon) at Sacred Hearts.
• Serve in their volunteer role at the tournament on 11/10. This may mean that project judges will miss some or all of the robot matches in the afternoon.

Quiz 2: Core Values

Be ready to discuss QUIZ 2 on Tuesday 10/2!

It's here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXH7JGS

On Monday 10/1, we set up the table with its field mat and mission models, and started building robots.

Current calendar

Changes / Updates:

NO SCHOOL Friday Oct. 5 and Monday Oct. 8.
Saturday Oct. 6 we WILL have a meeting.

Oct. 20 event at Sacred Hearts is just for team coaches and volunteers. Not for students.

Saturday meetings are being held at Coach Tome's house.  Check emails for details. Transportation may be provided upon request.

More information is posted, as it becomes available, on the Hawaii FLL website: http://www.hawaiifll.org/